Components | Electronics | Driver IC | Indoor Applications | Outdoor Applications | Jul 10, 2018

New High Performance Resonant Controller IC with PFC from Infineon

Efficient and cost-effective controller IC solutions enable optimized LED lighting solutions. Infineon Technologies introduces the second generation ICL5102 resonant controller IC designed specifically for power supply and lighting drivers. Main target applications are LED drivers for professional and industrial lighting, and street lighting. The controller IC can also be used for offline AC-DC power supplies and LCD TVs. Read more »

Components | LEDs | Color LEDs | Special Applications | Jul 09, 2018

OMC’s New High Brightness Purple LED for Greater Design Flexibility

OMC, the pioneer in optoelectronics design & manufacture, has launched a new high brightness purple surface-mount LED lamp featuring the company’s proprietary Active Diffuser Technology™, which produces a far richer and more efficient output than traditional single-wavelength devices. The vibrant output and ease of driving of the new purple LED SMD lamp makes it ideal for applications such as backlighting, mood-lighting, displays and status indication on items such as front panels and keypads, as well as signalling and industrial electronics. Designated LPRM3268X3, this new SMD lamp requires very low current, has a compact footprint of only 3.2mm by 2.8mm, and a depth of 1.9mm, with the industry-standard PLCC package. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver IC | Automotive | Industrial | Jul 06, 2018

Analog Devices Announces 60 VOUT Synchronous Boost LED Driver

Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LT3762, a 60V output, high efficiency, synchronous, boost LED driver controller with a programmable internal LED PWM signal generator and spread spectrum frequency modulation that yield low EMI noise. The versatile LT3762 includes a rail-to-rail current sense amplifier, enabling high side or low side current sensing that in addition to synchronous boost facilitates synchronous buck-mode and buck-boost mode topologies and nonsynchronous SEPIC designs. Read more »

Components | LEDs | Color LEDs | UV-LEDs | IR-LEDs | Horticulture | Jul 05, 2018

LG Innotek Unveils Full Lineup of Horticulture LEDs

LG Innotek today announced that it set up a full lineup of “horticulture LEDs,” which are the light sources that can make plants grow faster than under the sunlight, and will venture into the global market. LG Innotek secured 30 types of horticulture LED packages optimized according to light wavelength and power consumption. In addition to visible light LEDs, the company also launched horticulture UV (ultraviolet) LEDs. Read more »

Components | LED Modules | Linear Modules | Indoor Applications | Jul 02, 2018

Tivoli Boosts Design Opportunities with Its New Ground Breaking Elite Series TivoTape™

Without a doubt, LED Tape Light has become a staple in most Lighting Designers creative palette’s. However, there have been some limitations which have challenged that creativity, and Tivoli Lighting has continued to work hard solving those challenges. In regards to Low Voltage LED Tape Light, there is a distinct difference between maximum load lengths to maintain Class II listed status and the maximum run lengths before experiencing significant voltage drop, which will result in lumen loss. Tivoli has solved that with the design of our proprietary Zero Drop Elite TivoTape™. Most LED Tape uses from 1-3 oz of copper for the traces. TivoTape™ Elite embodies 4oz copper traces. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Indoor Applications | Jun 28, 2018

ERP Power Introduces Computer Controlled Dimming

ERP Power LLC (ERP), a leading provider of small, smart and connected LED drivers for the lighting industry, today announced the world’s smallest programmable drivers with innovative and disruptive Computer Controlled Dimming™ technology. ERP Power’s introduction of Computer Controlled Dimming is empowering architects and lighting designers to create the most interactive LED lighting experiences with the precision ambiance and scene control of an incandescent or halogen environment for high-end residential, retail, museum and hospitality applications. The next generation PHB Series will be available for sampling in Q4 2018 and from ERP Power distributors in volume quantities in Q1 2019 for immediate shipment from Arrow, DigiKey, Future, Mouser and WPG in the Americas region. Read more »

Tools | Test Equipment | Software | Displays | Special Applications | Jun 27, 2018

