This board contains an APA102-2020 RGB LED in 2x2 mm SMD package. Ideal for status signaling and prototyping. Color and brightness are controlled by 2 wires, serial data and clock signal. So you just ’set’ the color data once. The boards can be chained together, the output of one leading into the input of another for near-infinitely long chains. It uses only 2 pins from your system to control as many LEDs as you need.

Possible applications:

• Testing, prototyping, status signaling and more

Specification:

• Dimension: 440 x 640 mil (11.176 x 16.256 mm)
• Digital control of RGB color and brightness
• 8 bit color adjustment each color
• 5 bit brightness adjustment
• Supply voltage range 3.5V to 7.5V
• Power consumption at full brightness:
• Red: 89 mW
• Green: 70 mW
• Blue: 72 mW
• RGB: 205 mW
• Clock speed tested up to 8 MHz, possibly more
• Daisy chainable

A more detailed description and the protocol can be found in the manual. Ships with unmounted pin header.