The Zhaga Consortium has formally added requirements that LED light engines with integrated control gear support the NEMA SSL 7A-2013 dimming specification and also noted that socketable modules must meet new UL safety standards. The ...
Tags: LED Drivers, Safety Requirements
Opsira presented its Robogonio at the LED professional Symposium + Expo 2013 in Bregenz, Austria, demonstrating how the robot-goniometer can simplify luminous intensity distribution measurements. Luminous intensity distribution describes ...
Tags: LED Systems, Lighting
An automated in-situ test method applied alongside Mentor's T3Ster platform can enable SSL product developers to design an optimal thermal management system that can ensure long life and maintained lumen output for LED-based products. To ...
Tags: LEDs, Austria Symposium
Walmart has announced house-branded LED lamps with 60W-equivalent bulbs priced below $10 and GE Lighting has new low-priced SSL retrofits it will offer through Walmart and other sources while Toshiba significantly broadens its offering. ...
Tags: LED Lamp, GE Lighting, Toshiba
The Acrich2 combination of AC-LED driver IC and mid-power LEDs that have been sold on modules are now to be offered to companies that want to build their own unique light engines. Seoul Semiconductor has announced what it calls "LED ...
Tags: IC Form, AC-LED Technology
The US Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily shut down the Energy Star program, impacting LED lighting, other lighting, and many other products and cancelled the annual Partners Meeting. The ongoing skirmish between the ...
Tags: EPA, Energy Star Program
The U.S. government shutdown has taken a toll on Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program. Facing a funding lapse due to the shutdown, EPA decided to temporarily shutter the electronic energy certification program, ...
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Oree Illumination Solutions Inc., developer of LED-based planar lighting technology, today announced the expansion of its LightCell™ Plus range to include drivers, connection cables and an installation guide – a complete system ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Plug-and-Play Design
LED industries are entering traditional off season in 4Q. HSBC states in their most recent LED report that LED industry 3Q13 revenue was weak due to TV backlight demands being lower than expected. With the upcoming release of the Chinese ...
Tags: LED industry, LED report
Everlight Electronics Co., a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry with three decades of experience, has introduced the latest member of its ITR series of photo interrupters for use in optical switches, digital ...
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Company enables original equipment manufacturers, commercial and industrial customers to improve cash flow, accelerate time to market and meet energy efficiency targets globally During a webinar hosted by Flextronics, the company ...
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Ledzworld announces today it has entered into an agreement with Maxtek Digicom Ltd to expand its manufacturing capacity for its main product lines by 10 million units per year in order to accommodate its fast growing sales in Europe, North ...
Not to be outdone by compteitor Samsung, South Korean electronics giant LG, recently announced it has started mass producing OLED smartphones screens for phones to be launched on the market by 2014, according to reports by BBC, the Verge, ...
Tags: Smartphone Screens, OLED Screens
Power management company Eaton today announced that its Cooper Lighting division’s Halo line of recessed, track and surface lighting products has been named the preferred choice in the Lighting category in Remodeling magazine’s ...
Tags: Cooper Lighting, Remodelers
Based in Cambridge, UK, Cambridge Chemical is a key technology player in the production of high purity metal organic chemicals used in the laser market. Albemarle plans to continue producing these specialty products at Cambridge Chemical's ...
Tags: Lights, Lighting, laser market