Hi.
I have a small LED project, where I need to power a LED strip with 60 LED's.
I'm going to power the LED's with an ATX PC Power Supply, where the output will be 5V - 35A.
My thoughts were, that I just would wire the LED's directly to the Power Supply, like in this guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/digital-led-strip/wiring
But is it safe to just power the LED strip without any resistor?
I've seached the internet alot but I can't find the answer.
I don't know much about electronics and therefore I need your help to determine if it's necesarry to use a resistor.
I bought all the other necesarry things and it has just arrived, but I don't know if I abselutely need a resistor.
Here's the datasheet for a WS2812B LED: https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/WS2812B.pdf
And the specific LED I use: http://www.ebay.com/itm/311509777090?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Sorry for my bad english.
Best regards
Mathias.
I have a small LED project, where I need to power a LED strip with 60 LED's.
I'm going to power the LED's with an ATX PC Power Supply, where the output will be 5V - 35A.
My thoughts were, that I just would wire the LED's directly to the Power Supply, like in this guide: https://learn.adafruit.com/digital-led-strip/wiring
But is it safe to just power the LED strip without any resistor?
I've seached the internet alot but I can't find the answer.
I don't know much about electronics and therefore I need your help to determine if it's necesarry to use a resistor.
I bought all the other necesarry things and it has just arrived, but I don't know if I abselutely need a resistor.
Here's the datasheet for a WS2812B LED: https://www.adafruit.com/datasheets/WS2812B.pdf
And the specific LED I use: http://www.ebay.com/itm/311509777090?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Sorry for my bad english.
Best regards
Mathias.
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