JulianLights
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- Jan 5, 2019
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Hi all
Recently joined this forum and making my first post. This will also be my first year using pixels on my house so am currently going through a very steep learning curve!
I am looking to outline the house, including gutter/fascia, roof line and windows. I am planning to use strip due to cost effectiveness and ease of use and am currently debating whether to go with either ws2811 or ws2812 strip (both with 30leds/m). I like the idea of ws2812 as each led is individually addressable, as opposed to the ws2811 where it is three leds per pixel. My first question is whether or not it would really matter as would people really be able to make out the difference?
The other question I have is that looking at ws2812 I am struggling to find the strip in 12v with 30 leds/m. All the 12v ones I have found come with 60 leds/m, with the 30 leds/m being 5v. Is there any particular reason for this?
I want to avoid 5v due to the issues with voltage drop.
Thanks for your help!
Julian
Recently joined this forum and making my first post. This will also be my first year using pixels on my house so am currently going through a very steep learning curve!
I am looking to outline the house, including gutter/fascia, roof line and windows. I am planning to use strip due to cost effectiveness and ease of use and am currently debating whether to go with either ws2811 or ws2812 strip (both with 30leds/m). I like the idea of ws2812 as each led is individually addressable, as opposed to the ws2811 where it is three leds per pixel. My first question is whether or not it would really matter as would people really be able to make out the difference?
The other question I have is that looking at ws2812 I am struggling to find the strip in 12v with 30 leds/m. All the 12v ones I have found come with 60 leds/m, with the 30 leds/m being 5v. Is there any particular reason for this?
I want to avoid 5v due to the issues with voltage drop.
Thanks for your help!
Julian