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Offline modernjack3Topic starter

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Infinity Mirror LED-Strip
« on: April 10, 2016, 06:44:13 pm »
SO as you can read by the title I am planning on Building an infinitymirror - but not a normal one - I want it to function as a spectrum analyser aswell - so i want to have 7 Channels with diffrent intensities that can be shown in this cool 3d look - what I Need now is a LED Strip where i can Control every LED (also shut off) by its own and I werent able to find one yet... it would be old nice if the LED Strip was cuttable into smaller parts. (I will be using an Andruino btw)

Sorry if my english isnt perfect _ I come from Austria and normally speak german ! :P
 

Offline Chalcogenide

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Re: Infinity Mirror LED-Strip
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2016, 06:49:28 pm »
Look for WS2812 - individually addressable RGB LEDs that only require one serial input, and can be daisy-chained. Libraries available for Arduino as well.
 

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Re: Infinity Mirror LED-Strip
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2016, 06:52:43 pm »
Hey !
Thank you for the reply ! Those LED Strips dont seem to be cuttable or are they ? :/
Edit : Sorry I just looked it up they seem to be. Thank you so much for your help !
 

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Re: Infinity Mirror LED-Strip
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2016, 06:56:16 pm »
Is there also a way to turn the LEDs off one by one ?
 

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Re: Infinity Mirror LED-Strip
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2016, 07:48:02 am »
They are very definitely cuttable. WS2812 can be cut after each LED - they are powered from 5V, but be warned that they require quite a lot of current, so in the case of an infinity mirror power both ends of the strip to reduce the voltage drop.
WS2811 are powered from 12V and can be cut every 3.
Each LED is controlled by a digital communication, and can be set to display whatever colour - including staying OFF, but still drawing some current for the digital part of the IC. Every LED can have a different colour (that's the point of having individually addressable LEDs).
 


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