Piloting ARGB strip with Arduino instead of computer mothercard

[davidjam]

Dear,
I would like to control an ARGB product like this one: upHere 5V ARGB LED bande bande led pc addressable led strip led ruban pour boîtier d'ordinateur Installation Rapide Paramétrables Individuellement LED, 400mm,2 pack (LS40)

It has 3 pins: 5V / D / G. It's normally connected to the mother card of a computer to add nice lighting to a computer tour. But I want to use it for different things (in Cosplay), so I need to pilot it from my Arduino and not from the mothercard of a computer.

so how to control the Digital pin to get the led strip working?

many thanks
David

[Idahowalker]

https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/robocircuits/neopixel-tutorial-1ccfb9

[davidjam]

Thanks, but unfortunately, this is not this type of LEDs strip that I need to pilot.

Here it is:
https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B093BY2DFF/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

This has a different design, for instance, I don't see and don't know how any LEDs are in. The plug is different.
I know the NeoPixel library and use it a lot, but don't see how to use with this type of ARGB.

[Paul_B]

@davidjam

I know the NeoPixel library and use it a lot, but don't see how to use with this type of ARGB.

I think you just use it!

Just connect it up and practice with whatever options the NeoPixel library offers - you definitely will not damage it as long as you get the connections correct.

It must either use WS2811 series or the other sort of addressable LEDs - there really is no way it would use anything else surely. So if you try those two alternate codings, you should get some results. And then you can figure out how many LEDs.

[davidjam]

I tried and... it works!

thanks a lot!!