Simulation & Design Tools

Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 22, 2010
Cree Launches LED Product Characterization Tool
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), a market leader in LED lighting, launched the Product Characterization Tool, an interactive LED design tool that simplifies the task of translating nominal LED performance to real-world conditions. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 23, 2010
Future Lighting Solutions - LED Reliability Tool: Make Design Tradeoffs Between Performance and Lifetime
Future Lighting Solutions has released the LED Reliability Tool (LRT) at www.futurelightingsolutions.com/LRT, the first interactive online tool that enables lighting designers to truly predict the lifetime of LEDs in their application as a function of junction temperature and current. All the results from the LRT have a 90% confidence interval, which allows users to accurately make design tradeoff decisions such as increasing drive current or decreasing the size of the thermal management solution while reaching a target LED lifetime. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 27, 2010
Future Lighting Solutions launches Usable Light Tool
Future Lighting Solutions launches Usable Light Tool Often, when evaluating high-power LEDs, typical flux values, which are measured at a junction temperature of 25°C, are considered only. Such an analysis is incomplete and inaccurate for determining the expected level of light from the light source in a "real world" environment. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 23, 2010
Web-Based Electronic Design Automation Tools for LUXEON Power LEDs
Web-Based Electronic Design Automation Tools for LUXEON Power LEDs Philips Lumileds and Future Lighting Solutions have introduced the first comprehensive suite of online Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools designed to speed the prototyping and development of solid-state lighting solutions for general lighting applications such as task lamps, recessed downlights, outdoor lighting and shop lighting. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 23, 2010
Ray Files for OSRAM LEDs
Ray Files for OSRAM LEDs OSRAM is the first LED manufacturer in the world to provide direct internet access to the ray data for its light emitting diodes. The ray files indicate the pattern in which light is emitted from an LED and include the coordinates of the emission point, the direction of emission, the intensity and the wavelength. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jul 22, 2010
Thermal Models for Osram LEDs Now Online
Thermal Models for Osram LEDs Now Online In addition to beam data and electrical data, there are now thermal models available on the internet for OSRAM LEDs – the new information relates primarily to high-power LEDs in the visible range such as the DRAGON family, the Advanced Power TopLED range, the Power TopLED range and some OSTAR versions. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Aug 31, 2010
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies and Speeds Lighting Design
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies and Speeds Lighting Design National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today announced the addition of WEBENCH LED Architect to its award-winning portfolio of online WEBENCH® Designer tools. The first of its kind, WEBENCH LED Architect enables both novice and expert designers to perform real-time comparisons and optimize complex lighting systems for performance, size and cost in minutes. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Sep 30, 2010
ON Semiconductor Launches GreenPoint® Interactive Online Design Simulation Tool
ON Semiconductor Launches GreenPoint® Interactive Online Design Simulation Tool ON Semiconductor, a premier supplier of high performance, energy efficient silicon solutions for green electronics, together with Transim Technology, the leading provider of online design solutions for the semiconductor industry, today launched its interactive GreenPoint® online design simulation tool for high-efficiency LED based lighting applications. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Oct 15, 2010
The Right Lens is a Mouse Click Away
The Right Lens is a Mouse Click Away ‘LED Light for you’, the OSRAM Opto Semiconductors network that focuses on LEDs and their applications, now offers a new service in the form of an Optical Selection Tool. This is a database containing 350 different lens types from seven of the world’s largest lens manufacturers. It provides comprehensive information so the right lenses can be selected for each particular application. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Dec 01, 2010
New Optical Design Software Released by Optical Engineering Firm Breault Research; ASAP 2010 V1R1 Now Available
New Optical Design Software Released by Optical Engineering Firm Breault Research; ASAP 2010 V1R1 Now Available Breault Research Organization (BRO), the global provider of virtual prototyping software and optical engineering services, has released a new version of the company's Advanced Systems Analysis Program (ASAP®). The ASAP 2010 V1R1 release includes new features and enhancements to the program well known to the optics industry as the most sophisticated tool available for virtual prototyping of optical systems and devices. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Jan 25, 2011
Future Facilities' Thermal Simulation Software Solves Cooling Problems
Future Facilities' Thermal Simulation Software Solves Cooling Problems Future Facilities, the leading provider of thermal simulation software for critical facilities and electronics components, has released a case study showing that its new CFD software for electronics cooling design, 6SigmaET solves the problem of how to shrink electronics devices that generate heat. Read more »
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