For advanced users needing fully customized designs, discrete DotStar components are available. You’ll need to provide your own PCB and surface-mount soldering skill.
Surface-mount “5050” (5 millimeter square) DotStars are available in a few varieties:
Approximate color temperature:
- Cool white: 6000–6500K
- Warm white: 3000K
Tiny surface-mount “2020” (2.0 millimeters square) DotStars are available in RGB (no pure white option):
Datasheets
The manufacturer’s product datasheets refer to these as “APA102” LEDs, though in reality the 5mm parts are SK9822 LEDs — “APA102 compatible” both in pinout and protocol.
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