Thermal management materials for LEDs and power electronics will be a US$4.8 billion market in 2020, more than doubling from US$1.8 billion in 2013. As manufacturers look for more cost-effective ways to improve heat dissipation, thermally ...
Tags: LEDs, power electronics
The $99 ZigBee Light Link Development Kit can help SSL product development teams quickly get wireless-enabled LED lamps or luminaires to market that interoperate seamlessly with other ZigBee products. Texas Instruments (TI) has announced ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Zigbee Light Link
Joe Oliver, Canada's minister of natural resources, recently announced a proposed amendment to Canada's energy efficiency standards for light bulbs, saying it will provide greater choice for consumers and align with standards in the United ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, Light Bulbs
As the market for LEDs used in backlighting is approaching saturation, lighting applications are expected to rise to 50% of the global LED production value in 2014, according to chairman Frank Chien for LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker ...
Tags: LED Production, backlighting
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched what it claims is the first line of high-color-rendering LED MR16 GU10 120V ...
Tags: LED Lamps, LED, Electrical, Electronics
Traditionally employed to make LEDs, sapphire substrates now are being used by Apple and other smartphone vendors as covers for camera lenses and home buttons, contributing to a rapid growth in sapphire demand, according to IHS. Demand ...
Amid falling prices and rising consumer acceptance, LED technology is taking over the lighting business, spurring a 96% increase in packaged LED revenues in the market from 2013-2016, according to IHS. Global revenues for packaged LEDs ...
Tags: Packaged LEDs, Lighting
The LMH2 product line allows SSL makers to deliver a broad range of lumen packages in the same luminaire housing and now offer products that dim from 2700K to 1800K to mimic halogen incandescent performance. Cree has announced what the ...
Tags: LMH2 product, LED Module
The Buschmannshof bus station and town square in Wanne-Eickel, Germany now features in-grade RGB LED lighting that can be dynamically controlled for festive nighttime presentations in the gathering place for residents and visitors. Insta ...
Tags: Lighting, Insta Elektro
Soraa launched the first line of high color rendering LED MR16 GU10 120V line voltage lamps. Uniquely, the company has released a 10o spot version, not available in halogen or from other LED manufacturers, as well as a 25o version that has ...
Tags: MR16 LED Lamps, Lighting
As the industry enters LED lighting era, Taiwan needs to speed up its smart driver IC network (power control and ballast), which has interchangeable spec and electrical interface, said FOREPI Chairman Chien Fen-Ren at the 2013 Renewable ...
Tags: LED Integration, Lighting
The Black Eyed Peas truly lit up the stage at the historic three night stand at the Stade de France that marked the start of their last World Tour. The shows took place in the three times sold out 80,000 capacity stadium, in the suitably ...
Knog's Blinder 3 headlight is the brightest model yet form the brand. It produces 300 lumens of light abd weighs 105 grams, is waterproof and USB-rechargeable. The Knog 3 has an anodised aluminium face and two detachable silicone straps ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
Count On Tools Inc (COT) of Gainesville, GA, USA, a provider of precision components and SMT spare parts, has been invited to take part in the Cree Solution Provider program (CSP). The CSP network was created by LED chip, lamp and lighting ...
Amid falling prices and rising consumer acceptance, light-emitting diode (LED) technology is taking over the lighting business, spurring a 96% increase for global revenue for packaged LEDs used in lighting applications, from $3.6bn in 2013 ...
Tags: LED market, LED, Electrical, Electronics