Westboro Photonics Announces Photometrica® version 7.5

Westboro Photonics, a leading manufacturer of imaging colorimeters and photometers for the analysis of displays and lighting and the publisher of the Photometrica measurement and analysis software, announces the release of Photometrica version 7.5. Read more »

Components | LED Modules | Driver Modules | Outdoor Applications | Jun 25, 2018

ELT Presents eLED RKIT, a 100% Versatile Driver for Outdoor LED Applications

ELT, leading manufacturer of lighting components, launches eLED RKIT, a complete unit comprising a high output 24 LED module and and eSMART constant current driver which is 100% programmable, enabling a high level of flexibility and variability to adapt to any classical lighting fixture application (Villa, Fernandina…), industrial lighting or other types of luminaires. Read more »

Tools | Test Equipment | Manufacturing | Jun 20, 2018

Quality Inspection for LED Module Manufacturing - Precise, Reliable, Reducing Scrap and Costs

In terms of energy savings and energy efficiency, LED (light-emitting diode) is dominating private as well industrial illumination more and more. LED is used to illuminate offices and private living areas, vehicle lightning, advertisings, street lighting, etc. In addition, LED technologies have conquered already into technology fields as entertainment electronics, aerospace, fibre optic based communica-tion, medical areas, optical inspections, etc. With low weight, variable light colours, long-life at lower cost, etc., LED will remain as a future based technology. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Outdoor Applications | Indoor Applications | Jun 19, 2018

GlacialPower Launches New GP-LS240P LED Driver Series with 3-in-1 Dimming

GlacialPower, the power division of the LED technology manufacturer GlacialTech Inc, announces the new GP-LS240P LED driver series. The driver provides a wide range of input voltage from 90 to 305 Vac, as well as offers constant current and constant voltage operating modes. The active power factor correction driver delivers the excellent efficiency up to 93% at 230 Vac. Read more »

Components | Electronics | LED Power Supplies | Harsh Enviroment | Special Applications | Jun 12, 2018

EFORE Releases New DDP/MDP600SC with IP66/67/68 Ingress Protection Grade

EFORE Plc, an international company which designs and manufactures custom and standard AC/DC Power Supplies, LED Drivers and DC and AC Power Systems, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the new DDP/MDP600 SC Sealed Power supply series, designed to withstand extreme environmental conditions, including submersion to 1 m for up to 40 days. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Controls | Indoor Applications | Outdoor Applications | Smart Lighting | Jun 12, 2018

Douglas Lighting Controls Introduces LitePak™ 2

Douglas Lighting Controls, a member of the Panasonic family of companies, today announced the introduction of its next generation LitePak™, a cost-effective, fully digital and dimmable lighting control solution designed for use in a variety of retail and commercial spaces, including gas stations, convenience stores, warehouses and auto dealerships. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver IC | Automotive | Jun 07, 2018

Elmos' LIN Controller for Flicker-Free RGB LED Applications in Vehicle Interior

The Elmos IC E521.36 enables a variable, cost-efficient and very space-saving design of RGB LED modules for the connection to a LIN bus. The device includes a powerful 16-bit microcontroller with 32 kbyte NVM, 128-byte EEPROM and a LIN transceiver that meets the requirements up to LIN 2.2. The integrated microcontroller can be programmed with IAR's widely used software development environment. The addressing in the network takes place with the integrated BSM auto-addressing (bus shunt method). Read more »

Components | LEDs | RGB LEDs | Signage | Special Applications | Jun 06, 2018

Everlight Showcases new Signage LEDs at InfoComm 2018

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading player in the global LED and optoelectronics industry, will attend InfoComm US for the first time to demonstrate the indoor and outdoor components for LED signage, including all types of dimension, package, viewing angle and performance, such as EAPL1010RGBA0-ELB, EAPL1515RGBA0-ELB and EAST0707xx-ELB, demonstrating at booth C3657. Read more »

Components | LEDs | White LEDs | CoB LEDs | Indoor Applications | Human Centric Lighting | Jun 05, 2018

