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alanwangwang
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want to use Arduino to control WS2813 led

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now i have some new ws2813 led strip , but i want to use arduino to control it , if anybody have this code for it , if ws2812b code can use WS2813?
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You cannot simply hook a LED strip to an Arduino board. In the best scenario it won't lite and in the worse it will burn the Board. For the hardware side you will need a transistor (a PN2222 should work). Also you will need the code.

But everything depends on what you are lighting, the desired effects, etc.
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Re: want to use Arduino to control WS2813 led

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alanwangwang wrote:now i have some new ws2813 led strip , but i want to use arduino to control it , if anybody have this code for it , if ws2812b code can use WS2813?
Check out this link: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-neo ... g?view=all

Tons of information, and tutorials. I sued this to get started playing with the strips.

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Re: want to use Arduino to control WS2813 led

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Hi...i am a new user here. I will suggest you can control WS2183 LED strips from the FastLED library.Use the "WS2812" type and set-up the LED strip by specifying the DATA PIN.

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Re: want to use Arduino to control WS2813 led

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alanwangwang wrote: Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:02 am now i have some new ws2813 led strip , but i want to use arduino to control it , if anybody have this code for it , if ws2812b code can use WS2813?
It seems the 2813 is an updated version of the 2812 that uses the same protocol. The main functional difference is that the 2813's have a second data input so that if a single LED in a strip fails, it doesn't affect the others. (However if two neighboring LEDs fail, then the rest of the down-stream LEDs will also fail...)

So just make sure you have a sufficiently beefy 5V power supply for the LEDs you're using, and that you either use a 5V Arduino, or a level-shifter to get a 5V data signal if you're using a 3.3V Arduino, and beyond that operate them as you would a 2812.
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