There's a slight difference in size with these new APA102 2020 strips.

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Ive only used WS2812B and SK6812. They only have a data line ive never had to mess with the clock line

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Yes, they’re just APA102 chips in a tiny case.

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And all my boards use the Attiny85

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It’s pretty straightforward.

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Im gonna buy a couple of strips and play around with them. Theyre so freaking tiny! Lol

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It’s amazing how small they are. It really is.

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Thank goodness for SMD stencils and solder paste lol

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Dang dude an 8x8 matrix of APA102 leds is $50 on adafruit lol

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@Cristian_Martinez yeah that’s ridiculously expensive…

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Heck even digi key is expensive lol

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What exactly are you looking for? Just bare SMD LEDs? Or strips?

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Nope same price an Adafruit 10 for 5.95

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Just bare ones

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Apa102? WS2812?

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Look on eBay for the bare LEDs. I found ws2812s for as cheap as $.083 each.

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I know theyre really cheap

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I wonder if they have anything smaller than 3535 for WS2812Bs

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I think the next step down is these APA102s that I posted about. :confused: 3535 is the smallest I’ve seen for ws2812s.

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I believe apa102s are actually better anyway, faster at processing the data sent to them.

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Well i rarely use more than 50 because i just strap them on to clothes and stuff so im not too worried about the processing. I need to give RGBW a try thou. Have you tried them out yet?