Addressable LED Strips

What Are Addressable LED Strips?

The addressable LED strips, also called smart or digital strip lights, have built-in or external ICs that control each LED individually or in groups to create dynamic color patterns, animations, and custom lighting effects. Unlike the regular color-changing LED strips, the addressable ones allow you to make moving rainbows, chasing effects, and pixel art designs. You can create complex lighting effects on different parts simultaneously or in intervals. You can use them to add colorful ambient lighting indoors and outdoors.

The LEDs are controlled by built-in or external ICs (e.g., WS2812B, WS2815, WS2805). The LED strips use a serial communication protocol, such as 1-wire (WS2812B) or 2-wire (WS2815). A pixel LED controller (SP105E, K1000C) or microcontroller sends coded signals to set the colors of each LED or group of LEDs.

Benefits Of Digital LED Strip Lights:

Individual & Group Control

You can program LEDs individually or group them to enable animations, color transitions, gradients, chasing effects, and more complex lighting effects.

Creativity and Flexibility

They can be used for a wide range of applications. Ideal for decorative, ambient, or entertainment lighting in homes, on stages, for holidays and events, and more. You can use them to create eye-catching dynamic lighting.

Versatility and Easy Installation

They are flexible, cuttable, and easy to mount. You can use them for small residential or large commercial projects.

Common Applications:

Residential

Ideal for ambient lighting in the home, backlighting behind TVs, illuminating shelves or furniture, or accent lighting in your space.

Commercial

Dynamic lighting or animation for shop windows, showcases, signage, advertising boards, or product displays.

Entertainment

They are widely used for entertainment lighting in clubs, bars, and pubs. Can work with pixel LED controllers to create animated lighting, color transitions, and music-sync effects.

Architectural and Landscape Lighting

You can use the programmable LED strips to add decorative lighting along walls and ceilings, in gardens, yards, lawns, and many more.

DIY and Custom

You can use them to add dynamic lighting on art installations, interactive lighting setups, gaming rooms, or furniture and models.

Questions:

1) What IC Types are available?

Many types of programmable LED strips are available, including WS2812B, SK6812, WS2815 LED tapes, WS2811, WS2813, WS2814, and SK9822.

2) What voltage products are available?

We sell the DC5V, DC12V, and DC24V products.

3) What waterproof-level products are available?

There are IP20 non-waterproof and IP65 waterproof options for indoor use. IP67 silicone tube and IP68 injection-molded waterproof for outdoor use.

4) What is the quantity of LEDs per meter?

They are come with 30LEDs/M, 60LEDs/M, 96LEDs/M, 100LEDs/M, 144LEDs/M, 160LEDs/M for SMD versions. You can choose the high-density LED chips up to 720 pieces per meter for the COB versions.

5) What colors of PCB boards are available?

For some Strip Lights, black-and-white PCB boards are available.

6) Can I cut them to my desired length?

Yes, you can cut them to any size you want from the cutting points.

7) How do you choose the  Controllers for LED Strips with ICs?

For small lighting projects, you can choose the basic dream color LED controllers, such as SP105E, SP110E, SP106E, SP107E, and SP108E, to control small quantities of Strip Lights. Those SPI controllers can be controlled remotely using a remote control or a mobile phone connected via WiFi or Bluetooth. They are suitable for home environments, easy to install and use, and feature built-in lighting patterns to meet your needs.

For commercial lighting projects, many strip lights need to work simultaneously. You will need large and complex digital controllers to control them. We will recommend choosing the K1000C, K4000C, T790K, T1000S, T300K, K8000C, etc.

8) How do you choose the Power Supplies?

Because most addressable RGB LED tapes operate at constant voltage, we recommend LED power supplies with 5V, 12V, and 24V DC output. There are non-waterproof power supplies for indoor use and waterproof power supplies for outdoor use.