Optoelectronics
Sustainable street lighting with LEDs
With iGuzzini’s new Archilede, street luminaire designed and produced for Enel Sole, LEDs are being used on a large scale for the first time for street lighting in Italy. Several hundred of these innovative LED luminaires are now installed in various Italian cities. OSRAM Opto Semiconductors’ durable and highly efficient LEDs with a light output of 100lm/W illuminate the northern Italian cities of Piacenza, Lodi and Alessandria and are alread...
Ophir-Spiricon Introduces the Juno Compact USB Laser Sensor Interface
Ophir-Spiricon, the global leader in precision laser measurement, today announced Juno, the smart USB sensor to PC interface that converts a laptop or desktop PC into a laser power/energy meter. A compact USB module, the Juno connects any of Ophir-Spiricon's 100+ smart laser sensors - thermal, pyroelectic, and photodiode -- to a PC USB port. The Juno operates with Ophir-Spiricon's StarLab software StarLab logs power and energy; calculates and dis...
MAX6948B: WLED driver with PWM-controllable boost maximizes power efficiency
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX6948B, a high-efficiency WLED driver with an integrated boost converter and five GPIO ports that can be used to drive LEDs (powered from an alternate power supply) in parallel. Capable of driving up to six LEDs in series, the boost converter allows PWM control of the boost voltage to maximize power efficiency. The I2C-programmable, 10-bit PWM signal enables 1024 levels of WLED intensity, thus providing ...
Arrow Electronics Delivers Technologies, Development Tools and Technical Services to Simplify Solid State Lighting Designs
Arrow Electronics is using this year’s euroLED conference and exhibition - and its exclusive sponsorship of the EuroLIGHT element of this event - to showcase a wide range of technologies, development kits and technical support services that simplify the design of LED-based applications and speed the evolution of traditional lighting designs to solid-state alternatives.
Arrow Electronics Delivers Technologies, Development Tools and Technical Services to Simplify Solid State Lighting Designs
Arrow Electronics is using this year’s euroLED conference and exhibition - and its exclusive sponsorship of the EuroLIGHT element of this event - to showcase a wide range of technologies, development kits and technical support services that simplify the design of LED-based applications and speed the evolution of traditional lighting designs to solid-state alternatives.
Cree Announces Industry’s Most Energy-Efficient Neutral and Warm Lighting-Class LEDs
Cree, Inc announced the commercial availability of the award-winning XLamp XP-G LED in warm- and neutral-white color temperatures (2600 K to 5000 K CCT). These new XP-G LEDs extend Cree’s highest level of light output and efficacy across the white color spectrum, driving general lighting applications such as LED replacement lamps, outdoor area and commercial luminaires.
Cree Announces Industry’s Most Energy-Efficient Neutral and Warm Lighting-Class LEDs
Cree, Inc announced the commercial availability of the award-winning XLamp XP-G LED in warm- and neutral-white color temperatures (2600 K to 5000 K CCT). These new XP-G LEDs extend Cree’s highest level of light output and efficacy across the white color spectrum, driving general lighting applications such as LED replacement lamps, outdoor area and commercial luminaires.
Avago Technologies - Industry’s First Surface Mount High Brightness Round and Oval LED Lamps for Electronic Sign Applications
Avago Technologies a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the industry’s first surface mount technology (SMT) high brightness oval and round LED lamps for use in outdoor and indoor electronic sign applications.
Avago Technologies - Industry’s First Surface Mount High Brightness Round and Oval LED Lamps for Electronic Sign Applications
Avago Technologies a leading supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today announced the industry’s first surface mount technology (SMT) high brightness oval and round LED lamps for use in outdoor and indoor electronic sign applications.
Toshiba Electronics announces new 16-channel constant current LED driver with 65536-step grey scale function
Toshiba Electronics has expanded its family of LED drivers with a new device that can maintain constant currents of between 1.5mA and 90mA. Combining high-accuracy brightness control with a built-in PWM grey scale capability, the 16-channel TC62D722 is ideal for traffic signs, information boards and other applications built around multiple colour LEDs.