Gadgetory

RGB in the PC space has almost climax and what I mean by that is this almost every component category comes with some degree of RGB offering we have RGB cases RGB motherboards RGB coolers are GB RAM modules even RGB PS use which I find to be a little ridiculous and redundant the last two untouched components are RGB storage drives and RGB cables you're saying we already have that okay so stories change there's officially an RGB component for every computer port imaginable Audion l so instead in this minute science episode we're going to talk about the differences between addressable and non addressable or a GPS speaking of our jeebies that this video is brought to you by the fantex eclipse P 350 X it's sitting right behind me and looking good this no-compromise mid tower comes in both white and black variants and sports addressable RGB x' both up front and below it's tempered glass panel cable managing is easy thanks to this invention near the motherboard tray space is plentiful and the price is unbeatable and I mean it at 69 bucks I think it's the best in class so click the link below for more details so I'm gonna break down the different LED standards one by one in this video first we've got a single dumb LED when it's powered it just lights up and I say dumb because it's not technically smart only two wires are required power and ground and you can vary brightness by controlling voltage with something like a potentiometer so all you can literally do here is dim the LED an important note here though is that the color of the LED will always stay the same that's the case for all LEDs we're gonna talk about in this video now typical 4 pin RGB LEDs have separate red green and blue power distribution lines and they all share a common ground which is the fourth wire picture three dumb LEDs sandwiched together that's literally all this is individual brightness can be controlled via dedicated wire voltage control white is depicted with full-blast red green and blue LEDs a desired red lighting which shut off voltage for both blue and green lines and then yellow is comprised of green and a red lights combined with blue being shut off so there are different ways to blend colors to achieve a desired look and that's why our jeebies are so popular because you can change the overall lighting scheme unless a fourth white LED is supported RGB headers have four pins on a given motherboard and are typically denoted as a such on the board now the word addressable in reference to LEDs describes the ability of each RGB cluster and a strip to hold a unique combination of colors or go instead of the entire strip only depicting one color at a time addressable LED strips have the ability of displaying multiple colors at the same time throughout different sections of the strip this is done via ICS or integrated circuits programmed to respond to specific frequencies down to a few microseconds that's right it's that accurate and precise a common one you'll find is the ws2812 control circuit and these are embedded literally into the LEDs themselves the main board sends signal down a data inline where I C's respond and thus control their respective RDB clusters down to these fine grains of time it's how you get cool effects like this one here on the p3 50 X all these are pre-programmed but you could in theory have these LEDs mimic any realistic combination of lighting effects so in a nutshell addressable LEDs yield much more creative Headroom the ability to display different combinations of colors per cluster plays a huge part but the degree of precision involved in the timings of certain scroll and blinking effects also sets them apart from their non addressable counterparts they also cost a bit more as you might expect but in my opinion if you want the dynamic control it's worth it I've linked a few smart and dumb RGB LED kits in the description below if you wanna check them out just be sure to mention voltages a lot of the addressable kits are gonna require 5 volts not 12 some include a dedicated control unit though you could run addressable strips into any motherboard supporting this feature up to maybe 60 individual LED clusters typically indicated on the box and via unique 3 pin LED headers like this one right here you guys like this video give it a thumbs up you know what to do click that red subscribe button and I'll catch you in the next one this is science studio thanks for learning with us