As it turns out, the controller briefly shorts the LED strip’s supply voltage to generate data bits, similar to the way old pulse-dialing phones worked. A tiny chip integrated into each LED ...

You get plenty for your money with the Govee RGBIC LED Strip Light, and not just because it’s 32.8 ft / 10 meters long. It synced effortlessly with the easy-to-use Govee Home app, which offered ...

This means it’s possible to short circuit an LED strip without actually tripping the overcurrent protection on something like an ATX power supply, which may be fused at well over 10 amps.