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News-Spot Business | Distributor News | May 10, 2013

Mouser and Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) Sign Global Distribution Agreement

Mouser Electronics, Inc. today announced a new global agreement with Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) to distribute high performance heat sinks and cooling solutions. Read more »

News-Spot Business | Distributor News | May 10, 2013

Anglia Brings Inventronics LED Drivers to the UK and Eire Market

Anglia Lighting has greatly expanded its range of LED drivers and power supplies following its appointment as UK and Eire distributor for Inventronics. The new agreement allows Anglia to offer its customers higher power drivers up to 300W as well as sealed units for outdoor and industrial applications. Read more »

News-Spot Business | Distributor News | May 08, 2013

Digi-Key Inks Global Distribution Agreement with Philips Lumileds

Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the signing of a global distribution agreement with Philips Lumileds, an industry leader in LED products. This move expands Digi-Key's LED portfolio and strengthens their position as one of the largest distributors of LED products and suppliers. Read more »

News-Spot Business | Company News | May 15, 2013

Cambridge Nanotherm Establishes First Step towards Mass Manufacturing

Electronics thermal management innovator Cambridge Nanotherm is to build its first prototype manufacturing plant in Haverhill, UK following the award of £250,000 in matched funding from the UK Innovation Agency - Technology Strategy Board (TSB). Read more »

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Event News | May 15, 2013

Lighting Industry is Looking for a New Identity

Today, Siegfried Luger, publisher of LED professional, talked with Mr. Ed van den Kieboom, Conference Director Smart Lighting Event, and with Dr. Bruno Smets, Chair Conference Committee Smart Lighting Event, about the ongoing conference in Frankfurt. Read more »

Technology | Light Generation | May 08, 2013

Strain Engineering Improves Light Output from Green LEDs

Schematic of epitaxial material for conventional and shallow quantum well (SQW) LEDs (Figure 1). Light output power-current-voltage (L-I-V) characteristics of conventional LED and SQW LED (Figure 2). EQE versus current characteristics of conventional LED and SQW LED (Figure 3) The Chinese Academy of Science reports that researchers in China have used strain engineering to improve the light output power of 530nm green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by 28.9% at 150mA current injection [Hongjian Li et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p052102, 2013]. The research was carried out by Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Semiconductors, Beijing, and University of Hong Kong. Read more »

Technology | Light Generation Technology | Light Perception | May 02, 2013

HD Retina, Martini's World Exclusive New LED Light for an Unmatched Color Perception Quality

For the first time, Martini's HD Retina LED technology could demonstrate its outstanding color rendering capabilities at Euroluce 2013 in Milano All truly great inventions, the ones that really have affected the course of history and people's lives, have changed the context of a world that was not ready to welcome them. Small and large objects have introduced new solutions and unprecedented perspectives that previously only existed in the minds of their creators. They are innovative, surprising, revolutionary products: in a word unexpected. Read more »

Commentary | May 06, 2013

The Mandatory Basis for Professional LED Lighting - Guido Nattkemper, Director of LED Product Management at BAG electronics

Guido Nattkamper Platform management speeds up development, simplifies complexity, helps to manage the supply chain and improves quality. Read more »

Exclusive UL LED Roadshow on 25th of September in Bregenz, Austria

UL_LG UL presents a day of news and updates on the latest market news for LED lighting technologies. For over 100 years UL has tested and certified lighting products in the global marketplace. With UL's state-of-the-art facilities, UL today can provide safety testing, performance evaluation and energy efficiency testing for lighting manufacturers under one roof. Read more »  

 

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Products | White High Power Array-LED | May 14, 2013

Honglitronic Introduces the High-Efficiency COB LM Series of 3W-50W

High Efficiency and a broad range of power ratings from 3 to 50 W are just some features of Honglitronic's new COB LM series LEDs Hongli Electronics Co Ltd of Guangzhou, China is introducing the COB LM series of 3-50W, chip-on-board LED packages, which are high-efficiency and reach 145lm/W with min. 80 CRI. They are available in the versions 2700K, 3000K and 6000K; low thermal resistance and superior heat dissipation for high reliability. Read more »

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Products | LED Driver ICs | May 15, 2013

