Hello I am working on my first LED lighting project and am trying to learn as much as I can about LED's. I can't find the answers I am looking for on google when I search on SK6812 chips so I came here hoping to learn more about these.
The reason I want to use these chips is because I want RGBW LEDS but the basic RGBW LED strips alternate the RGB chips and W chips and I want a 4 in 1 chip that has the RGB and W in the same chip. The only LED strips I could find that were like this were LED strips labeled as SK6812.
My question is how do you control these? The RGB strips I have been looking at have 4 wires a red, green, blue and a power. These SK6812 LED's only have 3 wires a 12v, ground and data?So I have been having troubles finding controllers for these LED's. Do I have to get a special controller?
Here is an example of the LED strips I am talking about.http://www.vozop.com/index.php/5m-dc12v-sk6812-rgbw-300leds-20pixes-m-led-digital-strip-light.html
The reason I want to use these chips is because I want RGBW LEDS but the basic RGBW LED strips alternate the RGB chips and W chips and I want a 4 in 1 chip that has the RGB and W in the same chip. The only LED strips I could find that were like this were LED strips labeled as SK6812.
My question is how do you control these? The RGB strips I have been looking at have 4 wires a red, green, blue and a power. These SK6812 LED's only have 3 wires a 12v, ground and data?So I have been having troubles finding controllers for these LED's. Do I have to get a special controller?
Here is an example of the LED strips I am talking about.http://www.vozop.com/index.php/5m-dc12v-sk6812-rgbw-300leds-20pixes-m-led-digital-strip-light.html