{"product_id":"ws2812b-square-256-led-board-1","title":"WS2812B Square 256 LED Board","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreate large and yet highly-detailed and colorful LED displays with these 16 x 16 addressable LED matrix boards from PMD Way, with free delivery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach board is great value, and contains 256 WS2812B-type addressable RGB LEDs. You may also know of these LEDs as \"NeoPixel\". \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey measure 115 x 115mm square and have pads on the rear of the panel to solder power and data lines. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLED power and data require 5 V DC. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsing with Arduino\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe recommend the FastLED\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/fastled.io\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elibrary\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsing with AVR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuitable AVR\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/cpldcpu\/light_ws2812\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elibrary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsing with Raspberry Pi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jgarff\/rpi_ws281x\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLibrary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efor use with various languages such as python.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePowering your W2812B LEDs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt this point we want to note that you shouldn't \u003cem\u003epower\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etoo many WS2812B LEDs from your development board. At full brightness, each W2812B can draw up to 60mA of current. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo you need to think about an external 5V power supply with enough current for the LEDs in use. You can use the formula: Current = number of LEDs x 0.06. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor example if you had a 4x4 LED matrix, that's 16 LEDs. Current = 16 x 0.06 = 0.96A, so you want a 5V DC 1A power supply.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon't forget to check out our \u003ca title=\"Displays from PMD Way with free delivery\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/pmdway.com\/collections\/display\" target=\"_blank\"\u003efull range of displays\u003c\/a\u003e if this doesn't meet your needs. And as always, all orders receive free delivery. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd remember ... if you:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecan't find what you need\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enot sure what to order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewant a bulk deal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eneed technical support\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eor just want to have a talk ...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease email us via\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:support@pmdway.com\"\u003esupport@pmdway.com\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo keep up to date with new products, news, tutorials and more - we're on \u003ca title=\"PMD Way on x\/twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pmdway\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ex\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"PMD Way on facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pmdway\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFacebook\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"PMD Way on Instagram\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pmdway\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"PMD Way on threads\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@pmdway\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethreads\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca title=\"PMD Way subreddit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pmdway\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ereddit\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca title=\"PMD Way on instructables\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instructables.com\/member\/pmdwayhk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003einstructables\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PMD Way","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428093935778,"sku":"140726002","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2386\/9605\/files\/square-256-ws2812b-led-display-pmdway_2.jpg?v=1783990513","url":"https:\/\/pmdway.com\/products\/ws2812b-square-256-led-board-1","provider":"PMD Way","version":"1.0","type":"link"}