In case anyone is looking for smaller LEDs, check out the SK6812mini. They’re a WS2812 compatible RGB chip in a slightly smaller 3537 package. So far they seem pretty nice, they have the same 1.2KHz refresh rate that the regular SK6812 chip has, and seem to work fine with FastLED (just as a WS2812- I haven’t tried out the SK6812 profile yet).
Should be useful for builds where space is a major constraint, though the drawback is that the power capacity of the strip is lower. They should be available now or soon from the usual suspects. Data sheet is here:
They don’t need to have the labels- the strip we designed for the BlinkyTape doesn’t have any writing on the top surface. I think the largest volume customers of this strip don’t care much about the appearance because they are being used for architectural lighting where the LED strip isn’t exposed directly.
Thanks, that’s actually great. I note you have 1m and 2m lengths there. Are you going to make anything longer available? (Do you know if they’re making 4m / 5m spools? I presume yes…)
Yeah- they are also available in 4 and 5m spools. We weren’t sure how great the longer lengths would be, since there is so much less copper on the thin strips. The 2m versions show consistent whites from end-to-end at 1/3 brightness (need to check it at full power!), but the ends seems to flicker a little bit more. Of course a longer reel would be good for cutting into smaller pieces, or for applications where not all the lights need to be on at the same time.