Here is a source for the addressable through-hole leds.

Kevin_White · January 10, 2015, 6:48am

Amanda_Walker · January 10, 2015, 7:41am

Not cool that they stole @Adafruit_Industries product photos, though :-(.

Mike_Thornbury · January 10, 2015, 9:18am

Or, they are both using the manufacturers product images.

Amanda_Walker · January 10, 2015, 2:42pm

No, these are clearly Adafruit shots (you can see a Trinket in one of them, and they’re all taken on the black ground-glass table at Adafruit).

Justin_Eastman · January 11, 2015, 4:40pm

Ebay version of the same… I got these. They work great.

JP_Roy · January 11, 2015, 6:03pm

@Justin_Eastman I noticed the specs are 1.71 microseconds per bit. So a bit slower than the ws2811/ws2812 that are 1.25 microseconds.

Do you use FastLED ? They do not list these in the supported chipsets.

Craig_Kovatch · January 11, 2015, 6:53pm

Thanks for posting this, I was having trouble finding the diffused version in bulk.

Justin_Eastman · January 11, 2015, 7:42pm

They do work with FASTLED. I use WS2811 chipset in FASTLED. I have not strung together more than two of them but they work great so far.

Stephane_FRANCOIS · January 18, 2015, 3:40am

oh they also sell a 5mm packaging here http://uk.alibaba.com/product/1987657491-5mm-ws2811-addressable-rgb.html. I will probably give it a try. Thanks for the link.