Luminus’ Spectrally Tuned LED Light Sources Create New Market Opportunities

Luminus Devices, Inc. has released its third proprietary spectral technology, PerfectWhite™, which closely replicates the visual characteristics of halogen lamps (3000 K). When compared to halogen, PerfectWhite was preferred by lighting designers in testing at both Light + Building and Lightfair. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Indoor Applications | Jun 05, 2018

ULT's Everline PW Linear LED Drivers Offer Functionality and Flexibility with Wireless Programming

Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc., a global leader in lighting and a member of the Panasonic Group, recently introduced its PW Series of wirelessly programmable Everline LED drivers for indoor linear lighting applications. Read more »

Components | LEDs | UV-LEDs | Disinfection | Medical | Special Applications | Jun 05, 2018

Luminus Enters UV-C LED Disinfection and Sterilization Segment with Two 280 nm Emitters

Luminus Devices, Inc., has expanded its ultraviolet (UV) LED portfolio with two new 280 nm devices intended for the medical and health and well-being product segments. The standard footprint 3535 surface mount emitter is a 350 mA device with peak output up to 60 mW. The second ultra-compact emitter is 1.3 mm by 1.3 mm and only 0.85 mm tall; it delivers 3 mW at 20 mA and peak output of 11 mW at 100 mA. Read more »

Components | Electromechanics | Holder | Jun 05, 2018

TE Connectivity Offers New LED Holders Compatible With Most COB-LEDs

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has added the LUMAWISE Z45 LED Holder to its range of holders for chip-on-board (COB) LEDs. The new second-generation LED holder from TE is made in a high-strength, highly reflective halogen-free flame retardant thermoplastic (PBT). The Z45 LED holder is 5mm smaller in diameter compared to TE’s Z50 holder and uses adhesive for fast and easy assembly of the COB LEDs in the luminaire. Read more »

Components | LEDs | White LEDs | Horticulture | Jun 05, 2018

Luminus Adds "Horticulture White" to Horticulture Offering that Includes UV & Far Red

Luminus Devices, Inc., a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs and solid-state light sources, has expanded its horticulture LED portfolio with new SST-20 series white LEDs to complement the extensive range of discrete wavelengths from UVA (365nm) to Far Red (730nm). Read more »

Components | LEDs | Automotive | May 23, 2018

American Bright Introduces NEW EzyLED

American Bright, a global LED lighting solutions manufacturer, today announced a new series of EzyLED 3030. EzyLEDs are connected in parallel, and directly driven by a conventional 12V /24V DC source. For this series of low-to-medium powered LEDs, the IC is built into the LED chip design which dramatically reduces the additional circuitry and eliminates the need for on-the board IC driver and other passive components. Without the need for extra resistors, bridge rectifiers and current regulative diode, inventory management is dramatically reduced making this an ideal solution due to its simplicity and ease of use. Read more »

Components | LEDs | CoB LEDs | White LEDs | May 09, 2018

Cree Brings Highest Reliability to Broadest Family of Metal COB LED Designs

Cree announces an expansion of the XLamp® High Current LED Array family with new CMT LEDs that extend Cree’s latest metal-based chip-on-board (COB) LED technology to the most prevalent COB form factors. In addition to providing up to 45 percent more lumen density and up to 17 percent higher efficacy, all Cree® XLamp High Current LED Arrays feature an innovative metal substrate technology that delivers higher reliability than competing metal COBs. With more than 6,000 hours of LM-80 data available, the expanded family of LEDs enables lighting manufacturers to immediately upgrade their designs for DesignLights Consortium® and ENERGY STAR® eligible applications, such as track, downlight and outdoor lighting. Read more »

Components | LEDs | LED Modules | Horticulture | May 09, 2018

Samsung Electronics Offers LED Component Solutions for Horticulture Lighting

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced digital component solutions, today announced that it is now offering LED component solutions that have been optimized for horticulture lighting. The company’s new horticulture LED lineup features a newly developed “red LED” package, as well as additions to key existing Samsung “white LED” package and module families to include horticulture lighting specifications. Read more »