ZMDI Releases the ZSLS7031 Primary-Side Peak-Current Mode LED Driver IC

ZMDI's new ZSL7031 LED driver IC and its typical schematic for an isolated application ZMD AG, a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, today announces the release of the newest member of its LED driver family, the ZSLS7031, a primary-side peak-current mode LED driver for high-brightness LED lighting. As a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consumer applications, ZMDI specializes in products that enable energy efficient solutions such as the ... Read more »

Products | LED Driver ICs | May 14, 2013

Microchip Expands General-Purpose 8-bit PIC® Microcontroller Portfolio Further

Microchip's PIC16F753 is a cost-effective solution, also for LED lighting applications Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced an expansion to the PIC16F75X family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) featuring intelligent analog and core-independent peripherals, making them ideal for general-purpose applications, as well as LED lighting, power supplies, battery charging, power management and power control/smart energy applications. The new PIC16F753 MCU builds on the success of the popular ... Read more »

Products | LED Driver ICs | May 13, 2013

Microchip's New 8-bit PIC® Microcontroller Family with Intelligent Analog Integration for SSL Applications

Microchip's new PIC16F178X series MCUs feature on-chip 12-bit ADC, op amps, high-performance 16-bit PWMs and high-speed  comparators which eneable LED lighting driver designs Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced an expansion of its 8-bit PIC16F178X enhanced Mid-Range core microcontroller (MCU) family with increased Flash memory densities, intelligent analog and digital peripherals, such as on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), 16-bit PWMs, 8-bit and 5-bit Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), operational amplifiers, and high-speed comparators with 50 ns response ... Read more »

Products | LED Protection Devices | May 14, 2013

New Superior Surge Protector from Thomas Research Products

Thomas Research Products ' new FSP3-277-20K model surge protector for for outdoor LED luminaires Thomas Research Products has announced an advanced new generation of their wildly popular Surge Protector product line. Thomas Research Products is a leading manufacturer of SSL power solutions and accessories. Read more »

Products | Test Equipments | May 07, 2013

On-Site Integrating Sphere Calibrations Is a New Service from Labsphere

Labspheres new service assures spectral radiance accuracy, and finally saves time and money Labsphere can now perform on-site calibration services directly at customer facilities for all brands of integrating sphere Uniform Source Systems. The cost-effective service includes a professional assessment of the overall system condition, re-lamping the sphere with before and after measurements, optional power supply calibration and Labsphere's certified calibration with National Institute of Standards and Technology-traceable measurements. Read more »

Lighting Subsystems: Modules, Lamps, etc.
Products | Lamps | May 14, 2013

Verbatim Launches First Commercially Available VxRGB LED Product

Verbatim announces the commercial release of Vivid Vision™, a directional LED lamp using VxRGB® technology developed by Verbatim's parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. Read more »  

Products | LED Driver Modules | May 14, 2013

Green Watt Power Announces New 50 Watt Dimmable Power Supply

Green Power's new 50 watt power supply is available in a wide range of nominal current ratings between 500 MA and 2.8 A Green Watt Power, a division of Calex Mfg. Co., Inc. in Concord, California, announces the introduction of the GLCD 50 Watt constant current dimmable LED power supplies. The dimming options for the GLCD 50 include 0-10V, PWM and external potentiometer. All models feature a universal 100-277 VAC input with nominal output current values of 500 mA, 700 mA, 1.05 A, 1.4 A, 1.75 A, 2.1 A and 2.8 A. The dimming range is 10 to 100%.0 to 100% dimming options are available on request. Read more »

Products | LED Driver Modules | May 03, 2013

Mean Well Introduces Highly Efficient Multiple Stage Output Current LED Power Supply Series

Built in PFC, 1-10V dimming and PWM signal function are some of the features of the new flexible LED driver series In response to the demands of intelligent LED lighting control and to provide a flexible power solution for project style lighting design, Mean Well introduced 40W/60W multiple-stage output current LED power supply~ LCM-40(DA) and LCM-60(DA) series. Read more »

Products | LED Driver Modules | May 13, 2013

GlacialPower Announces Two New GP-LD Series DC Input LED Drivers for 12V and 24V DC

