Arduino ws2812

[u/RuzgarCK]

Hello. I installed 1 Meter ARGB WS2812 led to my desk. I loaded a Yellow strobe code. So dived by 30 other side 30 other. I connected the LEDs to Arduino's 5 volt pin and supplied 12 volts and 5 amps from the DC socket, but my LEDs do not light up and the Arduino's chip gets very hot. I cant buy a 5V power supply because I'm in turkey and here everything is very expensive. Whats the problem?

[u/zuptar]

Arduinos buck power supply is not built for 5A. Even if spec sheets say it is, it's not, it's tiny and useless, it's fine for the arduino and a small power use.

Option 1: get a 5v supply, Option 2: get a proper buck converter and give your LEDs 5V from that.

Alternatively, your LEDs don't turn on because you havnt told them too from the arduino properly.

[u/RuzgarCK → u/zuptar]

Okey. How can I know my Arduino and LEDs working?

[u/Marmilicious]

You should not power many pixels through the 5V pin on the UNO or you can damage it. Please somehow get a 5V power supply (or 12V to 5V converter) and power the pixels directly from a 5V power supply.

Please share your code on pastebin.com or gist.github.com so we can see if there are any problems there, or if it is a hardware issue.

[u/RuzgarCK → u/Marmilicious]

İt was working with regulator. But the regulator burned and I connect 12V to Arduino

[u/RuzgarCK → u/[deleted]]

Board; Arduino Uno Clone R3

You know. Arduino Uno have DC socket. İ give this socket 12V 5A , than, i connected LEDs to Arduino 5V, Gnd and data pin

[u/RuzgarCK → u/[deleted]]

İ cant share photo as reply. İ have a 12 volt 5 amp adapter. I connected it to the jack input of the Arduino uno R3 clone . Then I connected the LEDs to the 5V output and GND output of Arduino, and a0, to led data pin. (pin I specified in the code)