LED Specs - all 150 LEDs per 5 meters - the ip65 silicon coded variety - NOTE: significantly more varieties to choose from

Options 1. Color of PCB the chips are mounted on - Black or White 2. Pixel Density (how many LEDs are in a single meter) - 30, 60, 144 LEDs/m 3. Waterproofing - ip65 means they are coated with flexible clear silicone to keep water and dust away - Cannot be submerged in water - Splash-proof/rainproof - ALT: ip67, sealed silicon sleeves for waterproofing - Hard to cut these to shorter lengths 4. Chip that drives individually addressable LEDs - WS2812B, Copper Bracket, 9pcs Pure Gold Line

Working Principle - Data is sent down a single wire - Read by a small microcontroller chip - Produces a pulse width modulated signal - This controls the brightness of each channel of an LED chip (red/green/blue segments)

LED specs: - Each segment has 256 levels of brightness - Results in 256 ** 3 power different colors that can be produced - NOTE: 5050 LED refers to size of LED chip, not type of LED pixel tape or compounds

Citations:

• https://www.derunledlights.com/the-difference-between-addressable-rgb-led-strip-ws2811-ws2812b-ws2813-ws2815-sk6812-sk9822/