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[QUOTE="i13, post: 93403, member: 21708"] I also agree that 12V strips are more suitable than 5V for the purpose that you pictured. I have 12V strip, 5V strip and 5V nodes (no 12V nodes). The only downside of the 12V strip is that the RGB LEDs are wired in groups of 3 and can't be controlled one-by-one. In your application the strips are long so this won't be very noticeable. Nodes are different because they're always individually controlled. The downside of 12V nodes is that they waste power. Generally, I'd suggest 12V when you want a small number of pixels in a large area and 5V when you want a large number of pixels in a small area. The strips don't show up very well in videos. You can still see the individual LEDs shining but the videos make them look opaque. I like the strip that you linked to. It's cheap, relatively easy to cut, join and waterproof and not prone to sun damage. The downsides are that it is prone to creasing and sometimes Ray Wu doesn't use enough silicone on the ends. I add more silicone to make sure it is waterproof when Ray doesn't use enough. If you want to start building display items before you have a controller, one of these can be used to test them [URL='http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DC12V-WS2811-LED-smart-pixel-controller-With-76-kinds-of-patterns-2048pixels-controlled/701799_32261096741.html']http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/DC12V-WS2811-LED-smart-pixel-controller-With-76-kinds-of-patterns-2048pixels-controlled/701799_32261096741.html [/URL] It's also worth getting some end caps if you're working with strips. I use them but some of us prefer to just use heatshrink. Heatshrinking over the end caps might still be a good idea for mechanical protection for your solder joins, especially if you're new to soldering strips. I ask Ray to put holes in all of them because otherwise only 50% come with holes for the wires. End caps without holes are no good when you have the data going out of one strip and into the next. I see no problem with unused holes because the silicone that you're already using seals them up. [URL]http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Silicon-end-cap-8mm-10mm-12mm-optional/701799_459153462.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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