by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Lighting, LEDs Applications, Modular Drivers, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Standards
Government and industry bodies are continuously publishing new regulatory codes and industry standards that are guiding the development of SSL products and the art of lighting design and specification, writes Ethan Biery. The original version of this article can be...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 21, 2015 | Features, LEDs Applications, Materials, Optics, Smart Cities, SSL Design, SSL Design featured
Solid-state lighting replacements for traditional linear tube lighting require outer covering and optical materials that are as robust as the LED source inside. Bill Marshall explains the advantages afforded by polycarbonate for LED tubes. The original version of this...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Oct 20, 2015 | Business and Industry, Color Tuning, Features, IIF, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Networks & Controls, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Utility and municipal
The combination of functional white lighting and layered color accent lighting in the Tunca Bridge project deliver driver and pedestrian safety – and a pleasing experience for observers – while matching the relatively low light levels in the area, reports...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 18, 2015 | Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Networks & Controls, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Specialty SSL, SSL Design, SSL Design featured, Substrates & Wafers, Thermal
Giles Humpston explains the intricacies of cooling LEDs and modeling the thermal path to ensure reliable solid-state lighting product developments. The original version of this article can be found...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 16, 2015 | Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Materials, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, Services & Testing, Services & Testing featured, Smart Lighting IoT, Specialty SSL, SSL Design, Standards, Vegetables & Floriculture, White-Point Tuning
The IES is considering feedback from the LED industry on projection methods for testing and defining additional long-term behavior changes in LEDs that are not addressed in the current version of TM-21. Jianzhong Jiao describes possible models and updates under...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Sep 15, 2015 | Assembly & Contract Manufacturing, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Design Automation, Features, LED Design & Manufacturing, LEDs & Sources featured, LEDs Sources, Manufacturing Equipment, Manufacturing Services & Testing, Modular light engines, Packaged LEDS, R&D, Research & Development, SSL Design, Thermal
Chip-scale packaging (CSP) technology has the potential to reduce LED component cost and provide SSL system-design advantages, explains Maury Wright, but the technology, borrowed from the mainstream semiconductor industry, has been slow to emerge commercially. The...
