Simply choosing the cheapest LED components has its risks and a better approach is to take a system-level perspective, aiming for the most cost-effective design, writes Mark Pinkney, divisional ...

Application of LED lighting is more common these days, especially in homes and in some new buildings, as standard incandescent and fluorescent lighting continue to fade away. It’s not so dominant in ...

A LED light pipe is an optical fiber or a solid transparent plastic rod for transmitting light from an LED mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) to the user interface. Light pipes transmit up to 80 ...

Simply choosing the cheapest LED components has its risks and a better approach is to take a system-level perspective, aiming for the most cost-effective design, writes Mark Pinkney, divisional ...

Consumer demand and government initiatives to phase out inefficient lighting technologies are pushing expansion of LED lighting. Designers of these devices must satisfy not only end users, but also ...

How smart is your LED lighting system? While LED lighting holds the promise of reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs, smart LED lighting designs improve system performance in both areas, ...

Triacs are at the heart of dimming controls for LED lighting. Triacs used in dimmers have normally been characterised and specified for incandescent lamp loads, which have high current ratings for ...