Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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: I might have of ordered the wrong part. What I am looking for is
something the size of the 5050 to use as a light. just connect 2 wires, a
resister, and a power supply. I do not need to program anything. Can I do
this with what I ordered, if so is there a tutorial I can watch on soldering
to the board and which leads do what. If not what should I order?
Order 2753984.

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Re: Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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What did you order?

Neopixel NEED a data signal to control the colour. What are you planning to do with it? How bright?

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Re: Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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I ordered 5050 neopixals, which is not what I want after looking at it. I’m looking for an led the size around. 5mm x 5mm in warm white. Just to use as a light in model houses. I just want 2 leads a plus and minus to turn it on and off. Just using it as a light.

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Re: Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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Does https://www.adafruit.com/product/619 work for you? It's 3 individual LEDs, On one side of the package are the anodes and on the other side are the cathodes. There's also https://www.adafruit.com/product/682 but it's cool white. I don't see one in warm white.

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Re: Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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The one with 3 Color’s would not work because I’m looking for white. The cool white one is worth a try. I’ll need to find the correct pcb board to order with it.

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Re: Looking for the correct lcd or can I use neopixals

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If you mix the three (R, G, B) LEDs you get you get white, but not a pure white as you would with a white LED. Check Digikey; if there's a cool white version I would expect there to be a warm one as well.

As for board, do you mean something like https://www.adafruit.com/product/1762?

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