I bought these products and nothing seems to work, any advice? or other products I need?
controller; controller ; led
Well the big issue is you have purchased an RGB LED controller, and addressable LEDS. They are not compatible as it says in the description for the controller. No idea what the second controller is as the link does not work.
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can you advise pls what led strip will work with the controller and what controller will work with the strip?
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Because your browser cached it.
AliExpress is not spam. I have purchased dozens of stuff from them. When something is not available, they just delete the page and you get a 404 error.
ALiExpress is a marketplace just like Amazon. Just like Amazon they sell good stuff and they sell crap.
What makes you think they are affiliate links? And, if they are, SO WHAT? You get the same product at the same price. So what difference does it make if someone else makes a few pennies from it?
@Arh gave you the solution. Most people use WLED controllers for addressable LEDs, and there are hundreds of different addressable LED strips. Asking which strip to buy is like asking what light bulb do I need in my house. Way too vague. What are your plans for the strip? How long and how many LEDs?
You bought RGB LEDs and need an RGB LED controller. Athom used to make a good one, but it isn’t on their website any longer. Try eBay.
Well there are bunch of ‘people’ doing that on here, this message fit the pattern.
People post affiliate links with incomplete questions just to get affiliate links out there.
AF- links are OK if you announce them and can make a decision to use them or not. Otherwise I am against them. So tell us it’s an affiliate or remove the junk. Goes for Temu, Amazon. Ali, Bangood, and anything else.
I wish there was a bot on here that would do that…
I haven’t thought of that. Maybe I need to gen up some affiliate links for me. (VBG).
I did have affiliate links on a quadcopter drone forum, but it literally returned pennies. Not worth the effort.
So, you’re saying that you can’t determine if it’s an affiliate link from the link itself, but rather the pattern of a vague question with a few links? If so, maybe the correct process is to engage the poster for details.
I can tell on ali, amazon, and bangood. I don’t know the others.
This isn’t about me, though, it’s about the people that complain people are stealing their data, have ssl set-up in their homes, remove HA from the internet, then come here and click on a link that is paying people without their knowledge.
I am advocating that they get a choice.
If I were to post affiliate links, I would put that in my footer and feel OK about it. That would be enough notification for me. Otherwise leave then at home.
These are not affiliate links. Please stop with the off-topic confusion that is not helping the original poster.
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it’s not affiliate i’m not earning anything, just nonsense
can someone give me an example of an addressable LED on AliExpress which is not rgb.
2 M. something not so strong - for night light at bathroom
what does addressable LEDS mean?
in this link led at the title is says Addressable , but at the description it says rgb
how do I know
This will give you a reasonable guide to LED strips. But at a very basic level you have 3 types of strip. White, Colour changing and addressable. White are just white, Colour changing can change the colour of the whole strip, and addresable can change the colour of each individual LED.
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