Addressable Digital LEDs have little chips inside of them making it possible to control them individually even with lots of them on a strip. Initially made popular by the WS2812b (Neopixel) LED chips now a days there are lots of variants you can buy. They all share in common that instead of an LED strip being a single color the individual LEDs can be controlled separately making all kinds of patterns and effects possible! This section of quinled.info will be all about Digitally Addressable LEDs, from controllers to LED strips to a matrix panel or “pixels” for your Christmas shows!

There is currently a 24V issue with some of the controllers, please see the following article

• QuinLED Dig2go      (Plug&Play easy to use digital LED controller)

• QuinLED Dig-Next-2      (The ideal controller for a small to medium install in a nice custom plastic housing and up to 48V support)

• QuinLED Dig-Uno    (Dual channel digital LED controller)

• QuinLED Dig-Quad    (4 channel digital LED controller with easy power injection and protection)

• QuinLED Dig-Octa System    (8 channel digital LED controller system with modular brain- and powerboards)

• QuinLED ESP32    (custom ESP32 board for controllers or projects!)

• QuinLED Data-Booster(-Maxi)    (Little board to Data Signal Condition, mid-run boost “gap bridging” or power inject!)

• QuinLED Diff    (Long Distance data (and power) solutions)

• QuinLED dig2analog     (4 channel (RGBW) Digital -> PWM converter board)
  
• QuinLED dig2analog+     (5 channel (RGBCCT) Enhanced Digital -> PWM converter board)
  

• Custom QuinLED LED strips
• Addressable LEDs buying guides
  • Traditional 5v-24v Addressable LED strip buying guide    (Get your LED strips!)
  • COB style 5v-24v Addressable LED strip buying guide    (New style COB LED strip)
  • Other forms of Digital RGB LEDs    (Christmas “Fairylight” lights, LED Pixels, Neon LED rope, Matrix Panels, Ultra Density strip, Specialty strips)
  • 12v ws2811 bullet pixel shopping guide    (Waterproof bullet pixels for your outdoor props and rooflines!)

Specific builds

• DIY Addressable Christmas Tree

Generic Info

• Which QuinLED board should you get?
• Soldering cables to LED strip (video)
• What Digital LED chip to choose (ws2812b vs the rest)
  • IP20 vs IP65 vs IP67 (waterproof)
  • 30 vs 60 vs 90 vs 144 LEDs/m

• Maximum length data wire LEDs (ws2812b, sk6812, ws2815)
• What is the max amount of Addressable LEDs per controller?
• The Myth of the LED Data Resistor or Data Signal Cable Conditioning!    (Resistor switcher standard on all Dig boards now!)
  • About the QuinLED Data Resistor Switchers

• How to add a Microphone to a Dig-Uno or Dig-Quad
• Custom compile settings used for https://install.quinled.info
  • How to custom compile WLED livestream
• My WLED controller crashes every xx minutes (mDNS)

Power Related

Some of the below articles are still shared with analog LED strips, will update in the future

• Digital LED Power usage sheet (aka “The Real World Powersheet”!)
• What Power Supply to buy
  • Aliexpress power supply tests 2024
  • Aliexpress power supply tests 2025
  • Aliexpress power supply tests 2026

• Importance of LED Cooling (Aluminum profiles)
• What size fork/ring crimps do I need for QuinLED-Dig or Meanwell PSU?
• The ultimate LED strip power injection guide
  • Wire thickness needed
  • Should you replace the wires on an LED strip or How much can a single injection point handle?
  • Using fuses for increased safety

• Can you run LEDs over POE?
• Why Ethernet cable (CAT5e, CAT6, etc.) isn’t suitable for LEDs
• 24v -> 5v buck converter power distribution setup
• QuinLED-Dig boards and using a relay and the vEXT function
  • Detailed guide for relays with a QuinLED-Dig-Quad 
  • Relay purchasing guide

• Using a USB powerbank for Addressable LEDs

Other

• WLED 0.12 – What do I configure for QuinLED
• Importance of LED Cooling (Aluminium profiles)