Solid-state lighting (SSL) differs from conventional lighting in that it uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) instead of filaments, plasma, or gases. Although still relatively early in its development, ...

Some buyers might appreciate its design and features, but the picture quality of the LG LE5500 lags behind other local-dimming LED-based LCDs. David leads the editorial team at CNET. We create expert ...

Using LEDs for lighting is an ever-more-popular application because of its high efficacy and long life. Dimmable lighting applications in residential and commercial installations will account for over ...

Control and dimming is an essential feature of many LED-based solid-state lighting (SSL) systems. However, there has been a shortage of standards to ensure compatibility between dimmable LED light ...

New York – LED technologies manufacturer EcoSense introduced a new product portfolio featuring three upgraded series – EcoSpec Linear INT, EcoSpec Linear HP INT and EcoSpec Linear HP INT WW. All three ...

A recent discussion with Scott Brown of iWatt revealed some interesting facts about the design of IC drivers for consumer LED lighting. Although LED lifetime can reach about 20 years and the power ...

Halogen bulbs put out a lot of focused light but they do it at the expense of burning up a lot of Watts and generating a lot of heat. The cost for an LED replacement like the one seen disassembled ...

However LEDs are dimmed – be it by 1 – 10 V analogue voltage, mains phase angle, power-line, digital inputs such as DALI, or a WLAN link, there is in fact only two ways to actually dim the output of a ...

Cree, Inc. introduces the LMH2 LED Module with sunset dimming -that provides a dimming experience similar to incandescent lighting. Cree, Inc. introduces the LMH2 LED Module with sunset dimming -that ...

I'm trying to dim LED strips, approximately 30ft in length, with hand controls. I've found that regular potentiometers (those sold by Adafruit) max out at about 0.2 W. For whatever reason, the Red ...