As near as we can tell, the popular WS2812 individually addressable RGB LED was released to the world sometime around the last half of 2013. This wasn’t long ago, or maybe it was an eternity;… ...

[Sayantan Pal] did this for the humble RGB LED matrix, creating an extra-thin version by recessing WS2812b NeoPixel LEDs inside a PCB. The popular WS2812B is 1.6 mm in height, which happens to be ...

Each addressable LED has an integrated driver that allows you to control the color and brightness of each LED independently. The combined LED/driver chip on the LED is the extremely compact WS2812B – ...