How do I wire the led to a power source

Paul H asked Aug 07,2020
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Hello, I bought led strip that I plan to connect to a power bank. The strip is rated at 5v and has 144 WS2812B leds. The both sides of the strip have 3 pin connectors and 2 wires for ground and power. The question is how do I wire it to a power source? I believe that 3 pin connector on other side is for extending the strip. But what about the power and ground. Do I need to connect both sides to the power source? Also does it need a controller to actually light up? This is the link to the ones I bought.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B075R8Q5BK/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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    To use this LED strip you have to use a microcontroller like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP8266 etc. This strip uses the WS2812B leds. They have GND and VCC like a normal LED but also 2 data pins: data in and data out. For an arduino you have to use libraries like Neopixel.h, Fastled.h, etc. Here's a tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhYu0k2woRM I hope I could help you

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    Paul H 2020-08-17 10:03:02Reply

    Thanks for the website!

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    You can't connect theese leds as a normal strip, 3rd pin (DIN) is digital input, that you should connect to a microcontroller, you can use Arduino and use corresponding library

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    Paul H 2020-08-07 15:34:13Reply

    Thanks.

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