LongPixel - Digital Control for Analog LED Strips

adammhaile

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The LongPixel is a digitally controlled LED strip driver able to drive 12-24V Common Anode RGB LED analog strips (the kind that have +V, R, G, and B wires). By using the WS2801 LED driver chip, multiple LongPixels can be chained together and treated as a "strip" of digitally addressable super-LEDs. The LongPixel can work with just about any platform that supports SPI communication, including the Arduino, the Raspberry Pi, and our AllPixel LED controller. The awesome FastLED Arduino/AVR library and our own BiblioPixel Python library are great control software options. Screw terminals, standard headers, and integrated mounting points make hardware setup a snap.

Some example uses: Architectural Lighting, Costumes, Under counters or cabinets, TV Bias Lighting, or Music Interactive Lighting.

As with all our work, the LongPixel is 100% open and all of the design files are available on GitHub (see link below).

To help get the LongPixel into the hands of LED lovers at a reasonable cost, we're launching a Kickstarter to help fund an initial run of the boards. We are also offering rolls of analog LEDs at a discount to backers: $25 or less for 5 meters. Checkout the links below for more details.

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...control-for-analog-led-strips?ref=candlepower
https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/LongPixel

Thanks for reading!
Adam and Dan, Maniacal Labs

 
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