2016-08-05

XiTRON's Portable Micro-Spectrometer Aids Lab Instrument Performance in LED Lighting

Flexible micro-spectrometer addresses LED illumination needs: lighting design, fixture verification, LED binning, lamp/LED spot testing, LED driver testing; portable, user-friendly lighting-measurement tool is well-suited for engineering lab and field use
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2016-08-05

Cree CPY LED Canopy Luminaire Delivers Record-breaking Efficiency

Cree continues to break efficiency records with the next generation of its best-selling CPY 13,000 lumen LED canopy luminaire, delivering category-leading efficiency of up to 136 lumens per watt (LPW). This new 13,000 lumen Cree® canopy luminaire offers superior illumination and industry-leading efficiency, as well as easy installation and lower total cost of ownership for better light experiences. Already a favorite with canopy owners for its uniform, clean white light, the 13,000 lumen CPY luminaire boosts efficacy by 20 percent, lowering operating costs while enhancing roadside visibility and appeal at service stations, convenience stores and drive-through restaurants or banking locations.
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2016-08-05

Sony Upgrades 4K OLED Master Monitor Features

Sony is expanding the capabilities of the BVM-X300 OLED master monitor, giving users more flexibility and more features for HDR and 4K production applications. Starting in October 2016, this updated version of the BVM-X300 will feature upgraded firmware including additional HDR EOTF and function support, new hardware with an HDMI input for easy connection to cameras or Blu-ray players, and a second 3G/HD-SDI 4K input for simpler system integration.
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2016-08-05

Foreverlamp Unveils DLC Approved High-Bay Fixture

The BIG LUMEN Lighting, creator of the award-winning Foreverlamp™ LED Retrofit Lamp Series, announced that its HB™ Series High-Bay LED fixtures have been added  to the DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) Qualified Products List (QPL). As an innovator and leader in high power, high lumen lighting, the HB Series High-Bay, combined with the Foreverlamp LED replacement lamps, have been approved by DLC in the Replacement Lamps for High-Bay Luminaires (Type C) category.
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2016-08-04

Samsung New Galaxy Note 7 Features Iris Recognition and AMOLED Screens

Samsung Electronics continues to drive innovation in the smartphone market with the Galaxy Note7 by building on the company’s category-defining leadership with advanced features. From refined craftsmanship, premium materials to a unique, symmetric edge design, the Galaxy Note7 continues to set a new standard for large-screen smartphones. The Galaxy Note7 is highly water resistant (IP68)1 and provides top-of-the-line security options, combining Samsung Knox with biometric authentication including iris scanning, as well as immersive entertainment features. Galaxy Note7 strikes a balance between work and play, enabling people to do more than what they thought possible on a smartphone.
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2016-08-04

ams Launches Ultra-Small IR LED-Based Optical Sensor Module

ams AG, a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today launched the smallest ever optical sensor module that delivers a combination of color (RGB), ambient light and proximity sensing, providing OEMs with design flexibility and the ability to provide a better display viewing experience.
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2016-08-04

Alpha Assembly Solutions Introduces Silver-Free Cored Solder Wire for Rework and Touch-Up

Alpha Assembly Solutions, the world leader in the production of electronic soldering and bonding materials, is introducing its no-silver cored solder wire solution for highest wetting speed performance.
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2016-08-04

HexaTech Demonstrates High‐Performance UV‐C LED

HexaTech announced the demonstration of its first generation UVSure™ UV‐C LED, based on HexaTech’s proprietary and world-leading aluminum nitride (AlN) substrate material. The 263 nm wavelength device achieves 6 mW in a 0.15 mm2 active area die. When scaled to our second generation larger footprint, the die is expected to produce approximately 24 mW, which is twice the radiant flux of competitive products.
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2016-08-03

Molex Launches Highly Efficient LED Lights for Hazardous Environments

Molex has introduced the Woodhead® Haztex® High-Output LED Haz-Duty Light. With integrated LEDs, this hazardous-duty fixture provides greatly enhanced durability and lamp life. The light can be used in a host of hazardous applications where uptime and safety are crucial, such as maintenance operations at petrochemical sites.
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2016-08-03

MechaTronix LED Heat Sink Approved to Accommodate High Power COB LEDs

New worlds of LED lighting are revealing themselves, worlds we couldn’t dream about just a few years ago…When Citizen created the “Monster” COB package CLU550, able of creating over 50.000 lumen of light output, it wasn’t so sure yet if anyone would be able to cool it down to temperatures which would lead to the life time this kind of industrial applications would require.
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2016-08-03

