Hi all,
I'm relatively new to the world of electronics. I recently started modding my old Game Boys with backlit screens and some other stuff, and I would like to put some LED's in case to light up the buttons.
There are already similar LEDs on the market, but they are pretty expensive and I'm not sure if they are worth that much (7,50$ for 10 LEDs). So my question is: Can I use cheap chinese WS2812B LEDs instead of much more expensive set.
Can these WS2812B LEDs be even used like that? I would solder them in series, 4 of them go in one case. Do I also need a resistor? People that do this kind of projects, usually connect them to a capacitor on GameBoy. You can see it on this YouTube video.
I see most people are using them with Arduino for cool projects, but I only need cheap lights for my GameBoy case.
Thank you in advance.
I'm relatively new to the world of electronics. I recently started modding my old Game Boys with backlit screens and some other stuff, and I would like to put some LED's in case to light up the buttons.
There are already similar LEDs on the market, but they are pretty expensive and I'm not sure if they are worth that much (7,50$ for 10 LEDs). So my question is: Can I use cheap chinese WS2812B LEDs instead of much more expensive set.
Can these WS2812B LEDs be even used like that? I would solder them in series, 4 of them go in one case. Do I also need a resistor? People that do this kind of projects, usually connect them to a capacitor on GameBoy. You can see it on this YouTube video.
I see most people are using them with Arduino for cool projects, but I only need cheap lights for my GameBoy case.
Thank you in advance.