2024-03-18

WS2812B light strip VS SK6812 RGB light strip

WS2812B and SK6812 RGB light bars are generally accepted products in the market, because both are brand light beads, product quality is stable, and the data transmission effect is better.

Many times, customers will be confused, do not know whether the project is to choose WS2812B magic light strip products, or SK6812 RGB products.

First of all, WS2812B is actually an upgraded version of WS2812, which was the first to appear in the market, and soon after, SK6812 RGB was introduced to the market. Although the IC of the two lamp beads is different, they both belong to the SPI signal, so most of the databases are compatible, and the actual test parameters of the two are similar.

However, there is always a view in the market that the quality of the SK6812 RGB lamp belt is better than that of the WS2812B. This is mainly WS2812 series products, WS2812E and WS2812B two grades of products, WS2812E is the economic version, WS2812B is the professional version, and 90% of the market circulation of WS2812 products are WS2812E. In addition, WS2812B market visibility is higher, many unknown brand light beads are more willing to promote WS2812B light beads, resulting in a large number of market circulation of WS2812B light belt is not the real WS2812B light belt.

The SK6812 RGB lamp bead has only one product, the benchmark WS2812B. If you compare the SK6812 RGB light strip with the real WS2812B light strip, the quality and performance of the two are basically the same.

When the SK6812 light bar and WS2812E or other brands of light bar to compare suitable, SK6812 light bar no matter from the brightness, or data transmission rate or stability are better.