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

The demands on the ordinary light fixture have dramatically increased in recent years. Commercial buildings have started using lighting to attract customers, consumers have started looking for more ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

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 ...

The iW7011 LED driver for LCD TV backlighting from iWatt Inc. is a 6-channel LED driver with a built-in intelligent digital control engine, developed to reduce the bill of materials (BOM) cost and ...

In this presentation, Eric Bronson, senior lighting specialist with Anixter International, led with a simple yet clear message: LED lighting is not maintenance free. In fact, there are a number of ...