These are going to be fun! 😁 100 WS2811 PCBs with holes for common

Kyle_Halvorson · October 30, 2014, 1:08am

These are going to be fun! 100 WS2811 PCBs with holes for common anode RGB LEDs. $21.99 on eBay.

Mark_Kriegsman · October 30, 2014, 1:56am

Cheap and fun!

(… and that’s 400 solder connections I’d happily pay someone else to make for me. Like maybe a robot. I don’t have the soldering zen required to do that and do a good job on it… but for those who DO have it, this looks awesome.)

Philippe_Charest · October 30, 2014, 2:05am

I have build a 8x8x8 led cube I understand your pain…

Kyle_Halvorson · October 30, 2014, 2:08am

I find soldering relaxing. Not sure why, but I honestly enjoy it.

Jon_Burroughs · October 30, 2014, 2:24am

Uh, oh. Someone’s got the LED bug…

Kyle_Halvorson · October 30, 2014, 2:42am

Oh definitely.

Dave_Morgan · October 30, 2014, 3:51am

What are you thinking about doing with this?

Kyle_Halvorson · October 30, 2014, 3:55am

I’m going to break it apart (it’s perforated) and use 60 pieces of it for the lighting part of the G-Meter I’m building. I’m going to buy more as well and hang them up on the ceiling in my apartment.

Dave_Morgan · October 30, 2014, 3:57am

That should prove to be an interesting ceiling!

Mike_Thornbury · October 30, 2014, 1:55pm

You can buy them with LEDs soldered on. And with cables attached.

http://www.world-semi.com/en/

Robert_Atkins · October 30, 2014, 1:58pm

For double that you can get someone else to do the soldering—and you get 28 more LEDs

Dave_Morgan · October 30, 2014, 2:01pm

Those are very interesting. I have been considering building a spectrum analyzer. I was going to use strips, but figuring out how to mount them (and getting a high enough density) was going to be tricky. Using a few of these might work great!

Robert_Atkins · October 30, 2014, 2:04pm

Yeah, have a trawl through Ray Wu’s site. Every few weeks it seems like there’s a different configuration of strip or panel, with a different pixel pitch or physical layout. If you want higher density still take a look at the SmartMatrix panels which are now supported by FastLED and use 3528 LEDs at much higher densities.

Kyle_Halvorson · October 30, 2014, 2:19pm

There are a few reasons I bought these specifically, they were cheap, they were bare so I can solder however long of wires I want to them, and I like that they are individual pieces so I don’t have to mangle a good strip of LEDs if I just want one or two LEDs.

Kyle_Halvorson · October 30, 2014, 2:35pm

There are a few reasons I bought these specifically, they were cheap, they were bare so I can solder however long of wires I want to them, and I like that they are individual pieces so I don’t have to mangle a good strip of LEDs if I just want one or two LEDs.

Don_Milton · November 3, 2014, 10:42pm

I just ordered a set for $19.99 on eBay. Can’t wait to get them. I am looking at a big project using them. I bought awhile ago just the chips and some very cheap break out boards. But it is a chore to solder those little suckers! So much better to get them assembled! LOL

Don_Milton · November 26, 2014, 5:41am

Update: I got mine a few days ago! They work great! Easy to solder. I used pogo pins to test them. I am still trying to get a circuit in working order to drive 12v RGB LED strips with one. Has anyone been able to use WS2811 output to drive the 12v strips? If you have can you please help me?

Thanks!

Aimee · June 7, 2016, 2:19am

Hello Kyle, WorldSemi had developed updated version WS2818 PCBs with holes for common anode RGB LEDs. While one LED being broken, it won’t affect another LEDs’ signal transfer, it’s totally with perfect display effect.