Flexible RGB+W LED Strip (1 metre)

These individually-addressable (NeoPixel compatible) RGBW LED strips are great for all sorts of uses: custom desk lighting, music or data visualisation (an LED thermometer?), or art installations. They come in three different pixel-spacings.

Addressable LEDs, like these NeoPixel-compatible ones, let you individually set each LED in the chain to a specific RGB (or RGBW—red, green, blue, white—in this case) colour. You can use a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, micro:bit, or other microcontroller to code them, and there are tonnes of different Python, MicroPython (or CircuitPython), Arduino, and more code libraries available.

The extra warm white LED in these strips lets you set them to a nicer pure white colour, or to mix in white with the other RGB colours for lovely pastel hues.

These LED strips come in three different spacings—30 , 60, or 144 pixels per metre—and in metre lengths, so if you order a quantity of 1 then you'll get 1 metre, a quantity of 2 is 2 metres, and so on...

Please note!  Our 30 and 60 pixel per metre LED strips come on 5m reels. If you order less than 5m you'll get a partial reel - this means you're not guaranteed to get a connector on the data in end. We sell suitable solder and no-solder connectors separately - check out the extras tab! The 144 pixels per metre strips come ready-made in 1 metre lengths, so you'll always get a connector on both ends of those strips.

The strips come with a flexible silicone waterproof sleeve, but this can be easily removed, if you like. If your metre length doesn't have a connector on one or other end, then you can use a little blob of hot glue or silicone sealant to seal the flexible sleeve.

The wires are as follows:

  • Red: 5V
  • Green: data
  • White: ground

Why not try it with Yukon?

Looking for a controller for your project? Yukon is a high-power modular robotics and engineering platform, built around RP2040 and designed to drive the most ambitious robots, props and devices.

Yukon is a standalone controller that can be equipped with up to six interchangeable modules capable of driving high-powered hardware - this is made possible by the unique pin capabilities of Raspberry Pi's multitalented RP2040 chip. This flexibility means you can drive many unique combinations of motors, servos, steppers, speakers, LED strips and more, all from a single Yukon host!

29 customer reviews

6 months ago
Good brightness, from all colours and white. Different response curve to the 3-colour strip and the flexible strings, so a bit of rework needed to my lighting effect scripts, but well worth it. Can't use the plasmastick led_strip libraries, rgb only, so I've gone back to the basic neopixel library. Good fun working out the proper algorithms for different effects!
by Kevin about Flexible RGB+W LED Strip (1 metre) via REVIEWS.io
a year ago
If you ever see lights snaking past you, it's my attempt to encircle the planet with these things. So far I have three strips end to end. You'll need some high current wires to add 0V and 5V at the strip ends as the flexible PCB won't power more than one and a bit strips. And a warm power supply.
by Nick about Flexible RGB+W LED Strip (1 metre) via REVIEWS.io
2 years ago
This is great and works really well, good results on a budget. One thing to note, the Arduino library linked off the Pimoroni page does not work correctly with it. I fought it for a couple of hours before trying the Adafruit Neopixel library which worked perfectly immediately.
by Bob about Flexible RGB+W LED Strip (1 metre) via REVIEWS.io