LED lighting continues to successfully carve out a growing portion of $50 billion lighting market, which is not surprising given that LEDs provide the best energy efficiency when compared to CFL and ...

Most engineers are quite familiar with typical low-power-indicator LEDs, whether they be surface-mount or the classical through-hole packages. All that's needed to use them is a voltage source and a ...

High power LED lighting is harder than it looks. Power, dimming, control, and communication collide in one design.

Over the past two years we've seen Cree transition from an LED manufacturer with a presence in related industries to a major force in the LED lighting market. Now that the company has a firm footing ...

Advanced LED lighting arrays can spectrally tune their output wavelength to highlight different features and defects in captured images. The capability enables a single light fixture to quickly adapt ...

Melexis has introduced the MLX81118 multi-channel, LIN RGB LED controller with 24 LED driver outputs, enhancing and simplifying the design of animated interior and exterior automotive lighting. In ...

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. TweakTown may also earn commissions from other affiliate partners at no extra cost to you. Most of us started lighting cases with random LED ...

STMicroelectronics has used the ‘CAN FD Light’ protocol in a 32-channel automotive lighting controller. “With 32 regulated current sources, independently programmable from 1mA to 15mA, L99LDLH32 can ...

In a previous article, I discussed LEDs in general and their properties. In this write-up, I want to give some examples of driving LEDs and comparing a few of the most commonly used methods. There is ...