Luminus' John Langevin talks about pocket projectors, the company's $72 million round, and an eventual initial public offering.

Luminus Devices, a company that wants to change the lighting systems in digital TVs and in buildings, has raised $72 million in its latest round of funding.

Available with 6 or 9 LEDs, Meteorlite® X-Series High Intensity LED Modules are capable of up to 19 built-in selectable flash patterns including simultaneous or alternating flashing with amber, blue, clear, and red LEDs. Weather-resistant modules are epoxy encapsulated for interior and exterior use and meet SAE and CA Title 13 requirements. Six-LED Model SYLEDX06 draws 0.70 A, while 9-LED Model SYLEDX09 draws 1.05 A.

AMS Technologies AG, a Pan-European distributor of high-tech components and systems, and Enfis Ltd., a British manufacturer of semiconductor based light source modules and systems, have signed a distribution agreement for all EC countries.The agreement comprises intelligent, high-power light emitting diodes (LED) arrays and smart light engines across a wide range of wavelengths.

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. introduced the CAT3637 fractional charge pump LED drivers which address the requirements for high-efficiency and easy LED programming in portable devices.

Hella Marine's LED deck floodlight is not just an ordinary light; as we all know it is imperative to have a clear view of what lies ahead in rough waters to prevent injury or boat damage.  Each of the completely sealed and resilient "fit and forget" lamp is excellent for vessels subject to high vibrations, impact and shock loads.  Using LED technology and offering close range illumination, it recently won SAIL magazine's Pittman Innovation Award.

The Zumtobel Group hopes that concentrating its existing LED activities, including TridonicAtco Optoelectronics, Lexedis Lighting and Ledon Lighting, into a single unit will help achieve dynamic growth. With effect from May 1, the beginning of its 2008/09 financial year, the Zumtobel Group will be concentrating its existing LED activities in a single unit. The Austria-based, billion-Euro lighting company says that this will create a flexible and efficient platform for its planned dynamic growth in the LED sector.

Imagine looking at an entire wall built of these LED Glass Bricks, with the square shapes of LED light stretching into infinity and colors changing in countless computerized configurations and patterns. The possibilities are mind-boggling. The Red Dot Design Awards for 2008 were announced last Friday, 3/14/08, and among the winners was this LED Glass Brick design.

When Visteon, a leading global automotive supplier, needed a light emitting diode (LED) lighting solution for the interior of the Ford Motor Co.’s 2007 Ford Edge cross-over SUV, it specified the latest LED technology from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors that utilizes RTP Company’s (Winona, Minn.) light-diffusing plastic compounds.

Luminus Devices, a light-emitting diode (LED) maker, said Monday that it closed a $72 million round of financing and that it will use the capital to expand into new lighting markets. The Billerica, Massachusetts, company traditionally focused on light sources for the TV and display industry. But now the company intends to broaden into general commercial and consumer lighting and specialty applications such as medical, entertainment, and security.

Visiting buyers passing by the Electronic Components pavilion at the April China Sourcing Fair will be impressed with the tall LED displays to be shown at the booth of Guilin Hivision Technology Co. Ltd. With over 10 years' experience in the design and production of LED products, the company currently offers over 40 models of two-color or full-color LED displays. These products are widely used indoors or outdoors as information boards or billboards.

The use of LEDs for solid-state lighting, rather than as indicators, is poised to make inroads in applications in the automotive, architectural and general illumination markets, according to market analysis firm Yole Developpement. But for the growth to pan out, particularly in the general illumination market, there is still technical work to be accomplished. Although LEDs are prized for their energy efficiency, a great deal of color performance and design and cost optimization remains to be done, and semiconductor companies need to keep improving manufacturing processes.

In the first installation of its kind, Dialight Corporation's new LED-based SafeSite illumination fixture has been successfully retrofitted on a drilling rig of a major oil and natural gas producer, providing improved safety and decreased maintenance and energy costs.

Driven in the short-run primarily by mobile phone handsets, the worldwide white light-emitting diode (LED) market is projected to exceed 20 billion units in 2008. Using higher light-emitting efficiency and lower pricing, an increasing number of white LEDs are being used as backlight for notebook PCs, medium and large LCD TVs, and single-color and full-color outdoor signs. Further growth is expected to come from automotive applications, which are expected to see increased penetration in LED headlamps, as well as LEDs in interior lighting.

An LED driver with inductive boost capabilities, giving system architects additional design options for backlighting applications, has started sampling from Exar Corp. Housed in a 2.9mm x 2.8mm SOT23-6 package, the SP6699 is suitable for small display/keypad LED lighting applications found in handheld portable devices such as PDAs, cellphones and data collection devices The SP6699 integrates a schottky diode (a switch boost regulator), and is capable of driving up to five series LEDs with four external components.

