Datasheet

contiguous strip, up to a limit: 4 meters for 60 pixels/m strip, 5 meters for 30 pixels/m.

For 30 and 60 pixels/meter strips, if purchasing less than a full reel (4 or 5 meters, respectively), the strip may or

may not have 3-pin JST plugs soldered at one or both ends. These plugs are for factory testing and might be at

either end — the plug does not always indicate the input end! Arrows printed on the strip show the actual data

direction. You may need to solder your own wires or plug.

The flex strips are enclosed in a weatherproof silicone sleeve, making them immune to rain and splashes, but are

not recommended for continuous submersion. Early 144 pixel/meter strips were not weatherproof, but the current

inventory now offers this feature.

The silicone sleeve can be cut and removed for a slimmer profile, but this compromises the strip's

weather resistance.

Very few glues will adhere to the weatherproof silicone sleeve. Using zip ties for a “mechanical” bond is usually

faster and easier. The only reliable glues we’ve found are Permatex 66B Clear RTV Silicone (not all silicone glues

will work!) and Loctite Plastics Bonding System, a 2-part cyanoacrylate glue. Customers have reported

excellent

results with Permatex Ultra Grey Silicone Gasket Maker as well.

However,

do not

use Permatex 66B silicone to seal the open end of a cut strip! Like many RTV silicones, 66B

releases acetic acid when curing, which can destroy electronics. It’s fine on the

outside

of the strip, but not

the

inside.

Use GE Silicone II for sealing strip ends, or good ol’ hot melt glue.

2-sided carpet tape provides a light grip on the silicone sleeve; something like a Post-It Note. Or you can try

clear duct tape over the top.

All LED strips are manufactured in 1/2 meter segments that are then joined into a longer strip. The pixel spacing

across these joins is usually 2-3 millimeters different than the rest. This is not a manufacturing mistake, just

physical reality.

Some batches of 144 pixel strip don’t have pads

between the LEDs. If you cut these into shorter sections,

the only way to connect to them (except at the half-

meter segments) is to carefully solder directly to the

LED. The corner with the notch is the GND pin.

NeoPixel strips are just the start…we’ve got

shapes

too! Rings, grids, shields and more…