What is 5050 RGB LED SMD?

When you hear the RGB LED . What's the picture in your mind? Is it the red green and blue Three color LED light?

If so, you got right in this~

Same as the RGB LED, 5050 RGB LED SMD means red, green and blue three chips in the same 5050 SMD LED. As the name, 5050 RGB LED Light Emitting Diode combine these three color red blue and green LED inside which can produce over kinds of light color.

There are two kinds of RGB LEDs circuit for through-hole LED: common anode LED and common cathode LED. The figure below illustrates a common anode and a common cathode LED.

In a common cathode RGB LED, all three LEDs share a negative connection (cathode). In a common anode RGB LED, the three LEDs share a positive connection (anode).

This results in an LED that has 4 pins, one for each LED, and one common cathode or one common anode, such as 5MM RGB LED, 3mm RGB LED, 10mm RGB LED ect.

Different with RGB LED DIP type, 5050 RGB LED SMD got 6 pins for the connection, each 2 pins are for each color. When you pass the current to each two parallel pins, it will light up a single color that connected. Which is very easy to use.

We can also package this 5050 RGB LED with other type such as High Power RGB LED type:

This is what high power RGB LED looks like.

From the picture you can see there have three chip in that SMD LED package and those chip will be much bigger than normaly RGB LED. Which means it can handle much more current and emits higher brightness than common 5050 RGB LED. In addition, you can also see there have a heat sink on the bottom of the SMD LED, that make sure the RGB LED can dispatch the extra heat on time. This way can protect the LED from the high temperature and ensure the longer lifespan~

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