Solderless connectors for LPD8806 LED Strip?

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Solderless connectors for LPD8806 LED Strip?

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Hi there,

Any chance these solderless clips: https://learn.adafruit.com/solderless-rgb-led-clips
...have the right spacing for use with the addressible digital LED strips: http://www.adafruit.com/product/306

?

If not: I have a project that calls for long strips of LEDs spaced further apart; Before I start cutting apart the LED strips and joining them with hand-soldered lengths of wire, is there any less labor-intensive approach?

Thanks!

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Re: Solderless connectors for LPD8806 LED Strip?

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In the description on the product page
When using our analog LED strip, you'll have to carefully remove the waterproofing with a small hobby-knife. This will work with our 30 LED/meter or 60 LED/meter strip. It will not work with the digital addressable LED strip!
When you say long strips spaced further apart what do you mean exactly? Groups of leds with spaces or spaces between each led? Perhaps this would work.https://www.adafruit.com/products/1260

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Re: Solderless connectors for LPD8806 LED Strip?

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Thanks for getting back to me. Sorry for missing that on the product page; I was looking at the tutorial page :-/

I'm trying to assemble a grid of LEDs, with LEDs spaced 1' apart both horizontally and vertically. The addressable LED strips are attractive because I can drive an entire column (or row) with only two data lines. My current plan is to cut LED strips apart on their cut lines (making nodes of 2 LEDs each), and reconnect them with interconnect wire to space them out, then run separate power and data lines to each column.

The individual Flora RGBs (https://www.adafruit.com/products/1260) seem like they could also work; at first glance, though, it looks like they would be a little more expensive at $2 per node rather than $1.56 for nodes cut from LED strips, and it looks like the Flora RGBs require a separate controller board?

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Re: Solderless connectors for LPD8806 LED Strip?

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it looks like the Flora RGBs require a separate controller board?
The digital LEDs require clock and data in (from a micro) the Flora pixels just require data in (from a micro) they use the same hardware to control them and there are a few controllers that will drive the pixels that don't work with the LEDs. https://learn.adafruit.com/gemma-hoop-earrings

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