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LED datasheet standard enhances manufacturer-developer communications (MAGAZINE)

An ANSI-accredited standards group within NEMA is publishing a standard describing the parameters and characterizations required on LED datasheets, reports Jianzhong Jiao, and the result will allow developers to more easily contrast and compare LEDs from multiple...

Popping the charts: Strategies Unlimited unveils SSL market data (MAGAZINE)

Market research presentations in the Plenary sessions at Strategies in Light projected growth segments in the lighting and packaged LED sectors, and chronicled the challenges being posed by price erosion, reports Maury Wright. The original version of this article can...

Choice of thermal management materials takes the heat out of LED packaging (MAGAZINE)

John Cafferkey examines the most effective packaging options for thermal management in high-power LEDs, including a detailed look at the most common LED architecture and package types. The original version of this article can be found...

Survivor SSL: Winners must endure commoditization and deliver new value (MAGAZINE)

Conference speakers largely agreed that the race to the bottom price-wise is inevitable in LEDs and lighting, reports Maury Wright, but ideas for new value-added applications and services that can deliver prosperity to the SSL sector abound. The original version of...

Packaged LED leader Nichia leverages Future Lighting Solutions to boost general illumination sales (MAGAZINE)

Maury Wright interviews Future Lighting Solutions vice president Jamie Singerman on the distributor’s partnership with packaged LED manufacturer Nichia, a deal announced at Light+Building, and the latest in Future’s programs to help accelerate SSL...

Need light? Try an IT company, like Mobile's school district did (MAGAZINE)

Power over Ethernet (PoE) and the IoT mark lighting’s second revolution in a decade. LEDs were just a warm-up. But pioneers should be wary of arrows in the back, cautions Mark Halper. The original version of this article can be found...