Teensy with Led Strip & Clock Wire (Octows2811)

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Hi,

I was wondering if it was possible to use the octows2811 library if I have a clock wire for my led strip?

These are ws2811 using LPD6803 chips.

I have two led strip that I want to control.

Thanks
 
a104 said:
Hi,

I was wondering if it was possible to use the octows2811 library if I have a clock wire for my led strip?

These are ws2811 using LPD6803 chips.

I have two led strip that I want to control.

Thanks
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I think that you might be confusing things. ws2811 and lpd6803 are the driver chips for the leds, the leds commonly using similar 5050 (5mm * 5mm) housing. The lpd6803 uses a separate clock line - SPI, as you have said, whereas the ws2811 uses some nifty work on the data wire. The ws2811 is 24bit colour, and the ldp6803 is 15bit colour I believe. They also have very different refresh rates. You can use the old FastLed library called FastSPI_LED, but the ldp6803 chip is deprecated in the new lib.
 
a104 said:
Hi,

I was wondering if it was possible to use the octows2811 library if I have a clock wire for my led strip?

These are ws2811 using LPD6803 chips.

I have two led strip that I want to control.

Thanks
Click to expand...

I think that you might be confusing things. ws2811 and lpd6803 are the driver chips for the leds, the leds commonly using similar 5050 (5mm * 5mm) led housing. The lpd6803 uses a separate clock line - SPI, as you have said, whereas the ws2811 uses some nifty work on the data wire. The ws2811 is 24bit colour, and the ldp6803 is 15bit colour I believe. They also have very different refresh rates. You can use the old FastLed library called FastSPI_LED, but the ldp6803 chip is deprecated in the new lib.

FastSPI support lpd6803 can be found here: https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_FastSPI_LED.html
 
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Thanks guys, if I have a 5A 12V power supply, whats my easiest solution to run teensy with that power supply?

I'm fairly new to all this so all the help is greatly appreciated.
 
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