2016-03-04

Efore Launches New Dual Dimming LED Driver for Flexible LED Lighting Control

Efore  introduces the newest addition to its ROAL Digital Light brand LED Driver portfolio this week at Strategies in Light in Santa Clara, CA, and on March 13 – 18 at Light & Building in Frankfurt, Germany. With its multi-mode dimming feature, this new driver series, called CIELO, answers the need for more flexible LED lighting control options.
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2016-03-04

Noribachi Introduces New Color-Changing LED Floodlight

Noribachi, a leading U.S.-based custom LED manufacturer for high output commercial and industrial lighting solutions, announced today the launch of its new color-changing Floodlight.L RGBW which can create more than four billion different colors including any shade of white.
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2016-03-03

Soraa Expands Product Portfolio by Adidng Lower and Higher Voltage GU10 LED Lamps

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, today announced it has added lower and higher wattage 120V MR16 GU10 LED lamps to its product portfolio. The 5W lamps are perfect replacements for 35W equivalent halogen lamps, and the 9W LED lamps replace 65-75W halogen lamps. These two new lines join the company’s existing line of 7.5W lamps (50W halogen equivalent). Soraa’s VIVID GU10 LED lamps produce unmatched peak intensity at a 25° beam angle; provide flawless beam definition and smooth beam edges; and have exceptional color (CRI of 95 and R9 of 95) and whiteness rendering.   
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2016-03-03

MONAI: A Circadian Lit-up Table that will Improve Your Day

Lithuanian company Innospark presents innovative light table MONAI with the circadian lighting. The light emitted by this table helps to balance biological clock. This technology resembles natural light and helps to stay awake, active, and productive in the first part of a day. In the evening MONAI allows to relax and sleep better. The light table has an automatic regime and changes color temperature and intensity automatically after the time zone is set for the first time.
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2016-03-03

Infineon Adds New Controller IC for Mid- to High-end LED Applications

Infineon Technologies AG today launched a multimode flyback controller IC for LED applications. It can shorten ‘time-to-light’, lower component counts and reduce operational and standby power consumption. Designed to meet the performance and efficiency demands of mid-range to high-end LED designs, the IRS2982S provides a versatile controller solution that can meet the needs of a wide variety of interior, outdoor, office and industrial lighting schemes.
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2016-03-02

Philips Lighting New Ambient LED Technology Delivers Extraordinary Cinema Experience in U.S.

Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips company and global leader in lighting, today announced the U.S. debut of Philips LightVibes®, an innovative ambient LED lighting technology that is synced to on-screen content with the power to create fully immersive movie-going experiences.
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2016-03-02

SunLED Unveils New Reduced Size SMD LED

As new product designs become smaller and more compact, the need for smaller components has become more prevalent.  We have seen the optoelectronics industry go from a 1206 sized LED down to an 0402 size where footprint reduction technology has come to a halt for the past many years.  SunLED is excited to make this remarkably unprecedented, groundbreaking announcement of the world's smallest LED - the 0201 LED.
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2016-03-02

Dialog Semiconductor Launches New Flicker-free High Power Drivers for Commercial LEDs

Dialog Semiconductor plc, a provider of highly integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, solid state lighting (SSL) and Bluetooth(R) Smart technology, today announced two new driver controllers for high power commercial LED lighting applications up to 90W. In these applications flicker-free operation is essential to avoid eye stress, particularly where there is long-term exposure to the light source. Dialog's patented Flickerless(TM) technology virtually eliminates flicker through digital control that achieves near-zero line frequency ripple.
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2016-03-01

KAD Aerospace Introduces New LED Anti-collision Light for Aircraft

KAD Aerospace Inc., together with Whelen Engineering Company of Chester, Conn., is pleased to announce the new 90777 Hyperion/Orion LED Position/Anti-Collision Light and the new Hyperion/Orion STC for Beechcraft King Air and 1900C aircraft.
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2016-02-26

Xicato Adds Five New Modules and Core Arrays to its Product Portfolio

Xicato, a leading manufacturer of intelligent light sources, today announced the immediate availability of five new Xicato Thin Modules (XTM) and Xicato Core Arrays (XCA) in Artist Series® and Vibrant Series® V95, high fidelity color. The new LED light sources generate 2000 lumens of extremely high quality light from a surface just 9mm in diameter, enabling high levels of illumination and very tight beam control from a very small aperture fixture.
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2016-02-26

Columbia Lighting Releases New LED Troffer For Restricted Plenum Spaces

Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, announced today that Columbia Lighting has launched a LED version of its famous Zero Plenum® Troffer, the unique high performance luminaire for restricted plenum spaces.
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2016-02-26

Tracer Launches Leak Detection Kit with UV LED Flashlight

Finding leaks fast and efficiently in trucks, buses, refrigerated transport vehicles, tractor trailers and small vans is necessary to avoid breakdowns and interrupted service. Tracer Products saves technicians time and money on repairs with the TP-8657HD OPTI-PRO™ Plus/EZ-Ject™ Heavy Duty Kit, which easily pinpoints all refrigerant and fluid leaks quickly and easily.
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2016-02-25

