Questions tagged [ws2812b]
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Powering this circuit off 3A USB charger, but it's only supplying 350mA
I have a very simple circuit for a small RGB lamp I'm building. My plan was to power it off one of my many spare old USB phone chargers via micro-usb. It's just a string of 60 WS2812B LEDs with a ...
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WS2812B PWM Noise Interference
I am somewhat new to electronics and I am encountering an issue with a WS2812B LED Strip and noise from other PWM data lines near by causing the LED strip to flicker. I am using an NodeMCU ESP8266MOD ...
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Can I connect a 1A device to a USB 3 port?
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If I were to connect 16 WS2182b LEDs in series (16*0.06=0.96A) and an Arduino to a USB 3 port on my PC (0.9A max I think), would my PC/USB controller get fried or would the LEDs just run dimmer?
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WS2812B-8 Strip has two grounds. Is one a signal ground?
I'm running 5 x WS2812B-8 RGB LED strips off an ESP32.
The strips have 4 pads on each end: (from top to bottom)
GND - Is this signal ground?
In / Out - Signal
VCC - 5V
GND - Is this power ground?
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WS2812B first LED flickering Wemos D1 mini
I'm running 110 WS2812B LEDs with an Wemos D1 mini clone (AZDelivery) and the first LED flickers and won't even turn off but rather show red or green. I changed the data line cable several times, ...
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WS2812b flickering at low levels
I'm having trouble with a circuit I'm building using WS2812b LEDs. The 41 LED pixels are connected to the D3 pin of a Wemos D1 Mini. They are powered by a sufficient strong power source, with a power ...
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Need help with standalone circuit; atmega328p and WS2812
I have a problem involving those two modules, can't keep them work together in board for more than 30 secs. Randomly, leds WS2812D-F5 w/ WS2812B-B, starts to turn on when should be off and then all ...
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Drive very long WS2812B RGB strip (80 meters) [closed]
I have to drive an 80 meters long RGB strip. 100 LEDs/m. What's the best option?
I read Arduino hasn't enough RAM to drive them all so I was thinking about split the strip in slices and every slice be ...
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Does a USB port provide enough power for my LED project?
I'm not quite sure whether or not my LEDs will draw too much current. I can't put the schematic right now, but basically I'm using just using the power line from the USB 2.0 port on my board, and it ...
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WS2812 LED Flickering
Ihave a problem. i need to solve is as fast as possible. Maybe someone here has an idea what to do.
I have WS2812 LEDs.
Beetween each pixel is 30cm cable.
I have to drive about 150 pixels of them ...
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Flickering LED strip when dimming
I have a 5m LED strip (Ultimate Fancy LEDs) that consists has 30 LEDs per meter of WS2812B chips.
Is uses a SP601E Bluetooth controller and was delivered using a 5V/6A power supply.
Out of the box, ...
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Do I need to use a MOSFET to drive 60 WS281Bs?
I’m building a custom keyboard and have 60 WS2812Bs as part of the backlighting system. I’m worried about the signal integrity as I’m using an STM32 and the max current on that pin is 25mA. Do I need ...
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Individual WS2812B circuit: Do i need a capacitor?: Power distribution?
I am currently designing a Circuit that is similar to typical WS2812B ARGB strips but seperatet into modules.
In the offical datasheet, there is no mention of using capacitors as noise protection, but ...
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Controlling WS2818B matrix with ATTiny85
I am working on a small LED board project. The LED board is a 16x16 panel of WS2818B LEDs; they are also known as Neopixels. Controlling these thing is a bit of a pain, and I thought I would look ...
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12V AC to 12V DC converter to power an Arduino and some WS2812B 5050 LEDs
I am looking to convert 12V AC to 12V DC to power an Arduino through the VIN pin. The Arduino will be mounted on a PCB through header pins, please see below.
This is the board I have at the moment.
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Keep an Arduino Nano and 24 WS2812Bs alive if the power drops for a second
Im working on a project for a pinball machine, working on a arduino controller and beacon boards to replace old filament flashers,
The supply voltage to the new arduino controller and beacon board ...