MaxLite Launches LED Light for Utility Lighting Applications

MaxLite introduces the ENERGY STAR certified LED Shop Light as long lasting illumination that adds instant full brightness to utility rooms, garages, basements, attics and other work areas.
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2016-08-02

Eaton Introduces Dim-to-Warm LED Recessed Downlights

Power management company Eaton, a 2016 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year, today announced the launch of the Dim-to-Warm (D2W™) technology for its Portfolio and Halo® LED recessed downlighting product lines for residential and commercial spaces. The award-winning D2W technology mimics the performance of an incandescent halogen lamp source when dimmed, smoothly dimming from a whiter LED color temperature to a warm, soft glow to create an inviting environment.
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2016-08-01

Dermatouch Releases In-Home LED Face Lifting Tool

Dermatouch, a leading beauty brand that develops innovative, clean, and effective products for consumers, introduces a new UV/LED light therapy and lifting system, called the Dermatouch Skinforce Dermajuvenate.
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2016-08-01

The Genie Company Releases LED Bulbs that Don't Interfere with Garage Door Openers

The Genie Company announces a unique innovation that brings an important new twist to a common Product with its Genie LED light bulb, designed with features specifically for garage door openers.
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2016-07-29

BenQ Launches Portable LED Projector GS1

BenQ announces a new outdoor entertainment solution that will transform camping at night into an experience that you’ll never forget. GS1 will soon become the outdoor camping gear you won’t leave home without!
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2016-07-29

MaxLite Launches Acrylic Pendant for LED High Bay Lights

MaxLite introduces the LED Acrylic High Bay Pendant as high output lighting with exceptional efficacy and architectural appeal for large-scale commercial interiors.
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2016-07-28

Ilumi Launches New Smart Lighting Control Modules for Third Party Manufacturers

Continuing the expansion of the MeshTek(™) Bluetooth mesh ecosystem, ilumi solutions  announces the shipment of the MeshTek Bluetooth LE modules and lighting controllers to enable a new generation of connected products ranging from smoke alarms to designer lighting. The Mark Cuban-backed and Shark Tank-funded ilumi is offering both standard and high range Bluetooth LE modules that are about the size of a penny and can be inexpensively integrated into nearly any traditional consumer or commercial electronic products for award winning Bluetooth Mesh IoT functionality.
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2016-07-28

California LightWorks Launches New Generation Smart LED Grow Lights

California LightWorks, announced SolarSystem, a new cost effective line of smart spectrum grow lights. By leveraging the latest advances in solid state LED lighting and control technology, SolarSystem delivers an optimized light spectrum based on the type of plant and phase of growth. This results in lower energy costs, better yields and faster returns on investment.
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2016-07-27

Lumileds Launches Luxeon Stylist Series for Creating Atmospheric Lighting in Restaurants

Lumileds, the global leader in light engine technology, announced LUXEON LEDs with AtmoSphere Technology, which can be used to create the ideal ambiance for restaurants and other hospitality venues, making customers feel cozy, comfortable and relaxed. Halogen lighting had long dominated restaurant, bar and other hospitality lighting due to its ultra warm light capability—even while LEDs offered a 70-80% energy savings versus halogen. “Standard LEDs do not offer the optimal replacement for halogen in restaurant environments, but Atmosphere Technology from the LUXEON Stylist Series does,” said Luis Aceña, Senior Manager, Stylist Series at Lumileds.
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2016-07-27

Cree Expands into Industrial High Bay Applications

Cree introduces the new Cree® HXB Series LED High Bay Luminaire, the first of its kind to operate in extreme ambient temperatures spanning -40F to +149F and delivering 70,000 lumens at up to 140 lumens per watt (LPW). The industry-leading luminaire can be mounted at heights of 30 feet and higher, and comes with optical options including flood and aisle distributions. The HXB High Bay Series brings Cree technology to new applications such as cold-storage spaces with sub-zero temperatures and high-heat climates like warehouses and airplane hangars.
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2016-07-26

MaxLite Launches Large LED Area Light as Ideal 1,000W Replacement

Delivering exceptional energy efficiency in a lightweight design that easily mounts to existing poles, MaxLite presents the ARX Series LED X-Large Area Light as the perfect 1000-watt retrofit solution for parking lots, campuses, automotive dealerships and large retail locations.
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2016-07-26

