Lighting

Melexis has introduced MLX81116, a multichannel RGB-LED driver. The MLX81116 supports the MeLiBu high speed communication IP to enable intelligent animated automotive lighting concepts. The technology is already being leveraged by global manufacturers to enhance the safety features of their latest models.

According to AMA Research’s latest Lighting Market Report, the move towards the use of LEDs has increased, where this technology is estimated to represent 14% of lighting appliances owned by UK households.

Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Growth Opportunity Evaluation in the European Lighting Components Aftermarket, 2020–2026, finds that the market is in a slow transition phase, shifting from traditional halogen lamps to Xenon and light-emitting diode (LED) components, as Xenon/LED lights have better visibility and product life.

After two years of development, Laserax has released the LXQ Laser Marker series that redefines how easy and accessible laser system integration can be. The laser’s features are not only aimed at reducing integration time and cost, but also at facilitating collaboration between system integrators and laser experts - a key factor for quick and easy laser integration.

The infrared LED market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $500m to over $1bn by 2026 - as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights.

Goodlight is offering the leasing of LED lighting solutions to enable businesses to fund lighting replacement programmes from their operating budgets. Goodlight’s Bright Plan offers replacement LED lighting to be paid-for directly from energy savings.

Signify has been awarded the security certification for its connected lighting development process (IEC62443-4-1) by DEKRA. This confirms that the company's development of connected lighting systems is based on a certified secure development process and illustrates the company’s leadership in embedding security in all aspects of its innovations, products, systems, and services.

The Osram Opto Semiconductors PLPT9_450LA_E family of LASERs is in stock at distributor TTI Europe.

It has been announced that Full Spectrum LED products outperform conventional solutions, according to a study into the visual impact and perceptual performance of LED lighting by the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP) in Stuttgart, Germany. 

Arrow Electronics has unveiled a smart horticulture solution based on an evaluation kit containing all the required hardware and software needed to evaluate and implement a complete indoor horticulture solution.