Reddit reviews SUPERNIGHT LED Strip Light Waterproof 5050 RGB Rope Lights for Bedroom Cars Christmas Party, 16.4ft 300leds Flexible Color Changing Ribbon (No Power Adapter)

Thank you! Those are standard RGB strips 5050 waterproof 300smd like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Epoxy-5050-Strip-Light/dp/B0085IXEYS

I think this will take more custom work than you think it will. This is the datasheet for the ICs in that LED strip, you will need a DMX decoder that will send the proper data stream over the bus. It would not be difficult with something like an Arduino if you have experience in that sort of thing, but the hard part then would be getting the Arduino to decode the DMX for each pixel.

The DMX decoder you linked only outputs PWM, so it will not work for those LEDs.

Edit: What WILL work is if you get a standard RGB LED strip like this one, then that decoder will work with one channel per color (which it seems is how it was intended to work to begin with).

The battery should have a high amp-hour rating. Basically a 100 amp hour battery will supply a 1 amp load for 100 hours OR it will supply 100 amps for 1 hour.

Figure out the continuous power draw from your light system [for instance if the LEDs draw 10 amps at 12 volts, a 100 amp hour battery will last 10 hours at that load]. LEDs are pretty efficient you might get more life than in my example.

Next you will want a 12 volt LED controller that you will need to wire the + & - terminals of the battery to. What needs to be considered here is the fact that car batteries actually put out about 14 volts when fully charged. Now, 2 volts may not make a big difference but you want to make sure the LED controller will be happy with an extra 2 volts going through it. My guess is that you will be fine but just an FYI.

This controller: http://www.amazon.com/TaoTronics-TT-SL204-Activated-Controller-Plug-And-Play/dp/B008BD4734/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1395765292&sr=8-5&keywords=led+controller accepts a 12V power input, is sound activated, comes with a color remote and you can wire two 5050 LED strips directly into it.

Here is an example of the LEDs that work with this controller: http://www.amazon.com/SUPERNIGHT-TM-Waterproof-Epoxy-Strip/dp/B0085IXEYS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395765867&sr=8-1&keywords=5050+LED+strips

The rest is up to creativity!

I used these for a project recently, they worked just fine. You'll probably also need some little 4 pin conectors and some rgb wire as well for whatever you want to do with them.

It was definitely a fun project.

• The LEDs are individually addressable like a SPI.This means that instead of needing 300 connections to 300 ports we attached the LEDs in a serial strand and each LED's address is just its number. So to change the colour of the 10th light we load the colour at the address of 10 and then 'render' the entire string. We used this library ( https://github.com/jgarff/rpi_ws281x )
  
  
• We had a separate power supply for the LEDs. While it was possible to briefly power the entire strand (300 LEDs) from a single Raspberry the brightness wasn't what we wanted and we were afraid we would draw far too much power and burn out the RaspberryPi.
  
  
• The wiring diagram is relatively simple, I'll ask if I can get it from the guy who was responsible for the wiring. I'll also look into seeing if I can get permission to release the source code.
  
  
• Our resolution for both cameras was 160x120 which we polled at 5Hz. Given more time and in the future, we may look into a different CV library to make it more responsive.
  
  
• I thought we had to supply a clock signal for the LEDs as well but it seems like these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085IXEYS/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0085IXEYS&linkCode=as2&tag=telet-20 don't require much (3 lines). For our project it was deemed ok to have a slight delay so we didn't have to be super accurate.
  
  
• Video and image album link is above!

the header cant plug into the stand alone control box? id almost want to recommend plugging one strip into the aura header to see if it will just take control of the box, but im not entirely sure this is a safe idea that wont damage your board or lighting


also fyi, the asus aura feature didnt need specialty led kits, it works with standard 5050 rgb led strips that have a max power usage of 12v 2a. if it doesnt work the way you want it to then i would just return it and go with something like this instead

I dont know how this guy did it but you could use something like this with a controller like this. You could use amazing goop or something similar to attach them to the board. The glue on the led strips is very poor. After that, all you need is a 12v power supply and a connector to the RGB controller. I have a lot of lipo batteries from RC stuff so that is what I would use for power. I would try a 1000 mah 3s for starters and either velcro it to the binding or my pants leg. for connectors I use JST.