ADY Digital LED Strips

APA102 Dream Color Digital LED Strip, this Addressable LEDs use generic 2-wire SPI, which is DATA and CLK, so you can push data much faster than with the single SPI 800 KHz protocol and there’s no specific timing required. They also have much higher PWM refresh rates, so you can do Persistence-of-Vision (POV) and have less flickering, particularly at low brightness levels.

APA102 Dream Color Digital LED Strip 144LEDs | Parameter:

1) Voltage: DC5V
2) IC type: apa102 (chip build-in LED)
3) LED type: SMD5050 RGB
4) LED quantity: 144pcs/meter
5) Pixel: 144pcs/meter
6) Max power: 43.2W/meter
7) Greyscale: 256
8) Size: 5000x12x3mm (non waterproof)
9) Package: 1meters/reel/anti-static bag

APA102 Dream Color Digital LED Strip | Connection:

1) Signal wire: DC+, DAT, CLK, GND
2) DC+ and GND connect to power supplier; DAT, CLK and GND connect to controller
3) Relative Controller: SPI controller support APA102 chip; when use DMX decorder, can connect to DMX system
4) Support online control

APA102 Dream Color Digital LED Strip | Color:

1) Each pixel can be controlled individually
2) Can show any color
3) Can be used as flexible led display screen to show image and video

APA102 Dream Color Digital LED Strip | Installation Notice:

1) Make sure the connection is correct according to the diagram
2) Pay attention to the parameters limit of voltage. DO NOT run over the peak value
3) Keep the surface of installation clean and smooth avoid breaking off
4) Avoiding the crook area just the position of LED and other components, in order to protect the product and extend the life span of the product

Technical Details:

> Width (with weatherstripping): 14mm / 0.55″
> Width (w/o weatherstripping): 12.7mm / 0.5″
> Thickness (with weatherstripping): 4mm / 0.16″
> 144 LEDs per meter
> Pixel Pitch: 6.7mm / 0.3″
> Operating Temperature: -40°C – 40°C
> Storage Temperature: -10°C – 50°C
> Single LED: 5mm x 5mm / 0.2″ x 0.2″

DC5V 144LEDs APA102 LED Strip

However, unlike single SPIs, these LEDs have 2 wires (input and output) for sending data – one clock pin and one data pin. That means you need two pins, not one, to control Addressable. Because the clock and data are separated, you can use any processor speed or type to control these strips, and you don’t have to worry about being careful with the timing.

Hardware SPI support is handy but not required. This makes them excellent for use with any microcontroller or microprocessor, including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone, Propeller, SparkCore, and any ‘raw’ microcontrollers/microprocessors. It’s very easy to port the library, and you can send data to the pixels at up to 32MHz clock rate!

This is a full meter of the 144 LED-per-meter version of our Addressable strips, on white flex PCB. We also have this in Warm White and RGB full color.

The strip is made of flexible PCB material and comes with a weatherproof sheathing. You can cut this stuff pretty easily with wire cutters, there are cut-lines every 1 LED. You must use a 5V DC power supply to power these strips, do not use higher than 6V or you can destroy the entire strip

This strip comes as a single full meter with a 4-pin JST SM connector on each end.