Addressable LED Strip Hookup Guide

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Resources and Going Further

Now go forth and add lights to everything! It's worth noting that the RedStick is powerful enough to address a lot more than 60 LEDs, but you'll need to beef up the power supply before you start chaining strips together.

Need more LEDs? Check out these other form factors of the WS2812 Addressable LED strips:

LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 5m (APA102)

LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 5m (APA102)

COM-14016
$96.50
2
LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 1m (APA102)

LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 1m (APA102)

COM-14015
$17.50 $10.95
2

Check out our selection of power supplies, if you need to power more LEDs:

Mean Well Switching Power Supply - 5VDC, 20A

TOL-14098
Retired

Mean Well Switching Power Supply - 12VDC, 12.5A

TOL-14099
2 Retired

Mean Well Switching Power Supply - 24VDC, 14.6A

TOL-14100
1 Retired

Mean Well Dual Output Switching Power Supply (15VDC, -15VDC, 0.8A)

TOL-14101
1 Retired

Did you cut the strip? Check out the LED Strip pigtail connector to easily connect the cut strips:

LED Strip Pigtail Connector (3-pin)

LED Strip Pigtail Connector (3-pin)

CAB-14575
$1.50

For more blinky fun, check out these other great SparkFun tutorials:

Pulse Width Modulation

An introduction to the concept of Pulse Width Modulation.

Quick Illuminated Boxes

A quick tutorial to show you how to add LEDs to gift or holiday bags or boxes.

Light Up Silk Flower Corsage

Combine a silk flower with a built-in RGB LED and some LilyPad Switches to create a customizable accessory.

SparkFun RTK Surveyor Hookup Guide

Learn how to use the enclosed RTK Surveyor product to achieve millimeter level geospatial coordinates.
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