Rextin® WS2811 Pixels Digital Addressable LED String Lights Waterproof RGB Full Color 12mm DC 12V 5V (DC12V 500pcs)

I am planning to use these as permanent lights. Tested them on the ground. Works as expected. To make them work, I used 12V power supply, quin LED controllor, and data booster.I had to work quiet some time to get them up bcz of the controller set up ete...

Great quality for the price. Well made pixels. I’ve had another brand at a similar price that had lower quality on the casing and the pixels were often not pointing straight. Rextin brand are made as though there is care put into the making of them. I am very happy.I use them for my holiday (Halloween and Christmas) Light shows. So, in this case, a matrix display (signage) and the outlines to the windows at my house. Also, I drilled some holes in 2 x 4 to light up a cross I made to hang on my chimney.The lights in the matrix and window outlines have been actively working nightly for October and working great. The lights in the cross will be tested soon and will mostly be used for the Christmas light show.The included video is the lights operating during a programmed sequence. They are doing what they are supposed to do.

I decided to get creative for Halloween and create a Tunnel to Hell. I'd never used an Arduino before nor done any electronics, but I was able to get this up and running as I wanted in a few days. I bought the 5V 500 pack which are actually 10 sets of 50 LEDs which you can daisy-chain together. There were three things for me to understand before I got them working: controlling them, powering them and ensuring I had enough RAM.CONTROLLING THEMThe LEDs only require two connections to the Arduino board, which involved identifying the red, white and blue wires on the main LED cable, then connecting the white signal wire to one of the comms connectors and then connecting the blue ground wire to the GND connector. Controlling them is easy if you use a library called FastLED, which has a great help community on Reddit. The library can be added in the Arduino software via Manage Libraries and comes with some easy to understand examples.POWERING THEMThe Arduino itself can't power enough of the LEDs so you'll need to connect a power supply. I bought a 5V 2amp power supply which I connected to the loose red and blue wires on the LEDs by screwing on a DC power connector. For my project, I hardly use any of the LEDs at the same time so 2amps seems to be enough, but if you use all the 500 LEDs at once at full brightness in white it can use 30amps! For this, I understand that you need to 'inject' 10amps of power along the strands at three points using three power supplies connected via a DC power connector, although the 12V version requires less injection points. I'd recommend buying a single power supply and then seeing if it's enough to power your project. RAMI started using the Arduno Uno r3 which worked for up to 450 LEDs. To get all 500 working within RAM I needed to upgrade to an Arduino Mega, which cost a little more money but worked the same as an Ardunio. I actually used an Elegoo Mega, which is a compatible copy.Overall the LEDs seem good quality and work as described. They're a bit smelly from the manufacturing process but perhaps that will dissipate over time.

Reasonably priced

I used these pixels for permanent holiday lights on my house. I needed something durable and weather proof that can endure the elements. The pixels were all filled with epoxy and all of them worked as they should. They're very bright and the colors are true. What more could you ask for? You won't be disappointed with these!