WS2811 (RGB) - Vs ??? (RGBW)
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Yes there are IC chips designed for RGBW, such as WS2814. Compared to RGB, RGBW adds in a dedicated white LED.
I personally have not considered this for my display since I find RGB is already bright enough (actually too bright IMO without limiting brightness to well under 100%).
There may be someone else who has experimented with WS2814 or another kind of RGBW IC who could comment further.
I personally have not considered this for my display since I find RGB is already bright enough (actually too bright IMO without limiting brightness to well under 100%).
There may be someone else who has experimented with WS2814 or another kind of RGBW IC who could comment further.
The sparkle is usually done with RGB LEDs, not RGBW. I would say less than 1% of people use 4 channel LEDs.
The 4 colour LEDs are much preferred for static lighting - if you say put them under your eaves etc. The "white" channel comes in both cool and warm white variants - depending on what you want do to with it.
xLights can sequence either RGB or RGBW - that being said - it's usually easier to do everything in RGB, and then the controller does a map that on equal RGB values, it engages the white channel instead - WLED can do this, for example.
Some lighting setups dont even use the white channel for xLights/sequencing, it's only used by the static (non-show) architectural lighting.
The 4 colour LEDs are much preferred for static lighting - if you say put them under your eaves etc. The "white" channel comes in both cool and warm white variants - depending on what you want do to with it.
xLights can sequence either RGB or RGBW - that being said - it's usually easier to do everything in RGB, and then the controller does a map that on equal RGB values, it engages the white channel instead - WLED can do this, for example.
Some lighting setups dont even use the white channel for xLights/sequencing, it's only used by the static (non-show) architectural lighting.