- Channels
- RGB
- Wires
- 1-wire
- Dimensions
- 5.0 × 5.0 × 8.6 mm
- Pins
- 4
- Max current
- 60 mA
- Supply
- 4.5–5.5 V
A 5 mm through-hole addressable LED and the main alternative to the APA106. Two things catch people out: the colour order is RGB rather than the WS2812 family’s GRB, and the bit period is longer, which is why FastLED carries it as its own chipset rather than aliasing it to WS2812.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL9823-F5 | other | diffused | — | 4 | — | active | unknown | — |
| PL9823-F5-C | other | clear | — | 4 | — | active | unknown | — |
| Clear lens; narrow beam and visibly separate dies. | ||||||||
Pinout
- 1 DIN data in
- 2 VDD power
- 3 VSS ground
- 4 DOUT data out
Protocol — PL9823
Timings shown from fastled.
Compatibility
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electrically similar
WS2812B
Often sold interchangeably with the APA106 as a through-hole "NeoPixel", but the bit period differs from the WS2812B and the colour order is typically RGB rather than GRB. FastLED carries it as its own chipset for that reason. source ↗
Dating evidence
Nobody announces these parts, so this records what we can actually cite rather than a release date. Library support proves only that the part existed by that date.
- 2015-11-06 first library support FastLED — first commit introducing PL9823 ↗ day