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How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:33 am
by Katharine
I am just starting to get into using ws2813 led strip and have been experimenting with them connected to Raspberry Ri ,I'm not yet sure how I'm going to control them,does anyone have the code for it?thanks.

Re: How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 12:22 pm
by mcallegari
as far as I know the only chipset supported by a raspberry pi SPI is ws2801
All the others have clock constrains too strict to work

Re: How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:29 am
by Ruben
Meby you can use this: https://www.adafruit.com/product/1689
Works good with WS2801 & WS2811 i am not sure if its wil work wiht the WS2813
You can select the output in ola (then its possible to controll them with qlc)

Grz Ruben

Re: How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2016 2:25 am
by schirminator
You can get a nice python/C package from gitHub. rpi_ws281x I have tested it with both WS2812 and WS2813 strips. Here is the link: https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x

Re: How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:19 am
by Katharine
Thank you,i will try it,does it still suit for apa102-2020 led,it's the smallest led,the size is 2.0*2.0mm,has data and clock dual signal.
APA102-2020 LED Datasheet:http://www.normandled.com/upload/201807 ... asheet.pdf

Re: How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 8:02 am
by 0perat0r
If the ws8213 is compatoble with 8212/8211, I have a solution for this:

I built a 300px LED matrix last week and put together a python script that recieves data over ArtNet thus controlling the matrix.

I posted instructions in my blog: https://keawe.de/en/led-matrix