Addressable LED Strips

The Addressable LED Strips, also called Smart or Digital LED Strips, have built-in or external ICs that control every LED individually or in group control to achieve dynamic color patterns, animations, and custom lighting effects. Unlike the regular color-changing LED strips, the addressable ones allow you to create moving rainbows, chasing effects, and pixel art designs. You can create various lighting effects on different parts simultaneously or in intervals. You can use them to add colorful ambient lighting indoors and outdoors.

How Smart LED Strips Work?

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

Benefits Of Digital Strip Lights:

Individual & Group Control: Set unique colors, modes, or brightness per single LED or group LEDs.

Smooth Animations: Create chasing, fading, gradient, raindrop, flow water, jump flash, and gradient effects.

Wide Color Range: They support 16.7 million (24-bit RGB ) colors.

Applications:

Custom room lighting: Decorative lighting, smart home setups

Gaming PC/RGB setups

Stage & even lighting

Art installation & interactive displays

Neon signs

Questions:

1) What IC Types are available?

Many types of programmable LED Strips are available: WS2812B, SK6812, WS2815, WS2811, WS2813, WS2814, SK9822, etc.

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 waterproof for outdoors.

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 addressing 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 strip lights operate at constant voltage, we recommend Power Supplies with 5V DC, 12V DC, and 24V DC output. There are non-waterproof Power Supplies for indoors and Waterproof Power Supplies for outdoors.