by Commercial LED Lighting | Jan 25, 2016 | Adaptive controls, Awards and Events, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, IIF, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industry News, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Networks, Networks & Controls, Sensors, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Strategies in Light, White-Point Tuning
The “Net-Zero Non-Zero: Lighting and the Evolving Smart City” workshop at The LED Show, co-located with Strategies in Light in Santa Clara, CA, promises to provide a unique perspective on several topics: IoT, the future of lighting, smart cities, and the nature of...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 8, 2015 | Automotive & Vehicles, Backlight, Signs, & Displays, Business and Industry, Color Tuning, Drivers Electronics, Entertainment, Facade & Entertainment, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Microcontrollers, Networks & Controls, OLEDs, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Smart Cities, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning
Around the world, visions of brightly colored packages and tantalizing treats run through our minds. But in this case, Maury Wright and Carrie Meadows look toward the techies, the trend-spotters, and some folks too hip for the average gift – those whose finer...
by Commercial LED Lighting | Dec 8, 2015 | Features, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Modular light engines, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, SSL Design, Standards, Test Equipment, Test Labs, White-Point Tuning
Expanding on a prior series of articles focused on the photobiological safety of LED-based lighting, Leslie Lyons further details risk group classifications and methodologies that come into play with extended sources such as LED arrays. The original version of this...
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...