Components | Electromechanics | Connectors | Connectivity | Sensors | Horticulture | May 08, 2018

TE Connectivity at LFI - The Next Generation of Solutions for Horticultural Lighting

TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, will demonstrate how it is illuminating the industry with its latest connectivity solutions for horticultural lighting at Lightfair International (LFI) in Chicago, USA from May 8 – 10, 2018. At the TE booth (#2563), visitors can see how the company’s solutions are helping lighting installers and manufacturers grow their business with TE’s latest components for horticultural lighting. Read more »

Components | LEDs | Color LEDs | Special Applications | May 08, 2018

Osram - 40% Increased Efficiency of Green LEDs Improves Battery Life of Fitness Trackers

The significant drop in light output (green gap phenomenon) exhibited by green LEDs has often been the cause of efficiency problems and high costs in customer applications. For its indium gallium nitride (InGaN)-based green LEDs, Osram Opto Semiconductors has now succeeded in reducing the typical forward voltages by around 600 mV drastically. With a simultaneous increase in optical output power, customers instantly benefit from improvements in efficiency of up to 40 percent compared to predecessor products across the entire UX:3 portfolio from Osram. Read more »

Components | LED Modules | Optics | Indoor Applications | Outdoor Applications | May 02, 2018

Matrix Platform with Integrated Light Guides for Visual Comfort and Breakthrough Output and Efficiency

Lumileds announced today that its Matrix Platform light engines can achieve breakthrough lumen outputs and efficiencies, using its next generation Integrated Light Guide Technology. The revolutionary Integrated Light Guide Technology provides non-pixelated illumination for visual comfort and the flexibility to select tailored light distribution patterns in the design of indoor and outdoor luminaires. Read more »

Components | LED Modules | Driver Modules | Retrofit | Commercial Lighting | Apr 25, 2018

Fulham to Roll Out New Line of LinearHO High Output LED Retrofit Kits

At LightFair 2018 being held in Chicago May 8-10, Fulham, a leading supplier of lighting components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications, will display its new line of Vizion LinearHO high-output LED retrofit kits. Designed to retrofit high-bay, vapor tight, and troffers, the new Vizion LinearHO kits are suitable for commercial and damp environments and deliver substantial energy savings when used to replace fluorescents lamps. Read more »

Components | LEDs | Color LEDs | CSP LEDs | Apr 24, 2018

Nichia Expands Its Direct Mountable Chip Series with the Introduction of Single Colors

Nichia Corporation is proud to introduce discrete color options in its Direct Mountable Chip series, a similar technology to the industry’s Chip Scale Package (CSP). Nichia’s Direct Mountable Chip color lineup, consisting of Royal Blue, Green, Amber and Red, along with its previously released white options, enables lighting customers to take advantage of Nichia’s unique Direct Mountable Chip technology in a wide range of applications. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Smart Lighting | Powerline | Indoor Applications | Apr 24, 2018

Espen Technology Releases Innovative Powerline Communication Dimming For 0-10V Fixtures & TLEDs

Espen Technology announced today that it is offering the VersaDim System, an innovative, comprehensive dimming and control system using PCLC powerline communication technology. Espen will be demonstrating the new system at LightFair International, Booth # 3867. Read more »

Featured | Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Outdoor Applications | Apr 20, 2018

MOSO High Reliable & Flexible Programmable Outdoor LED Driver

MOSO, one of the most influential and well-known new energy enterprises in China, dedicates to provide the efficient, intelligent and safe outdoor LED power supply solutions by introducing its programmable LDP series worldwide. Read more »

Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Multi-Channel Drivers | Indoor Applications | Apr 20, 2018

Two Drivers in One Housing for Luminaires with Direct and Indirect Light

The dimmable two-channel DALI DT6 constant current LED driver is the latest addition to the Premium SELV series and is already DALI-2 certified. It will typically be used in linear and panel luminaires in offices and healthcare facilities for direct and indirect lighting applications. Simple tunable white solutions are also possible. Read more »