How to control ws2813 led strip with Respberry Pi?

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Katharine
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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.
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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
Ruben
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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
schirminator
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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
Katharine
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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
0perat0r
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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
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