Fairchild’s Launches New Active Bridge Solution for PoE Based IoT Devices

Fairchild a leading global supplier of high-performance semiconductor solutions, today enhanced its industry-leading GreenBridge™ active bridge quad MOSFET technology with FDMQ8205, the first member of its next-generation GreenBridge series for applications that receive power via Power Over Ethernet (POE), such as security cameras, wireless access points, LED lighting and other Powered Devices (PD).  Designers can lower operating temperature, increase efficiency and reduce the solution size of their devices by taking advantage of the GreenBridge solution’s best-in-class Rdson performance, extremely small form factor and superior thermal performance.
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2016-07-22

Toshiba’s New Small Single-wire Input Illumination LED Driver to Save Space in LED Modules

Toshiba Electronics Europe has introduced a 9-channel output LED driver IC that will save board space and reduce the size of LED modules in a variety of lighting and illumination applications.
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2016-07-22

Cree Offers 10-Year Warranty for its Smart Lighting System

Cree continues its commitment to delivering better light with the introduction of the first 10-year warranty for intelligent lighting systems on all new Cree SmartCast® Technology luminaires with integrated sensors. Cree®SmartCast Technology is the most intuitive and easiest to install intelligent light solution on the market, delivering up to 70% energy savings for half the cost of other solutions and now backed by an industry leading, 10-year limited warranty.
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2016-07-22

Transcend Lighting Launches Linear LED Grow Lights

Transcend Lighting, announced the release of the Infinity Linear LED light. The 4-foot long LED grow light is ideal for new installations where fluorescent or metal halide lights were formerly used. It incorporates Transcend’s patent-pending phosphor technology that provides customers with energy efficiency and an emission spectra optimized for plant growth and production yield.
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2016-07-21

Bartheleme Releases Two New LED Downlights

Barthelme LED Solutions complements its luminaire portfolio with two high quality downlight series in three performance packages and twelve individual forms for indoor illumination. With the new recessed downlights Treviso, and the surface-mounted downlights Trieste, from the Nuremburg manufacturer of customized lighting systems, the user benefits in the implementation or expansion of numerous lighting scenarios. 320 possible configurations assist planners, designers and architects in the composition of a tailored lighting concept. The downlights of the Treviso and Trieste series are manufactured in Germany and satisfy highest quality demands.
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2016-07-21

Peterson Launches Submersible LED Trailer Light Kit

Peterson Manufacturing’s new 844 Series Submersible Trailer Lights offer an exciting advance that combines superior function and durability with exclusive LumenX® LED lens optics technology and low-profile good looks—all in a convenient kit that boat, utility and small cargo trailer owners will love.
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2016-07-21

ams New Light Sensors Can Halve Smartphone Apertures Size

ams AG, a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today introduced new proximity sensing and proximity/ambient light sensing modules which enable android smartphone manufacturers to reduce the sensor aperture in the display’s cover glass to its smallest diameter.
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2016-07-20

Digital Lumens Launches New Intelligent Lighting Control System Platform for Smart Buildings

Digital Lumens, the market leader in intelligent LED lighting and sensor-based smart building applications, today introduced an enhanced version of its LightRules® lighting control and business intelligence platform. LightRules leverages data from Digital Lumens’ LED fixtures, Digital Light Agents (DLAs), and its LightRules Power energy-use software to offer unprecedented insight into and influence over energy usage and savings, productivity, and employee and facility safety. The innovative new functionality further cements the company’s position at the forefront of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and smart building movement.
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2016-07-20

Lumileds New LUXEON Stylist White LEDs Brighten up Retail Spaces

Lumileds, the global leader in light engine technology, today introduced chip on board arrays that use the innovative CrispColor Technology to deliver rich, saturated colors. Part of the extensive LUXEON Stylist Series, this new approach to lighting caters specifically to fashion retail, delivering a stunning palette to display merchandise more attractively. 
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For most of history, humans used flames to generate light. Eventually, they discovered that a super-heated metal element in a light bulb could produce useful illumination, only for this technology to be superseded by the LED. One common featur... READ MORE

Violumas, provider of high-power UV LED solutions and inventor of 3-PAD LED technology, is proud to launch the release of new 275nm and 265nm LEDs in mid-power, high-power, and high-density packages. The radiant flux of the new 275nm and 265nm... READ MORE