Typical Power Consumption
  Voltage (V) 1 Channel 1 LED (W) RGB 1LED (W) 1 Channel 150 LED's (W) RGB 150 LED's (W)/(A)
WS2811 12 0.064 0.184 10.44 19.68/1.7
WS2812B 5 0.06 0.18 8.6 13.65/2.7
WS2812BEco 5 0.06 0.165 8.45 13.8/2.8
WS2813 5 0.085 0.24 10.35 12.15/2.4
WS2815 5 0.12 0.12 20.232 20.18/4.0
SK9822 5 0.1 0.265 9.68 12.25/2.5
SK6812 5 0.05 0.148 7.63 14.4/2.9
           

 

Controller Software

WLED

Uses an ESP32 and ESP8266 webserver to control NeoPixel (WS2812B, WS2811, SK6812) LEDs or also SPI based chipsets like the WS2801 and APA102.

Supported light control interfaces
  • WLED app for Android and iOS
  • JSON and HTTP request APIs
  • MQTT
  • E1.31, Art-Net, DDP and TPM2.net
  • diyHue (Wled is supported by diyHue, including Hue Sync Entertainment under udp. Thanks to Gregory Mallios)
  • Hyperion
  • UDP realtime
  • Alexa voice control (including dimming and color)
  • Sync to Philips hue lights
  • Adalight (PC ambilight via serial)
  • Sync color of multiple WLED devices (UDP notifier)
  • Infrared remotes (24-key RGB, receiver required)
  • Simple timers/schedules (time from NTP, timezones/DST supported)
Pixelblaze

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A Wi-Fi-enabled, live-codable LED controller with a web-based development environment.

Cons

Proprietary WiFi LED controller & firmware costing from $35-$40

Pros

Java script programing

FastLED

Library for colored LED animation on Arduino

Cons:

Not user friendly

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