These LED strips are fun and glowy. There are
60 warm white LEDs per meter, and you can control the entire strip at once with any microcontroller and
a power transistor. The way they are wired, you will need a 9-12VDC power supply and connect directly. If you want to dim the strip,
use any NPN or N-channel MOSFET (although the big powerful kind is good for a large strip) and PWM the input.
We splurged and got the waterproof kind with white background color. There's a 3M adhesive strip on the back which should stick to most smooth surfaces. Great for architectural lighting (under-counter or under-cabinet), decorating your bicycle or car, making lamps, etc. You'll need a lot of power to light these up,
we suggest our 12V 5A supply. To connect it to a power supply,
pick up a 2.1mm female jack and wire it to the strip with some heat shrink. For portable use,
we suggest a 8xAA battery holder
You can cut this stuff pretty easily with wire cutters, there are cut-lines every 5cm (3 LEDs each), and trim off the waterproof cover with a hobby knife. Solder to the 0.1" copper pads and you're good to go.
They come in 5 meter reels and are
sold by the meter! If you buy 5m at a time, you'll get full reels. If you buy less than 5m, you'll get a single strip, but it will be a cut piece from a reel.
We don't have a tutorial specifically for the white LED strips but they're basically identical to the RGB LED strips we carry, except that instead of 3 different colored LEDs there is only warm white so we suggest our tutorial on those
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