The GP-LD10-30C and GP-LD15-24C DC-DC LED drivers complete the existing GP- DC-DC driver series GlacialPower, a division of the Taiwanese technology manufacturer, GlacialTech Inc., is pleased to announce two new GlacialPower LED drivers for variable voltage LED lights - GP-LD10-30C and GP-LD15-24C. Read more »

Products | Thermal Management | May 03, 2013

MechaTronix Introduces ModuLED Modular Passive LED Cooling

MechaTronix's ModuLED coolers offer good passive cooling performance for array LEDs and LED modules from 1200 to 4000 lm Of course looks matter in the LED lighting world... Even for recessed spot and down lights, you still have to sell it first, and at that point the look and feel of a product makes the first impressions Read more »

Products | Thermal Management | May 14, 2013

Fisher Elektronik Provides Housings for Linear LED Modules

Fischer Elektronik's G LED housing series is available as standard in three different versions and three lengths Fischer Elektronik has expanded its product range of heat discharge housings by adding an additional housing series, the G LED range. In order to avoid overheating of LEDs, these special housings offer efficient heat management, which help to optimise the heat discharge. Read more »

Lighting Systems: Fixtures, Controllers, etc. 
Products | LED Fixtures | May 15, 2013

Cree Expands CR Series LED Downlights

Cree's new Full Definition CR4™ and CR6™ downlights are the ideal luminaire to replace incandescent four- and six-inch recessed downlights Building upon the success of the CR Series downlights, Cree, Inc. introduces Cree® Full Definition CR4™ and CR6™ downlights - the ideal luminaire to replace outdated incandescent four- and six-inch recessed downlights. Featuring a warm-white 2700 K color temperature, dimming and better than 80 CRI, the Full Definition downlights are ideal for applications that require good light quality and low initial cost. Read more »

Products | LED Fixtures | May 03, 2013

OMS Lighting Launches Redesigned Grafias Luminaire with 123 lm/W

Grafias from OMS Lighting DOJČ, Slovakia - OMS Lighting, today announced the addition of the redesigned Grafias luminaire - featuring efficacy values of 123 lm/W, to its product portfolio after a series of successful laboratory tests. Read more »

Products | LED Light Controller | May 14, 2013

Tridonic Introduces DALI Touchpanel 02 to Provide the Most Comfortable Control of Advanced LED Lighting Applications

One of the most advanced features of Tridonic's DALI Touchpanel 02 is a smooth CCT control between 2700 and 6500 K Tridonic has modified its multi-functional DALI Touchpanel 02 unit and added new functions and interchangeable layouts. DALI lighting control is now more convenient and more flexible than ever before. The mechanics have also been improved and a guide LED has been integrated. Read more »

Event News
LED professional Symposium +Expo 2013
Sept 24-26, 2013 in Bregenz / Austria 
LpS (LED professional Symposium) is Europe's foremost LED lighting technology event for lighting experts in industry and  research. The symposium covers LED/OLED lighting technologies for luminaries, lamps and modules focusing on new system approaches, new components and the most up to date design methodologies. Read more »
 

Lumen Fotronic 

Lumen FotronicSolid State Lighting technologies will be the heart of Lumen Fortronic, the one-day technological event promoted by Assodel (Italian Association of Electronics Suppliers) and ... Read more »

 

LED Expo Thailand 
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) joining forces with IMPACT and MEX Exhibitions from India, hosts the LED Expo Thailand 2013, gathering electrical industrial entrepreneurs and ... Read more »     

 

LED Lighting Taiwan 2013  

Led by backlight and lighting application, the production value of Taiwan LED component and lighting application is expected to grow ... Read more »  

 

euoLED 2012  

EUROLedeuroLED is a dedicated event to the Science and Technology of LEDs comprising of a highly technical conference, ... Read more »  

 

CIOE LED TECH China 2013    

CIOE--LED Tech China is a global exhibition as well as a professional platform to display the latest LED product & technologies, and ... Read more »   

 

LED & LED Lighting 
THE only LED Exhibition in the region!! 26-29 SEPTEMBER 2013  in ISTANBUL/TURKEY The led&led lighting Exhibition... Read more »   

 

Light & Sound
L&S Expo it's the first of its kind in KSA links buyers with suppliers attracting a mix of leading international manufacturers, regional... Read more »  

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