2 strings of these, I have "mostly" got them talking to my Ardu and by talking I mean I can make them go mental. Some more work on the protocol as they don't conform to the standard chips from the Adafruit/FastSPI libraries.
Such is life, this is all part of the fun though, isn't it?
I had a mooch around for Mr Erick Aubin and I found a likely candidate on linkedin (click the one that works for Barry Ind, an electronics manufacturer)
Sadly I don't have an email for him, or premium account to contact him via InMail. It might be the key to unlocking this board though!