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Can't get WS2812B LED strip working with PC power supply
I am an absolute beginner in both electronics and LEDs.
I would like to power my WS2812B LED strip (5m, 300 LEDs) with an old PC power supply.
The power supply has 600W so more than enough power.
To ...
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How to select the correct CM choke?
Say I want to reduce noise on the data line for WS2812B led strips.
Is it a viable option to use CM chokes to reduce this noise?
According to the docs, WS2812B data speed is 800Kbs. Which I guess ...
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Can I use a ferrite bead instead of a resistor on the data wire of my LED strip?
I have a WS2812B[PDF] LED strip which I want to control with the PWM0 pin (GPIO18) of my Raspberry Pi.
Multiple sources highly recommend to insert a 330-470𝛀 resistor in between the data pin of the ...
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How individual LEDs in LED strips (or matrixes or cubes) are being powered when supplied with >=12V instead of 5V?
I've been wondering about LED strips and how its individual LEDs are being powered.
My knowledge about LEDs is very basic. I know they're diodes, I know they tend to draw more current than what's good ...
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How do I safely power 2m 144 LED/m WS2812B strip with 5v and 10a?
I am using a 2 meter strip with 144 led/m on a WS2812B led strip. By doing the maths on how much current would be required to power this we get
60mA * 288 = 17.28 amps.
However, I am not planning on ...
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How does a ws2812b chip work?
I know what a ws2812b chip does, but how does it work internally?
How can it control the led?
Is there a datasheet that goes into detail?
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Adding more LEDs in the strip causes white to become red-ish
I have an LED strip with 62 LEDs. The type of the LEDs is WS2812B. I am powering them with a 5V 10A switching power supply.
When I set the LEDs to white and full brightness, they look a bit red-ish. I ...
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WS2812 Strip Connector
I'm trying to buy connectors for WS2812b LED strips. I have already found the item on eBay, but cannot find it on Digikey as Digikey has a gazillion of connectors.
The connector I am looking for looks ...
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Soldering WS2812B Daisy-Chain
I'm following this project. More specific Step 7: Rainbow Pistil
https://www.instructables.com/Ever-Blooming-Mechanical-Tulip/
In the picture bellow. On the top left corner is how I should solder ...
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WS2812B LED strip interference with PC monitor
As post title says I think I have an interference issue between a WS2812B LED strip (98 LEDs) and my PC monitor Viewsonic VX2458. The LEDs are connected to the back of monitor in a rectangular shape ...
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Why does color of addressable RGB LED strip change when dimming?
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I have an addressable LED strip with TM1814 IC's. (So it's actually a RGBW strip. Download datasheet here.) When set to orange at full brightness, it's orange. But when set to orange at 10%, it ...
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Can I use a single large capacitor rather than multiple small?
I'm designing a PCB to hold an array of WS2812B LEDs. The LEDs are in groups of 4, with roughly 1cm gap between them, 60 total LEDs per PCB.
As per the documentation recommends I add a 0.1uF ...
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ESP32 Neopixel acting strange when using dual core functionality
I have just started using ESP32 and tested dual core functionality, which works fine i.e. can blink two leds with different blink intervals parallelly. Also I've tested touch sensors, they also works ...
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ESP32 Dev Kit C - WS2812
My Components:
ESP32 Dev Kit C from Az - Delivery
Power Adapter 5V - 5A
Level Shifter
RGB - STRIP
I'm using the Adafruit_neoPixel library. My programs are working fine with the LED-Strip, but every ...
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One button circuit with thyristor, controling power suply
Please forgive my lack of knowlige.
I need to make circuit with one button(normaly OFF, ON while pressing) using thyristor.
This circuit will be connecting and disconnecting raspberry pi and bunch of ...
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WS2812B strip glitches or flickers. What's the cause?
I've rebuilt the Project Piano LED Visualizer but I'm experiencing some issues with the LED strip that I don't understand.
I'm using a 10A/5V power supply to power a strip of precisely 180 WS2812B ...
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Neopixel WS2812B signal noise
I made a stair led with 610 leds.
All powered with a ATX psu.
The PSU can`t deliver the 5v for the led stripe so im using for 300 of them a buck driver and for the rest the 5v ATX out.
