Does anyone know where to get these for less than $1 a piece?
And the 5mm dome version, also 18c each: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/PL9823-F5-5mm-round-hat-RGB-LED-with-PD9823-chipset-inside-full-color-frosted/1707175958.html
The chip is a WS2811 clone but works fine with every library I’ve tried.
No excuse I suppose for not finding it on Ebay… funny that that is the last place I end up checking anymore… Thanks for the links guys! And the addtional search criteria ie: PL9823
@P_Routon Upon further inspection I think those are just RGB LEDs and with an integrated circuit.
Here are the ones mentioned though by @Daniel_Tullemans with free shipping…
No problem. I’ve grown to prefer AliExpress over eBay as they offer a selection of shipping options, and sellers generally ship on the next business day. AliExpress also handles escrow tidily – your payment is not released to the seller until you confirm receipt of the goods (cross-checked against the shipper’s records). I always ship with DHL and the longest it’s taken to get things to both Australia and the U.S. has been 4 days.
@Daniel_Tullemans Before I buy 100 of these you have experience using FastLED library with these defined as WS2811?
@Justin_Eastman
Oops, I didn’t get beyond the description (which is perhaps misleading). It certainly doesn’t help that both types have four leads.
@Justin_Eastman , I have not used FastLED with them yet. but I have used light_ws2812 which I would expect to use the same timings (as both are intended to drive WS2812 pixels) See here to compare: https://github.com/cpldcpu/light_ws2812
I have been getting mine from SparkFun LED - RGB Addressable, PTH, 8mm (5 Pack)
COM-12877 for $2.95 a pack and $2.66 a pack for 10 or more. They also have 5mm in diffused and clear for the same price. Way better than Adafruit’s price!
I have used them and as long as you set type to WS2811 with GRB color mode you they work fantastic! 