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Top 20 of 2016: Readers make business, IoT, and LED stories most read
Our annual top 20 list of most-read stories reveals that business deals dominated reader interest in 2016 while the Internet of Things, packaged LED advancements and horticultural solid-state lighting followed closely.
ZigBee role in smart SSL and the IoT may change to application layer
The Internet of Things sector is increasingly focused on Internet Protocol networks for connecting devices such as intelligent LED luminaires, and the ZigBee Alliance is moving to establish its value at the application layer of the network stack.
Cree ramps efficacy 10% in the 5-mm XHP50 packaged LED family
From a roughly 6-mm light emitting surface, Cree's newest LEDs deliver more than 2500 lm and come in 6V and 12V configurations.
Tristimulus light sensor simplifies tunable-white LED luminaire developments
IoT-focused ams announces a light sensor aligned with the human visual systems that is focused on tunable SSL systems and that also integrates the PWM signal generators needed to drive three LED strings.
SIL STRIKING POINT: How will spatial tuning of light enrich SSL for the built environment?
Strategies in Light co-chair Bob Steele asks 2017 speaker Brent York of Tangenysys Consulting what opportunities and enhancements spatial tuning will bring to SSL applications and technology.
LED business news: Philips lands new buyer for Lumileds after slashing asking price
US national security concerns nixed the earlier sale to China, so the Dutch company sells to a New York investment firm for about half the price in breaking LED business news.
SIL STRIKING POINT: Will all lighting become connected?
Strategies in Light (SIL) conference co-chair and Strategies Unlimited research director Philip Smallwood unveils the drivers and trends that led to creating an SIL track that questions the value of connected lighting and IoT in the lighting market.
Future enhances Lighting System Creator tool for solid-state lighting developers
The LSC computer-aided product development tool from Future Lighting Solutions now enables developers of solid-state lighting products to automatically trade off temperature and current settings relative to LED count while also adding flexibility in light source...
Gooee signs Mumbai's Crompton Greaves as its latest IoT customer
CGCEL will be Gooee's IoT launch partner in India.
Obama set to block sale of German LED equipment maker to China
Aixtron develops deposition gear in California. Its acquisition by Fujian Grand Chip is in doubt out of national security concerns.