The ultimate guide to rgbic led strip light

author: Ivan Huang

2023-01-05

RGBIC led strip lights are more and more popular in the market. Yet, many customers still don’t know it well. Here, we will give you a specific introduction to this type of led strip. Hope it can help you.

Brief introduction of RGBIC led strip

Firstly, RGBIC means RGB + a built-in Independent IC.

So, RGBIC led strip light, also call Built-in IC led strip light, is a higher level of the RGB strip light. It has the same color options, over 16 million colors, like RGB and RGBW strip light. RGBIC LED strip lights' built-in independent chip allows them to be individually controlled and display a rainbow-like, running, hosing lighting effect, etc.

Key features of RGBIC led strip

1. Multiple Control Modes by remote control and mobile APP. With chase, stroboscopic, jumping, breathing, flashing, automatic mode, timing mode, 16 million colors, and built-in sensitivity adjustable microphone.
2. Individually controlled, all the rgbic can be controlled through every individual led on the led strip

3. Compared with monochromatic light, the multi-color simultaneous display has a better visual effect.
4. Flexible and convenient for any bending

Some popular types of RGBIC led strip light

Item	sk6812 4020 LED strip	sk9822 LED strip	WS2812 LED strip	WS2813 LED strip	WS2815 LED strip
Chip Size	4020	5050/3535	5050/3535/2020	5050	5050
IC	sk6812	sk9822	ws2812	ws2813	ws2815
Voltage	DC5V	DC5V	DC5V	DC5V	DC12V
Color	RGB	RGB/RGBW	RGB	RGB/RGBW	RGB
Break continues	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Clock signal	No	Yes	No	No	No
Voltage drop	High	High	High	High	Low
Reset time	/	/	280us	250us	280us
Frequency	400Hz/s	15MHz/s	400Hz/s	2000Hz/s	2000Hz/s
LED per meter	60/120	60/144	30/60/72/96/144	30/60/96/144	30/60/72/96/144
Output channel	3	4	3	4	4
Wires	Positive + Negative +Single Data line	Positive + Negative +Data line+Clock	Positive + Negative +Single Data line	Positive + Negative +Dual Data line	Positive + Negative +Dual Data line
Price	Middle(++)	High(+++++)	Middle(++)	High(++++)	High(+++)

RGB led strip VS RGBIC led strip

Items	RGBIC led strip	RGB led strip
Chip Size	5050/3535/2020/1515	5050/3535/3838/2835
IC	Yes	/
Color	Pixel RGB	Normal RGB
Voltage	5V or 12V	5V or 12V or 24V
Output channel	3 or 4	4
Wires	Positive + Negative + single Data line or double data line	Positive + Red +Blue + Green
Price	Middle or high	low

How do you control RGBIC LED strips?

1. Control rgbic led strips through phone

If you choose a wifi controller like SP108E, then you can simply control the rgbic led strip through the phone.

2. Control rgbic led strips through remote

For home DIY applications, it’s more cost-effective to choose a sample controller, and control the rgbic led strip light through a remote. Though the controller is simple and small in size, it’s powerful and you can get always get the light effect you need through this cheap device.

3. Control rgbic led strips through SD card

For a project, the customers are more likely to choose a controller with an sd card, like K-1000C or K-8000C.
The mode of rgbic led strip light is in the sd card, you can just change the mode by pressing the button.
What’s more, this type of controller is more stable and allow you to connect more led strip compared to those wifi controllers or simple controllers.

4. Control rgbic led strips through computer

For high-end projects, customers hope to control all the rgbic led strip in their system. In this way, we need a more complicated controller system to reach this requirement. Please check the connection as below:

Application

How do you connect RGBIC LED strips?

1. Connect the RGBIC led strips in to the led controller

2. Connect the led controller to the power supply

3. Connect the power wire of the RGBIC led strip into led power supply

4. If you need longer connection, then please add power every 5meter on the led strip

If you want to know more about connecting led strip, you can check:

how to connect led strip with controller and power supply?

How to install RGBIC led strips?

1. clear the place where you want to install the led strip
2. Peel off the 3M tape on the back of the rgbic led strip
3. Stock the led strip in the place you need
4. If it’s IP66 or IP68 waterproof version, then add clips and fix it with screws

People also ask

1. Is RGBIC better than RGB?

RGBIC LED Strip Light is something new that has a major advantage over regular RGB LED Strips lights: you can set multiple colors at the same time on the strips. This is possible because of its ICS (hence the name) and segmentation.

2. Can I cut RGBIC led strip?

Surely, RGBIC can be cut based on your request. Just same as normal led strip, cut the led strip on the soldering point as above.

3. What are the most popular RGBIC LED strips?

At the moment, ws2812 & sk6812 RGBIC led strip light are the most popular in the market. And ws2815 is becoming more and more popular, because of lower voltage drop and break-continues function.

4. Does RGBIC led strip have warm white?

Yes, the standard color for RGBIC led strip light is RGB and RGBW. Yet, we can also offer single color and dual white color based on our customer’s request.

5. What is the difference between RGBIC and RGBW?

RGBW offers the same as RGB but with a dedicated white LED as well to ensure you get the best quality white illumination possible. RGBIC gives you the ability to change colours but you can take control of every LED individually, allowing for more dynamic lighting effects like chase, meteor, rainbow, etc…

6. What’s the difference between RGBIC and addressable led strip?

Actually, RGBIC led strip is part of the addressable led strip light. For addressable led strip lights, there are both external IC led strip and built-in ic led strip (RGBIC led strip). So addressable led strip lights cover more types of pixel led strips, like ws2811 led strip, ws2818 led strip, ucs2904b led strip, etc.

What is the brightest LED Strip on the market?

WS2811 VS WS2812 VS WS2813 VS WS2815 digital programmable LED strip