An MIT graduate student has up a page showcasing a standout art project. He's designed custom LED light fixtures which are seven times brighter than the closest similar commercial models, and include colors which can't be reproduced by a normal RGB cluster (including two ridiculously bright UV LEDs). The result: some beautiful mixed media artwork.

Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, has expanded its line of patented Quad-Mode fractional charge pump LED drivers with a new device optimized for portable products. The new CAT3637 addresses the requirements for high-efficiency and easy LED programming in these products, with 10 percent higher efficiency (compared to three-mode charge pumps) and a simple, 1-wire EZDim interface control.

533 series available from Aerospace & Defence Products is a 12.7mm mounting, professional LED panel indicator featuring a high intensity LED element in a range of colours. Internal circuitry includes a reverse protection diode as standard and operates over a wide voltage range. Termination is achieved by standard solder/crimp tags.

The CAT3637 is optimised for applications with one bank of five or six identical LED channels, a typical configuration for larger LED screen portable productsCatalyst Semiconductor has expanded its line of patented Quad-Mode fractional charge pump LED drivers with a new device optimised for portable products. The new CAT3637 addresses the requirements for high-efficiency and easy LED programming in these products, with 10% higher efficiency (compared with three-mode charge pumps) and a simple, 1-wire EZDim interface control.

GlacialTech Inc., a diversified provider of cooling, power supply, PC enclosure solutions for consumer and industrial applications, today announced a brand new range of high brightness, high power LED lighting solutions, for indoor, outdoor and other customized applications, under the GlacialLight brand.

UK based EMS provider Brantham has been seeing many opportunities in the assembly of LED's.The company has seen that LED Lighting Business is growing. LED Lighting is being used in the automotive and medical industries. Some of the applications are requiring high power LEDs and these invariably require the use of thermally conductive substrates to manage the heat produced.

The former Color Kinetics, now part of Philips，is alleging that its patents have been infringed by LED Effects, now part of Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSG). This could be an interesting contest: CK was founded and started filing patents in the LED lighting space in 1997. However, LED Effects has been designing, developing and selling custom-designed, pulse-with-modulation (PWM) controlled, color-changing LED fixtures and components since 1994.

Sony has brought its first Organic LED (OLED) TV to market, and the product is stunning. The picture quality is also unmatched by today's standards. In this episode, we'll show you the 3-mm thin screen poised to one day replace plasmas and LCD TVs. As Digital Journal reported in early February, Sony is ushering in a new era in television with OLED TV.

On 12th March, Nexxus Lighting announced that its SV Lighting business unit has introduced the industry's first LED floodlight for general illumination that operates on direct line voltage without the need for an internal or external power supply. This breakthrough has produced the new Savi SHO White Floodlight. Utilizing Seoul Semiconductor's new Acriche LEDs, the Savi SHO White Floodlight is a new white light LED floodlight for interior and exterior applications that can operate on a standard 120VAC supply.

Police often use tasers, rubber bullets and pepper spray to control riots and crowds out of control. But there could soon be a new weapon in their arsenal, a high-tech flashlight - with a big punch. The device called a "LED Incapacitator" causes 'flash blindness' or a nauseated, disoriented feeling. Dr. Robert Liebermen is president of Intelligent Optical Systems. The California company has an $800,000 contract from the Department of Homeland Security.

It's reported that AU Optronics (AUO) has confirmed it is preparing to produce LEDs in house, with construction of a new plant about to start.

We've likely all experienced the bothersome inconvenience of having to change a light bulb located in a hard-to-reach place. Maybe a lofty porch light burns out, or a chandelier bulb dies. These can be difficult to get to, and many times they are lights that are left on for many hours throughout the day, so they burn out frequently. Luckily, www.besthomeledlighting.com provides a solution in the form of LED light bulbs. This growing technology offers benefits and advantages over standard bulbs in almost every possible category.

It's reported that Global Lighting Technologies (GLT) has introduced an LED-based backlight for use with desktop or notebook PC keyboards that provides brightness and uniformity, along with the opportunity to utilize fewer LEDs, reducing the cost of the backlight.

Using copper and aluminum layers 0.0042" and 0.062" respectively with a dielectric 0.004". thick with a breakdown of 4kVDC, OptoTherm OCB201 Series substrate from Optek has a thermal conductivity of 1.1W/m-°K and a thermal resistance of 1.8°C/W.

The HL-5060/K31C4-12-E linear LED light strip from Guangzhou Hongli Optoelectronic Co. Ltd features an IP67-rated water-resistant casing, flexible printed circuit boards (PCB) and self-adhesive backing.