Adafruit NeoPixel Digital RGB LED Weatherproof Strip 60 LED -1m, Outdoor, 1000mm x 12.5mm x 4mm, 5V, 18W, ADA1461

• Adafruit Part Number: 1461
• Stock Type: NeoPixels >> Strips
• In Stock & Ready to *

You thought it couldn't get better than our world-famous 32-LED-per-meter Digital LED strip but we will prove you wrong! You wanted twice the LEDs? We got it (well, it's 1.875 times as many but that's within a margin of error). You wanted thinner strips? Now only 12.5 mm wide, 10 mm if you remove the strip from the casing. You wanted less noticeable strip color - this strip has black-colored flex PCB, which will be less visible against black-painted walls. This is the strip with black flex PCB, it's identical to the white 60 LED/meter except it has a different color mask on the flex strip. All your dreams answered, yet there are a few things to watch for. First up, the higher density means much higher power usage over a certain distance - 18 Watts max (~3.5 Amps @ 5V) per meter instead of 9.6 Watts max (~2 Amps @ 5V). The max rating is assuming all the LEDs are on full white, usually the actual current for colorful design is about 1/3 to 1/2 the max current. A good power supply such as our 5V 10A supply is key! Second, to get high density, the controller chip is inside the LED, which is kind of cool, but also means that the chip only uses a single pin for input and a single pin for output. The protocol used is very very timing-specific and can only be controlled by microcontrollers with highly repeatable 100nS timing precision. We have example code for using with the Arduino Uno/Mega microcontroller at 8MHz and 16MHz, and with a little effort you can use with the Raspberry Pi , or Beagle Bone Black , but it will not work with the Basic Stamp, NETduino, any other interpreted/virtual machine microprocessor or any processor slower than 8 MHz. For those processors, check our DotStar digital LED strip which has SPI-like input/output and works easily with Pi, NETduino, and other processors. Third, just because you have all those pixels doesn't mean