Overview
- release year
- 2021
Data & Protocol
Color & Brightness
- order
- GRB
- brightness bits
- 8+5
- brightness method
- per_channel
- brightness method notes
- 5-bit brightness control for each color channel (R, G, and B independently)
- pwm frequency
- 10.0kHz
Electrical
- led voltage
- 5V
- vcc voltage
- 5V
- channel current
- 20mA
- channel current notes
- WS2816C is 10mA, WS2816B is 20mA
- quiescent current
- 6.0mA
- wattage
- 100mW
Physical
Variants
WS2816B (B)20mA channel current
WS2816C (C)10mA channel current
Notes
16-bit per channel color depth with per-channel brightness control
Technical Notes
- 48-bit pixel data for 16-bit per channel color depth
- Independent 5-bit brightness control for each R, G, B channel
- Backup data line for fault tolerance
- WS2816B (20mA) and WS2816C (10mA) current variants available