I would like to provide this image for reference (If your LED strip has 2 pin connection soldered onto them):
https://www.vexforum.com/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7d0b8b4f4eec09d8b59935e2f4013bf9a15039e5.jpeg
To use the LED’s without sensors or programming,
connect the LED’s into the red and black wires of the 3 wire pin.
In order to turn the LED into a sensor,
you will need to connect the light’s pins into the red and white wires of a 3 wire pin.
If I am not mistaken, your brain should see the LED strips as an LED indicator, which you can program in vexcode by adding the 3-Wire device “LED”.
Then, you can program it with:
LED.on(); //Turns on LED
LED.off(); //Turns off LED
I am not sure about how much voltage will be applied to the LED’s to get full power, so if you don’t have enough voltage I would suggest the possibility above which you can find further information by reading this post and below in the thread linked: