Question for the sparkies....

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Question for the sparkies… I’m planing on strip of 180 SK6812 (Mini Skinny 144 from Adafruit). That specs out to 10.5A if full-on white (i’m doing limiting SW). I’m going to assume a distributed power system of tapping between each set of 60 pieces. The structure will be tapping GND at each tap point, continue DI/DO through all pieces, and I’m injecting the +5V at points 0, (59,60), and (119,120).
For the questions:

  1. Would you separate the +5V between each segment? or keep trace in place?
  2. What would you recommend for a noise/bypass capacitor on each of the inputs.
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  1. As long as the 5V is coming from the same power source I would not cut the trace.
  2. 300-500 Ohm resistor on your data line. 1000uF cap between ground and 5v.
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Thank you Brian… I thought as much, but wanted to check with other’s who have experience…

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@John_Sullivan I had a bad habit of not using any resistors or capacitors when I first started and never had any issues but always better safe than sorry. Especially with expensive LED strips from Adafruit.

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Yepps… and first test is http://FastLED.blink (cycle each fillcolor with maxbrightness < 20%). Before and after installs. :slight_smile: