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5.0 × 5.0 mm 4 pins top-emitting

APA106-F5

F5 · through-hole · APA106 · APA Electronic

1-wire RGB 4–5.5 V active

Also sold as APA106, APA106 5mm, through-hole NeoPixel

At a glance

Colour
RGB8 bits per channel
Data
1-wiretimed pulses on one line
Supply
4–5.5 Vno backup data line
Size
5.0 × 5.0 × 8.6 mm4 pins · top
Max current
—per-channel not recorded
PWM
—reset 280 µs
Library support
FastLED WLED Adafruit

A WS2812B-compatible die in a 5 mm dome. Like the PL9823, the colour order is typically RGB rather than GRB - if your through-hole LEDs show red and green swapped, this is why.

Current per channel and the maximum are left blank: no datasheet for this part is held, and the earlier 20 mA / 60 mA figures were a design rule of thumb rather than a sheet’s rating. A blank makes you check; a plausible wrong number does not. The 30 / 120 degree viewing angles on the variants were conventional figures for 5 mm domes, not from a sheet, and are blank.

Variants

One row per orderable SKU. Everything not listed is inherited from the part above.

Order codeFaceLensWhite PinsSiliconStatusFirst seenDatasheet
APA106-F5 other diffused — 4 — active unknown —
APA106-F5-C other clear — 4 — active unknown —

Pinout

APA106-F5APA106-F5-C
APA106-F5 F5 package, top and side viewPin 1 is ringed. pin 1 DIN (data in), pin 2 VDD (power), pin 3 VSS (ground), pin 4 DOUT (data out).flat sideØ5.0 mm1DIN2VDD3VSS4DOUTtop viewleads trimmed in this drawing8.6 mmside view
  • Data
  • Power
  • Ground
  • Pin 1
  • Flat on flange

Outline drawn from the package family and the recorded dimensions; not yet checked against a datasheet. Pad sizes are approximate. No datasheet is held; pin order unverified (WS2812D sheets showed older tables had VDD and GND swapped). Legs read 4 3 2 1 left to right with the flat beside pin 1, as drawn in the sheet; leg-length steps are indicative. What this means.

  1. 1 DIN data in
  2. 2 VDD power
  3. 3 VSS ground
  4. 4 DOUT data out

Protocol — APA106

Timings shown from fastled.

APA106 bit timingAPA106 bit timing: a zero bit is 250 nanoseconds high then 1000 low; a one bit is 875 high then 375 low; reset 280 microseconds low1 · Bit encoding, to scaleDINhighlowbit 0 period 1250 nsbit 1 period 1250 nsT0H 250 nsT1H 875 nsT0L 1000 nsT1L 375 ns"0" bit"1" bit02505007501000125015001750200022502500time, ns2 · One frame: 24 bits, most-significant bit firstDIN170110010007100110101700101100bitR · 8 bitsG · 8 bitsB · 8 bitsWire order RGB · frame = 24 × ~1250 ns ≈ 30 µs · example data, first bits 1 0 1 …3 · RESET / latchlast bits of frame 1first bits of frame 2LEDs latch the data they receivedRESET: DIN low ≥ 280 µs (not to scale)4 · Cascade: each DOUT feeds the next DINMCULED 1DINDOUTLED 2DINDOUTLED NDINDOUTLED 1 keeps the first 24 bits, re-shapes the signal and sends the rest out on DOUT;LED 2 keeps the next 24, and so on. The last LED's DOUT is left unconnected.
T0H 250 / T0L 1000 · T1H 875 / T1L 375 ns · period 1250 ns · reset 280 µs source: fastled (driver-tuned, not the datasheet)

Compatibility

  • near clone WS2812B

    Electrically a WS2812B workalike in a 5 mm through-hole dome rather than an SMD package. Colour order is commonly RGB rather than GRB, which is the usual thing people get wrong.

Similar parts

Same protocol or package first, then the same data scheme and colour channels.

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