{"product_id":"neopixel-14-60-ring-5050-rgbw-led-w-integrated-drivers-natural-white-4500k-discontinued","title":"NeoPixel 1\/4 60 Ring - 5050 RGBW LED w\/ Integrated Drivers (Natural White - ~4500K) [Discontinued]","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is better than smart RGB LEDs? Smart RGB+White LEDs! These NeoPixels now have 4 LEDs in them (red, green, blue \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e white) for excellent lighting effects. Round and round and round they go!  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is the NeoPixel 1\/4 60 LED Ring in Natural White\u003c\/strong\u003e. We have a ton of other NeoPixel rings in the store to check out!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith four of these you can make a huge ring with 60 ultra bright smart LED NeoPixels are arranged in a circle with a 6.2\" diameter. \u003cstrong\u003eEach order comes with just the quarter ring. Four of this item are required to make a large ring. You will have to solder them together as well, so for the full ring of 60 LEDs, buy four and solder them together!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rings are 'chainable' - connect the output pin of one to the input pin of another. Use only one microcontroller pin to control as many as you can chain together! Each LED is addressable as the driver chip is inside the LED. Each one has ~18mA constant current drive so the color will be very consistent even if the voltage varies, and no external choke resistors are required making the design slim. Power the whole thing with 5VDC and you're ready to rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe NeoPixel is 'split', one half is the RGB you know and love, the other half is a white LED with a yellow phosphor. Unlit, it resembles an egg yolk. Lit up these are insanely bright (like ow my eye hurts) and can be controlled with 8-bit PWM per channel (8 x 4 channels = 32-bit color overall). Great for adding lots of colorful + white dots to your project!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeoPixel LEDs use 800 KHz protocol so specific timing is required. On NeoPixels, the PWM rate is ~400 Hz, which works well but is noticable if the LED is moving. In comparison, DotStars have a 20 KHz PWM rate, so even when moving the LED around, you won't see the pixelation, the blending is very smooth. (we recommend DotStars if you can use them) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeoPixels are 5050-sized LEDs with an embedded microcontroller \u003cstrong\u003einside the LED\u003c\/strong\u003e. You can set the brightness and color of each R\/G\/B\/W with 8-bit PWM precision (so 32-bit color per pixel). The LEDs are controlled by shift-registers and only 1 digital output pin are required to send data down. The PWM is built into each LED-chip so once you set the color you can stop talking to the ring and it will continue to PWM all the LEDs for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe have a tutorial showing wiring, power usage calculations, example code for usage, etc. for NeoPixel Please check it out!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Please note you will need a NeoPixel library with RGBW support\u003c\/strong\u003e which is not always available. If you try to control these with a plain 'RGB' NeoPixel library, you'll get very weird results. Our Adafruit NeoPixel library does support RGBW but if you're using something else, just be aware that it might require some hacking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur detailed NeoPixel Uberguide has everything you need to use NeoPixels in any shape and size. Including ready-to-go library \u0026amp; example code for the Arduino UNO\/Duemilanove\/Diecimila, Flora\/Micro\/Leonardo, Trinket\/Gemma, Arduino Due \u0026amp; Arduino Mega\/ADK (all versions)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComes with one quarter ring of 15 x individually addressable RGB LEDs assembled and tested.\u003c\/strong\u003e We recommend you buy four to build the full circle as this is just the 1\/4 of the circle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTechnical Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv id=\"tab-technical-details-content\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSK6812RGBW Datasheet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOuter diameter of full circle (four put together): 157mm \/ 6.2\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInner diameter of full circle (four put together): 145mm \/ 5.7\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 3.25mm \/ 0.13\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight of one individual quarter: 4.1g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen soldering these together, line up the four pieces and connect all the GND and 5V pins together as shown above. Then for t\u003cstrong\u003ehree out of the four\u003c\/strong\u003e pieces solder DIN to DOUT. 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