{"id":24730,"date":"2019-09-25T17:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T09:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=24730"},"modified":"2019-10-22T12:22:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T04:22:46","slug":"brand-new-extension-of-grove-led-sticks-family-newproductstuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeedstudio.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/25\/brand-new-extension-of-grove-led-sticks-family-newproductstuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand New Extension of Grove – LED Sticks Family! #NEWPRODUCTSTUESDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Well, last time we have released addition of the Grove – LED Ring Series including three new dimensions of the LED Rings, which I\u2019m sure are very fun to play with! For those who have missed it, here is a kindly reminder<\/strong><\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, we are excited to bring you our extension to the LED Sticks Series<\/a>. Introducing Grove – RGB LED(WS2813 Mini),<\/strong><\/a> Grove – RGB LED Stick(15-WS2813 Mini)<\/strong><\/a> and Grove – RGB LED Stick(20-WS2813 Mini)<\/strong><\/a> to the system!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grove – RGB LED(WS2813 Mini)<\/strong><\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Grove – RGB LED Stick(15-WS2813 Mini)<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Grove – RGB LED Stick(20-WS2813 Mini)<\/strong><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Yes, they all use the same addressable RGB WS2813 LED, and so if you are already familiar with the component, this will be a piece of cake to add more lighting effects in the project! Saying so, The Grove – LED series support the use of the well-known FastLED library<\/a> for controlling and implementing beautiful lighting effects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s first look at the quick comparison of the series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comparison of the Grove LED Stick family<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The WS2813B-Mini intelligent control LED is an upgraded version of WS2812B, the control circuit and RGB chip are integrated into a package of 3535 components. With the help of the built-in control circuit, each LED is addressable. So, you can control the lighting and color of specific LED lights as you like, creating endless lighting effects. A significant advantage of WS2813B-Mini compared to traditional LED is the support for signal break-point continuous transmission. This means that even if one or two LEDs are damaged, the entire LED ring will still work properly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Signal break-point continuous transmission <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As long as not two or more adjacent LEDs are broken, the remaining LEDs will be able to work normally!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each LED is chainable, and we also keep the chainable pads on the back of the LED Sticks, so you can cascade several LED Sticks to fulfill the needs. On top of that, only one control signal is needed for the connected system, but for power, external power source is needed for multiple LED sticks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Multiple Connection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To give you some inspirations, I\u2019ve built a small RGB keyboard lamp using the Grove – RGB Sticks (15 WS2813 Mini), adding some RGB lighting effects on my old Magic keyboard just like the modern mechanical keyboards with built-in RGB effects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RGB LED Keyboard Lamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n