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Hardware => Lynx Smart String => Topic started by: Steve Gase on August 19, 2013,

Title: Technicolor WS2811 string wanna-be
Post by: Steve Gase on August 19, 2013,

In a discussion in San Antonio yesterday, I mentioned that a similar string to the all-black UV-protected strings was available from Ray:
 
Here are the UV-rated:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/100nodes-DC12V-WS2811-LED-technicolor-pixel/701799_922162404.html (http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/100nodes-DC12V-WS2811-LED-technicolor-pixel/701799_922162404.html)
 
Here are the transparent, with visible wire colors, with the same tie-downs, and seemingly same characteristics:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/100pcs-DC12V-WS2811-LED-pixel-node-with-transparent-wire-with-good-cold-resistance-ability/701799_825504922.html (http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/100pcs-DC12V-WS2811-LED-pixel-node-with-transparent-wire-with-good-cold-resistance-ability/701799_825504922.html)
 
The UV are $0.55 per pixel, the transparent are $0.40.
 
The UV are rated at IP68, the transparent are rated at IP66.
 
I've not yet tried either string... but I am waiting for my UV strings to arrive.  Has anyone tried the transparent?  Is the IP66 rating a mistake in the web page, or are there more differences between the products?
 
 

Title: Re: Technicolor WS2811 string wanna-be
Post by: keitha43 on August 19, 2013,

I see ip67 on the 2nd link. It appears to be made of the softer silicone which allows water to get inside due to its flexability. I am curious if yours works. Two of us tried all wiring combinations and couldn't get the ws2811 version to work. I didn't have any of the v2 ssc's. Mine were v3. I am wondering if Ray used a different speed setting on the ws2811 he sent to the San Antonio group than the original sample sent to me by the inventor.

Title: Technicolor WS2811 string wanna-be
Post by: txburr on August 19, 2013,

Thanks for sharing  those links Steve. 

Title: Re: Technicolor WS2811 string wanna-be
Post by: rdebolt on August 19, 2013,

I do know that the true Technicolor WS2811 chips are set @ 2700kbs. Don't know what the SSCs are capable of, but I hope this helps.

Title: Re: Technicolor WS2811 string wanna-be
Post by: barbotte on August 20, 2013,

what wrong with those Chinese people .. they finally have a decent product that should last the weather and they have to mod it and make a lower grade product ... people will buy this lower product without knowing that next year they will fail and will have to buy again ... go figure
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