<div dir="ltr">At full 255,255,255 they are very bright.... so less is not that bad :-)<br><br>R.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Richard Sloan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rsloan@themindfactory.com" target="_blank">rsloan@themindfactory.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>The 2812B will draw 60mA when full RGB (white) is 255,255,255<br></div>Most Audruino can do 100-150mA, some more.... but that is at most 2-3 leds, so if 2-3 is your goal your fine. If you need more either drive them less 128,128,128 and they will draw no more than 30mA 32,32,32 and they draw 8mA<br>
</div><div>Or just add a seperate 5V supply for them as Janick said<br></div><div>I think the 1K he mentioned is on the data line, if you put it on the 5V line it would limit current to 5ma and you would not get very much brightness from them.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>R.</div></font></span></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 3:30 PM, Janick Bergeron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:janick@bergeron.com" target="_blank">janick@bergeron.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The LEDs should be connected in series so the Arduino will only have to drive one input regardless of the length of the strip. Adafruit recommends putting a 1kOhm resistor in series to limit the current.<br>
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For the power input, you should use a separate 5V supply, with a common ground with the Arduino. Again, AdaFruit recommends putting a 1mF capacitor across the power supply output to protect the strip.<br>
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Jun 5, 2014 12:47:17 PM, <a href="mailto:henri.kuschkowitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">henri.kuschkowitz@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
Check the amperage of the arduino you are using and review what the max amperage for each ws2812b is when they’re full power (aka white) that will tell you how many you will be able to run at once.<br>
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