Dotstar 5050 led to match my strip

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Dotstar 5050 led to match my strip

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I bought several dotstar led strips so that I could cut them into pieces and solder those pieces into shapes. I also bought a pack of spare LEDs so that if I accidentally destroyed an LED I could just replace it.

Unfortunately, the strips I got are a different color ordering from the spares that I bought. So I have two questions:
  • Where can I purchase compatible LEDs with a specific color order?
  • Why doesn't Adafruit consolidate down to a single color spec for their LEDs? It would make life quite a bit simpler for your customers.

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Re: Dotstar 5050 led to match my strip

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what are the exact pid's you purchased, and the differing color order? that will help figure out whats up

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Re: Dotstar 5050 led to match my strip

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The led strips are ID:2241; the individual LEDs are ID:2343, all purchased within the last month.

I'm pretty sure the led strips are rgb ordering, don't have my code handy at the moment to check. When I have a moment to check I'll post again. I haven't confirmed the actual color order of the individuals, but after the fact I noticed that the website specifically says the individuals are currently bgr.

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Re: Dotstar 5050 led to match my strip

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our code defaults to DOTSTAR_BRG and these LEDs are DOTSTAR_BGR - that's just what is available right now. we dont have other LEDs.
you could cut/re-solder the LED strip to excise bad pixels if you like

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