Today we are going to be taking a look at one of our favorite go-to materials for easy molding and quick repair, Caprolactone Thermoplastic! This plastic, more commonly known as ShapeLock, Friendly Plastic, Instamorph or Polymorph, is a biodegradable polyester with a low melting point. When solid, it has physical properties of a very tough, […]
New Product: LED Strips
Solar botics
May 2, 2017
A brilliant selection of new smart LED strips with various features. They are addressable, white RGB, or full-color RGBW, available on spools or per meter to add blindingly bright effects to your project. Some so bright, we had to shoot them at 1/4 power to avoid freaking out the camera exposure.
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5V RGB Addressable Serpentine Stripxel (48/M, 2.5M spool) 64.95 CAD / 49.95 USD This strip uses narrow 5mm construction using a little "S" bend between each LED, you can peel the backing and stick them down into actual curves that don't kink out. |
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5V StripStar Addressable WHITE ONLY 144/M LED strip 79.95 CAD / 59.95 USD This strip allows you to pack a very dense, accurately controlled illumination strip into a project that lets you feature incredibly smooth, fast effects. |
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5V Addressable RGB Stripxel LEDs (60/M, APA102, Black PCB) 34.95 CAD / 26.95 USD These addressable RGB stripxels feature the APA102C LED elements mounted 60 per meter, on a black PCB. This model is cased in a silicone IP65-compliant sleeve for good water resistance. |
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5V RGB Addressable LED Stripxel (60/M, WS2812B, White PCB) 32.95 CAD / 24.95 USD The venerable WS2812B is among the most used and well-supported addressable RGB strip LED. 60 LEDs per meter on white PCB, IP65 water resistant. |
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5V RGB Addressable LED Stripxel (30/M, WS2812B, White PCB) 22.49 CAD / 16.95 USD Similar to 60554, but featuring 30 LEDs per meter on white PCB, IP65 water resistant encased in a silicone sleeve. |
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5V RGB Addressable LED Stripxel with white (30/M, SK6812RGBW) 23.95 CAD / 17.95 USD For true white color rendition with an LED strip, you need to include a separate white LED from the other red, green, and blue LEDs. Like this one, using the SK6812 RGBW LED. |
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Please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov for more information. This item was manufactured prior to August 31, 2018.