- Channels
- RGB
- Wires
- 1-wire
- Dimensions
- 5.0 × 5.0 × 1.6 mm
- Pins
- 4
- Max current
- 60 mA
- Supply
- 4–5.5 V
APA’s WS2812B workalike in the same 5050 footprint. Worth knowing about mainly because it ships inside strip sold as “WS2812B” without disclosure, and its reset requirements differ enough to matter on a marginal driver.
Variants
One row per orderable SKU. Everything not listed is inherited from the part above.
| Order code | Face | Lens | White | Pins | Silicon | Status | First seen | Datasheet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APA104 | white | clear | — | 4 | — | active | unknown | — |
Pinout
- 1 VDD power
- 2 DOUT data out
- 3 VSS ground
- 4 DIN data in
Protocol — APA104
Timings shown from fastled.
Compatibility
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near clone
WS2812B
Same single-wire 800 kHz scheme and the same 5050 footprint, and every library drives it as a WS2812. Reset requirements differ, so a marginal driver that works on one may not work on the other.
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near clone of this
WS2812B
Same 800 kHz single-wire signalling, but the APA104 inverts nothing and differs in reset requirements; usually interchangeable in practice.