The Buck is ...
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Cheap Reliable way to convert 3.3V to 5V with a 800kHz signal
I'm looking for a cheap reliable way (production) to convert an stm32's 3.3V output to the 5V input of a WS2812. I looked at a MOSFET solution with a BSS138 but internet research shows that it is not ...
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WS2812b data over 35m line
Single WS2812b LED are connected over 35 meters (115 feets) UTP Cat. 5e cable and it's not working as expected. Getting wrong colors. Another WS2812b placed in parallel (not chained) on board close to ...
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Wiring WS2812b to power supply
I currently have am trying to power a 300M 5V WS2812b from only one end from a 5v 20A power switching supply that I got off ebay. There is about 8-10 feet of distance between the two, and I was ...
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Creating stable 72V power source
For a lighting project, I want to power 12 programmable LEDS (WS2812b or equivalent) in series, and then have 5 of these sets in parallel. Due to extra resistance, I think I need a constant voltage ...
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WS2815 noises problem
I've been trying to use WS2815 leds in my stairs, but I'm struggling with noises problem.
I'm using stm32f103c8t6 based bluepill board as a controller for 18 1m long led strips. Each strip is ...
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How much current for a 5V 60 LED/m WS2812B 5m LED strip?
I'm planning on controlling a 5m 60 LED/m WS2812B chip 5V strip with a Raspberry Pi Zero W. According to the website it draws 18 watts per meter (90 watts total). What current would this strip draw, ...
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ESP32 ws2812fx BLE leds flicker and flash different colors
I am creating a device to use a bluetooth app to control the effects in the ws2812fx library on a esp32 thing from Sparkfun. It works great using the arduino serial monitor to update. But whenever I ...
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Powering 1920 leds with 32 strips of 60 ws2812b led strips each (32 meters)
I'm tring to build a led display with 32 strips of ws2812b led strips with 60 leds each. That's a total amount of 1920 leds.
How many power supplies should I buy? Given the max current of 50mA per ...
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WS2812b interference and bootup behavior
TL;DR: how can a slowly rising power supply voltage on an arduino crash the WS2812bs connected to it? How can I protect a signal wire even better from electrical interference?
This my question in a ...
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WS2812B custom power distribution block
I have a couple questions about my DIY LED installation.
Both FUSE BLOCKS have 20 amp fuses inline each input to the main terminal which leads to the PSU, so 6 to 1, each having a fuse inline such ...
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ws2812 strips data grounding method & flickering
I know for ws2812 strips (60ppm) you can ground the data line at the far end to reduce the chance for "echos" and improve performance.
My question is can you:
Short the data tab to the ground tab at ...
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~150 WS2812b LED's with Pi Zero and SN74AHCT125N
I'm planning to control about 150 WS2812b LEDs with my Pi Zero and a 5v 11a power source (PC molex connector). Following this guide: https://www.thegeekpub.com/15990/wiring-ws2812b-addressable-leds-to-...
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Fixing power supply interference issue (?)
I am working on a project that involves controlling WS2812B led strips using a Teensy 4.0 microcontroller. I got everything working during the testing phase, but now, after transitioning from ...
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How to immediately turn WS2812 LED strip on after power on?
I built a table lamp with a 1m WS2812 LED strip controlled by a RPI Zero W. It has a decent power supply that outputs 5V directly to the LED strip and also powers the RPI. The RPI takes approximately ...
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What is dynamic memory?
I have an Arduino Uno and I'm trying to use it to provide data for 1200 WS2812B leds. When I tried to provide data for them, the Arduino IDE says "Sketch uses 5086 bytes (15%) of program storage space....
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stm32f1xx how to use DMA to write to TIMx CCR
I am trying to control WS2812b digital LEDs with stm32f103. I have a buffer of color values for the LED strip and to transfer them I need to write the next value to the timer's CCR every time the ...
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Is DC 5V and 2A dangerous to me? [duplicate]
I am new to electronics so please forgive me.
I am looking at powering a WS2812B RGB strip. Specifically 144 LEDs/ meter. After doing some research I found that 200mA is lethal and can kill. Now, of ...
