1829 flex strips from ray

[chrisatpsu]

5050 is the size and shape of the led.

is each "section" of the flex strip, there are three led's per 1829 chip the 1829 chip can only control 1 each of a r,g,and b channel.

the red of all three leds are controlled together. (you turn on red, all three light up, you turn red down, all three turn down.)
the same with the rest of the colors.

each 3led section is independent of the other 3 led sections, but each three leds light up together.

[rm357]

5050 doesn't tell you anything about how the led is wired on the inside. It's the physical dimensions of the box.

A 5050 can be all the same color, or it can have 2, 3, or maybe even 4 separate LEDs inside the box. The trick is that the actual light producing parts for a rgb led are physically close enough together to get decent color mixing with only a very small amount of color fringing... If that's the right word. Basically multi color shadows and color projections caused by the RG&B elements being three physically separate elements within the 5050 package.

50 mm wide by 50 mm long.