Help with LED Pixels strand, WS2801 (36mm) and smd 5630

[julesm]

Hello All,

I am working on a project to build a large led pixel strand of 90 pixels that I can control individually (on/off and dimmable)
I have bought all items recommended in this: http://learn.adafruit.com/36mm-led-pixels/overview (really to get me started), but I would really like to have Pure white smd 5630 leds
because they are far brighter and white.
I have bought some strip like this: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/63388 ... Strip.html
mainly to experiment with, I have 2 strips of this with 300 leds+ resistors on each now, Is there any way that I can replace the colored leds?
or maybe use each 'pixel' to control a separate unit with a small cluster of these white leds?
I am not all that experienced with micro-controllers but I have some basic skills in electronics.
Thanks

Jules

[pburgess]

The 5630 strip does not have addressable LED drivers, so you can't control these individually. You can dim the whole strip using PWM and a transistor, but that's about it.

[julesm]

Thanks for the reply,
I know I cannot control the strip, I meant to possibly remove the leds and resistors and use them to replace the rgb leds (and corresponding resistors)
I have since read that the led boards have been filled with resin so maybe that is just too complicated.
All I am really trying to do is create a strand of addressable 5630 leds similar to the strand of 36mm rgb led modules.
I am not an expert so I was hoping I could use the rgb strand and just alter it but now I am thinking I may have to build my own custom modules from scratch...

[julesm]

Perhaps I'm on the wrong forum... maybe someone could point me to one that could help?
I have just realized you don't even sell ws2801 chips so maybe I have come to the completely wrong place...
I have seen loads of links for led strand projects pointing to this place so I though there may be some with modifications, is this the case or not?
Thanks

Jules

[julesm]

This sucks, I just spent $150 on components from your site and I don't even get a reply to my post

[tastewar]

To an outside observer, it would appear that you bought some stuff here, but you are now looking for help with something else. It seemed like you realized that trying to remove/replace the LEDs from the product you bought wasn't going to be a fruitful path, so now you're asking about building something from scratch. The non-staff folks who frequent these fora are generally helpful and patient in my experience, but can't always answer every query.