As it turns out, the controller briefly shorts the LED strip’s supply voltage to generate data bits, similar to the way old pulse-dialing phones worked. A tiny chip integrated into each LED ...

He wrote an LED strip library that can control eight meter-long LED strips that can also be used on daisy chained Teensy 3.0 microcontrollers for really large displays. [Paul]’s LED library ...

After rumours circulated last November, IKEA's first smart LED light strip is now available to purchase. It can be bought in most European countries, including the UK, France, Spain and Sweden.

If you are adding LED strip lights to a 12-volt system like a boat, trailer or car, you will connect the positive and negative 12 volt leads to the controller. If adding them to your home ...