Addressable Side-View RGB LED Strip | 60/m - SK6812 - 5V DC

Although many of us Makers have enjoyed the delights of LEDs & Lighting for various projects or just for personalisation and customisation of spaces and things, it’s great to know that there are still great developments happening within the world of LEDs, and that means that our LED adventures are certainly not over, and there will likely always be new LEDs and other fun goodies to play and experiment with, and to use in all of the weird, whacky and wonderful ways that we do. These SK6812 LED Strips are perfect examples of fresh tech amidst a now age-old industry, and are essentially designed to replace the classic WS2812b and similar IC LEDs from that era, and while they were originally designed as a simple alternative, they’ve ended up offering a few minor improvements as well, including faster PWM frequencies for less flickering.

Compared to the standard SK6812 LED Strips that we stock, these strips are quite unique in design, featuring a specialised side-view illumination style that shines the light out of the edge of the strip, rather than from the centre of the top of the PCB. This is quite a strange but awesome design, allowing these strips to be installed into tight gaps between boards or sheets, discretely illuminating areas without the PCB actually being visible. This is particularly awesome for discrete interior vehicle lighting, but realistically can be a nice choice for all kinds of different simple to advanced projects too. And of course, the extra white channel featured on SK6812 Strips also helps with colour accuracy and brightness throughout the entire colour gamut, and even with a discrete side-view style, this extra channel allows it to shine brightly regardless of which R, G and B channels you’re using, and this will certainly help you find the precise blues, greens, reds and blends without sacrificing brightness or accuracy.

Finally, these SK6812 LED Strips operate on a very convenient 5V, and that means that it is relatively easy to integrate these strips directly into various MCU projects, being controllable from simple microcontrollers like Arduino Boards, and even offering wireless capabilities when equipped with a wireless capable MCUs like the WeMos D1 R2 MCU.

Please Note: These strips are priced and stocked in single meter lengths.

Additional Resources:

• To find out the finer details of how these LED chips work, check out the SK6812 Datasheet, which you can also get from our downloads section at the top of this description.

If you’re wondering what the fuss is about SK6812 LEDs compared to the classic addressable WS2812b and similar chips, check out the fantastic video that compares many different strips together, including SK6812 strips, and take extra note of how the extra white channel of these strips helps with shining true white by skipping forward to 12:40 in the Video. You’ll see precisely why SK6812 LEDs are one of the best solutions for true colour LED lighting, and why they’re ready to replace the classic WS2812b chips and other similar chips:

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