Addressable LED Strip Hookup Guide

Contributors: Nick Poole

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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, 1m (APA102)

COM-14015

These are addressable 1-meter-long 5V RGB LED strips that come packed with 60 APA102Cs. APA102 LEDs are very similar to WS281…

$17.50 $10.95

LED RGB Strip - Addressable, 5m (APA102)

COM-14016

These are addressable 5-meter-long 5V RGB LED strips that come packed with 300 APA102Cs. APA102 LEDs are very similar to WS28…

$132.95

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

Mean Well Switching Power Supply - 5VDC, 20A

TOL-14098

This is a 100W single output switching power supply from Mean Well. This power supply is extremely reliable and able to outpu…

Retired

Mean Well Switching Power Supply - 12VDC, 12.5A

TOL-14099

This is a 150W single output switching power supply from Mean Well. This power supply is extremely reliable and able to outpu…

Retired

Mean Well Switching Power Supply - 24VDC, 14.6A

TOL-14100

This is the big kahuna from Mean Well, a 350W single output switching power supply. This power supply is extremely reliable a…

Retired

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

TOL-14101

This is a 24W dual output switching power supply from Mean Well. This power supply is extremely reliable and able to output 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)

CAB-14575

These 3-pin JST-SM pigtail connectors mate perfectly with LED strips and other applications that require only two lines and a…

$1.75

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