Hi and welcome!
"I was wondering if it would also be possible to use the 27,3cm RGBpx LED strips with 30 addressable LED's
(prod. nr. 53270) instead of the mainly used strips with 15 addressable
LED's, and if so will the AMBIENTpx effects be "better" for it or will
difference be negligible that it's not worth the extra hassle and cost
compared to the standard RGBpx lighting strips used in the set for
monitors?"
Yes, it's possible. I have a couple of those connected up to my own RGBpx kit.
'Better' is highly subjective, really. More LEDs means more light, and might be useful if you have your monitor brightness set really high, in which case the extra light might show up against the monitor glare.
Alternatively, you may find that the 4-pack of 15-LED strips puts out more than enough light for your needs.
To give you an example:
I have a 27" monitor. It's 62cm wide and 36½cm tall. I have the standard monitor lighting set, with one 32cm strip sat centrally behind each edge. That puts out more than enough light for the AmbientPX effect. In truth, I mainly use it as background ambient light instead of a desk lamp, so under that profile I just have the top and bottom strips giving out a warm-tinted yellowish light. I don't even need to use the strips up the sides.
"The thing I was
wondering about that though is how do I fit 3 strips of each
being 27.3cm or 32cm in length horizontally on the back of my monitor's
top or bottom which is 82.5cm in width? Do
I overlap them and not assign the LED's which are overlapping? Do I
have to cut two of the strips to the size that it will all fit? Or do I
use 6 LED strips instead of 8 and have them more centered on the back of
my ultrawide monitor, or rather spaced out? It's not really clear to me
how to set this up properly."Another example:
A friend of mine has an Ultrawide (Asus, I believe) and it comes with an LED ring around the VESA mount. It's only about 6" diameter, but it puts out enough light to achieve the same effect as the AquaComputer kit.
One idea, therefore,
is to simply put the four strips in a square around the central point
of the monitor. It should still output enough light to create the right
effect, but with a small area similar to this Asus one.
TBH, this is probably going to be a case of trial and error. You may find four strips is
enough, especially if placed in a central square. If you're using the standard 15-LED strips, you can run six of
them with a single Farbwerk Nano (external).
For fairly complete coverage, I would suggest trying 6 strips. Place one along the top and another along the bottom. The other four you place diagonally across the corners, so you end up with something shaped vaguely like this:
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One of the biggest factors will be what you're shining the light strips onto, whether it's a flat wall or other surface behind the screen, how far away from the screen it is, whether it's at an angle, etc.
Something I
would advise is sticking the strips up with BluTac or some other
temporary measure until you find a setup that you like.
Something I would not advise is cutting the strips, as you may decide to repurpose them later, If you have to, just overlap them.
"The Farbwerk Nano sets come with 1 LED strip included so you'll have to get the extra LED strip set for monitors
if you intend to deck out your monitor. This set has 4 LED strips
included so you have 5 LED strips in total, while you need 6 according
to the instruction video if you want to go all around the edge of your
monitor. Wouldn't a set of 5 LED strips or including 2 LED strips
instead of 1 in the Farbwerk Nano sets
make more sense then?"
Nope. I only need four strips, someone else might want six, while you were of the opinion you'd need eight.
That'd mean having several different SKUs comprising sets of three, five and seven strips to cater for all likely customers' needs, along with however many other strips might be required by people who use the Nano for lighting things other than monitors... desk shelves, for example, which is something I was debating.
It's easier to just have one SKU of the most commonly required quantity and go from there.
Hopefully all of that made sense?
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