Supported Hardware
This page lists the hardware that is officially supported to use this plugin
LED Strips
The 3 types of LED strips that the plugin supports are:
WS2811 (including B variants)
WS2812 (including B variants)
SK6812 RGB
SK6812 RGBW
Please note as well that 'NeoPixels' are an Adafruit brand name, I find that they are much cheaper direct from China with just as good results, they are the same thing.
At this time, only the RGB LEDs are used. Thanks to a PR from @samwiseg0 this is coming soon!
Power Supplies
There are no officially-supported models for power supplies, since they are all the same. However, please make sure you are using an external power supply and not using the RPi GPIO pins to power the LEDs. They cannot provide the power drawn by a strip of WS281x LEDs.
Don't use tiny wires to connect the LEDs - these can heat up and melt if they are too thin.
Level Shifting
I have had good results with a 74ACHT125 level shifter, which is recommended by Adafruit for their Neopixels. Please note that while WS281x LEDs work without level shifting, you may need to keep the wires as short as possible - especially when using 12V LEDs.
On to wiring it all up!
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