Unboxing
The LongPixel is a chain-able board that turns a strip of Analog RGB LEDs into a giant, digitally-controlled LED. It is able to drive 12-24V Common Anode RGB LED strips (the kind that have +V, R, G, and B wires). By using the WS2801 LED driver chip, multiple LongPixels can be chained together and treated as a "strip" of digitally addressable super-LEDs. The LongPixel can work with just about any platform that supports SPI communication, including the Arduino, the Raspberry Pi, and our AllPixel LED controller.
Check that you have the following parts:
- 1 - LongPixel PCB with all SMD parts pre-assembled
- 3 - 2-Pin screw terminal blocks (they are designed to slide together, which you'll do with two of them)
- 2 - 3-Pin 0.1" male headers (for the controller input and output)