💡QuinLED💡 Ever had flickering ws2812b LEDs? Watch this video!

Have you ever had flickering or other issues with your ws2812b LEDs running over longer cables? Make sure to watch this video!

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[helloyou]

My God, you are a hero. 4 years of multiple ways of troubleshooting, and the fix is found because of a ground wire run with the data wire. I am extremely happy and somewhat upset because of how simple the fix was and would have been in the past. I did upgrade my lights this year finding a work around, however I ran the lights the way I wanted thanks to you and the info you provided. I happened to run across this video yesterday morning right before I plan on putting the lights up on the j channel I installed on my house. I tested it on the ground where I ran a f amp with nothing 4 days ago. Seperated the data line and wala. Installed on the house and forgot the f amp. Decided to test, and it's a miracle. It is so simple, yet for some reason, I never would have run a test to find the answer on my own because I would have never imagined that being the issue. HUGE THANK YOU!!!!

[adamratkewicz]

Thank you for your products. Appreciate the thought that went into the dig-quad and the videos and articles explaining how to use it and the concepts behind the board. Getting ready to start a permanent install of about 900 LEDs via 3 home runs. Was testing today and ran 5m ws2815 over outdoor 100' 3 conductor 16 AWG copper cable. (Soldered the backup data and ground wire together.) 249 gave some flicker. Was going to cut the wire at 3 foot increments to find the limits. However, found your guidance on the 33 ohm resistor. To my surprise it worked straight away over 100'. Super pumped about my project and showing off the lights. Thank you so much!

[wimkramer]

😊So I had a problem with flashing lights, I thought I was going crazy because I couldn't solve the problem, I run an xlights show with two Dig Octa cards, I switched the switches to 33 and the problem is gone. If I had known where you live I would have brought you a smoked salmon from Urk, I can now sleep peacefully again. I did this after seeing this tutorial. I have everything with 3 core cable. Thank you for the explanation.

[clij]

I started just with WLED and was frustrated that the LED behaved bad. Eventually I saw some article saying put a 240Ohm in DL; had none, but used 220Ohm. That worked. But you explained why. Thanks for that. Now I need to find my little digital oscilloscope and try to record the data myself.

Anyway: subscribed …

[TannerBugatti]

I know this is an old video but thank you, I’ve watched so many tutorials where they say “You need to add this resistor” but they’ve never explained WHY you need to add it. I always want to learn more but I couldn’t until now.

[cherrymountains]

Thanks for the clear explanation. You're right, it is a topic that's not talked about much, probably because it's considered "too technical". I'm glad you hold us in higher regard 😁

[lipsrpink]

Thank you Sr.
Man was loosing my mind over this.
I had the resistors.
Hooked up BAM FLICKERING GONE.
Again thank you

[langzikesch]

Thanks a bunch for your video and explanation of this. I had this issue and every other video suggested to try another power supply. 33Ohm resistor fixed my problem straight away. Greeting from Australia!

[bryanwable]

I came here after looking over my new dig-octa. Makes sense. I’m using it to run my Christmas lights and looks like I’ll be switching to 33ohm. Thanks for your knowledge.

[billyrusso]

Perfect timing for this video. I just connected my WLED digquad tonight and the colors and animations were all over the place. I have about 25 ft or 7.6 meters of 3 wire cable for the hook up. I ordered 3 of the data boosters and when they arrive I will post an update. Thank you for your channel and all the great information.

[simonmiddleton]

Love watching your videos you explain the topic perfectly, thank you!

[StefanBlattmann]

The distance between my D1 mini and my LED strip is roughly 20m. I am using a sacrificial pixel and also added a 249 Ohms resistor but I still had this flickering and could not control the strip (465 pixels, 12V). I ordered several QuinLED-Data-Booster boards. They arrived yesterday and I installed one and it did solve my issue!!!

[demonvalentine]

Great video, very informative and a great product promo, as I will be buying a couple of your digi quad boards.

[czulroslan]

tq for the video . finally found the answer for my led problem . but now i have a new problem . my neck turn to left and right automatically .😅

[MrChanw]

Thank you so much for this advice, i finally fixed my ws2811 leds that have been flickering forever. Thought it was the power supply but nope i was using a 220ohm resistor. Changed it to a 20ohm and its working 100% fine now.

[KiemPlant]

For me it was so frustrating to get all 4 of my data outputs to stop flickering that I ended up simply using a sacrificial LED for each line lol. End result is ama-zing if I say so myself

[andyschneider]

Thanks, I'm having this exact issue with a swimming pool light run, which is between 10-15 meters before the first LED. I'll give the board a shot!

[RSpills]

Good video. Something to think about for my future projects.

[michaelblackmer]

What is the appropriate wattage rating for a resistor on the data line?

[mc.the_machine]

I'm thinking that a tiny, adjustable trim pot would be a nice solution. That would allow for better impedance matching with a variety of wires, and, at the same time, be easy enough to test with someone simply seeing where things were most stable on their string. Cheap, easy, and flexible, and, avoids resoldering different values, or fixed values that may be compermises.