by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 4, 2015 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Microcontrollers, Networks & Controls, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, White-Point Tuning
The annual IES Street and Area Lighting Conference featured a comprehensive set of presentations on topics ranging from new recommended practices to dirt depreciation, but as Maury Wright reports, the major theme was networked street lights with services supplanting...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 4, 2015 | Features, Industrial & Life Sciences, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Modular light engines, Packaged LEDS, Research & Development, Retail & Hospitality, Substrates & Wafers, White-Point Tuning
Martin Shih reports that while technology barriers remain in manufacturing UV LEDs, especially at shorter wavelengths, a number of potential high-volume applications are driving interest among packaged LED manufacturers. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 4, 2015 | Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Networks & Controls, LEDs Applications, Microcontrollers, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
Power over Ethernet distributes DC power over inexpensive data cables instead of costly conventional lines, threatening utilities, electricians, and contracting firms, explains Mark Halper. Meanwhile, the technology turns LED luminaires into data nodes, allowing IT...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Adaptive controls, Building & Home Automation, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Microcontrollers, Networks, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design
Aaron Ganick, head of Lightify at Osram Sylvania, describes the potential for digital control in lighting and other systems, and reveals the roadblocks to the potential greater convenience and energy savings. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Lighting, LEDs Applications, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities
Cost and complexity have hampered LED headlamp adoption, but Tony Armstrong asserts that functionality such as matrix beam control will drive the technology to the forefront. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Color Tuning, Entertainment, Facade & Entertainment, Features, Indoor Lighting, Industrial & Life Sciences, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs & Sources featured, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Materials, Optics, Outdoor Lighting, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal, White-Point Tuning
Both monochromatic and phosphor-converted color LEDs are tracking near white LED performance, observes Maury Wright, and color adds impact to applications spanning façade lighting to automotive safety. The original version of this article can be found...
