hippy
Ex-Staff (retired)
Many of the RGB strips use LED controllers which are reset when the gap between bytes sent exceeds a certain length. WS2801 has a maximum 500us period which is achievable with the right PICAXE running at a high enough speed and the code crafted to achieve that. WS2812 and similar have a 50us period which is not directly achievable with any PICAXE chip.
The APA102 uses SPI but a different means to indicate a reset so can be controlled by any PICAXE at any speed.
The APA102 uses SPI but a different means to indicate a reset so can be controlled by any PICAXE at any speed.