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- …

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 …

Thanks for info and for sharing it all!

I just purchased 10m from AliExpress for $49, about what I would pay for 5 m of the 5050s

@Roger_Kolasinski - could you share a link to what you bought?

I was a little off on the final price $59… But still only $10 mire than I pay for 5m SK6812 BLACK 5050 LED bead; individually addressable pixel strip;BLACK PCB;30 leds/m ;DC5V input; IP30 NON-waterproof;5M long; http://www.aliexpress.com/item/SK6812-BLACK-5050-LED-bead-individually-addressable-pix…

@Roger_Kolasinski Those look like 30px/m 5050’s on 10mm wide strip. I’ve been playing with APA102’s in this 3.5mm size. Good stuff.

Agh. I haven’t tried apa102s yet

Do these come in APA102 variety and in the 144ppm?? I would order loads if that was on offer

@Garrett_Mace Where did you find APA102’s in 3.5mm? My life is 37% better since moving to APA’s…

+Garrett Mace if you can post a link of where you found the apa102 in tha small formfactor that would be awesome

In case anyone is looking for smaller LEDs, check out the SK6812mini.

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