Ford's Automotive Lamps Improves Efficiency and Enhances Aesthetics

‧Ford Motor Company lighting innovations are guided by human psychology, as lighting inconsistencies and contrast irregularities can cause irritability and even depression ‧First debuting on Ford F-150 pick-up, and now available on the new Ford Fusion, the automaker’s Crystal Diamond Light is designed to disperse broad, even lighting that can help reduce irritability while improving efficiency by up to 62 percent – lowering cost and enhancing aesthetics ‧Interior lighting designed with the human eye in mind to offer optimal light perception and good contrast for night vision; because men and women see colors differently, the shade must be universally accepted by the color cones of both sexes
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2016-02-25

NTL Lemnis Adds Scoop Spot Light to Product Portfolio

NTL Lemnis, the LED Lighting solutions company has launched an innovative product “Pharox Scoop Spot light”.  Pharox Scoop has a sleek and unique design for enhancing décor of any retail space.
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2016-02-25

Griplock Systems Launches New LED Pendant Range without Power Cord

Griplock® Systems, LLC, a market leader in the cable suspension industry since 1992, introduces the most cutting-edge solution for LED fixtures - the Solimar™ Powered Suspension System.  Solimar™ is the latest in the line of powered suspension systems from Griplock® Systems, which began with the patented Rincon™, a single-conductor system utilizing CordFree™ technology for linear fixtures, light boxes, and multi-pendant LED fixtures requiring multiple connectors.
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2016-02-24

Lumileds Launches Next-Gen LUXEON CoB Core Range with Breakthrough in Efficacy

Today Lumileds introduces its third generation of Chip on Board (CoB) arrays, the LUXEON Core Range (Gen 3), extending its market leadership in the CoB space with a breakthrough in efficacy. With the LUXEON CoB Core Range (Gen 3), luminaire designers can enjoy 10% higher efficacy at constant flux compared to previous generations.
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2016-02-24

Cree Announces New LED Bulb with CRI 90 for Artwork and Delicate Illumination

Cree, Inc. announces the expansion of its award-winning LED bulb family with the introduction of the TW Series™ PAR30 Cree® LED Bulb, designed to deliver bright, high-quality and focused light exactly where you want it, making it the ideal choice in areas where directed or dramatic pools of light are desired. With the TW Series PAR30 Cree LED Bulb, family portraits, artwork, and decor will come to life in their truest forms beneath better light.
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2016-02-24

Lumenpulse Introduces New Dimming Control Across Products Portfolio

Lumenpulse, a leading manufacturer of high-performance, specification-grade LED lighting solutions, has introduced Dim to Warm across its product portfolio, allowing the control technology to be specified for a range of indoor and outdoor applications, including cove lighting, accent lighting, wall washing, flood lighting, and more. Traditionally favored for indoor hospitality and leisure applications, Dim to Warm reduces a luminaire’s color temperature when dimmed, allowing for smooth, natural dimming of white light from 2700K to 2200K.
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2016-02-24

GlacialLight Releases 150W LED Floodlight with Over 16,000lm for Outdoor Illumination

GlacialLight, the LED lighting division of GlacialTech Inc., announces a new 150W outdoor LED floodlight which combines the latest CoB LED technology with GlacialTech thermal technology to produce up to 16,300 lumens. The GL-FL150 accepts universal AC voltage from 100-240V, comes in 60 or 120 degree beam angles, and features an outdoor ready stainless steel mounting bracket with 360 degree vertical adjustability.
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2016-02-23

Epson Launches New OLED Binocular See-Through Smart Glasses

Epson’s focus on a wide range of commercial and other applications distinguishes the Moverio range from other smart glasses on the market.  Developed with function at the forefront, the range has proved popular with business customers and independent software vendors (ISVs).  The Moverio BT-300 continues Epson’s commitment to binocular smart eyewear, delivering real optical see-through overlay, and increased performance, both of which are essential for professional use and new consumer applications opportunities.
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2016-02-23

Sonavation Introduces Fingerprint Imaging Through Smartphone OLED Display

Sonavation, the pioneer in ultrasound biometric technology, today announces its breakthrough capability of ultrasound biometric fingerprint imaging through OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays that are being designed for the next generation of smartphones, tablets, wearables and devices.
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2016-02-23

CORIAL Releases a Platform for 6” Patterned Sapphire Substrates

CORIAL announces the general availability of an ICP process for sapphire patterning (PSS) on 6” wafers, to be used in high-volume LED production with the fully automated Corial PS200 single-module platform.
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2016-02-23

pureLiFi to Unveil LiFi Dongle at Mobile World Congress 2016

The company closes over $2 million funding round in December 2015 to support continued commercial growth and product development.
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2016-02-22

InVisage Releases the World's First HD Near-infrared Camera Sensor for IoT Application

InVisage Technologies Inc., the pioneering developer of QuantumFilm™ camera sensors, today announced the SparkP2™ HD near-infrared (NIR) camera sensor for the IoT camera market. Based on the InVisage QuantumFilm camera platform, SparkP2 is a 1.1 um pixel, 2-megapixel sensor in an ultra-compact 1/7 inch format for a lightweight footprint (less than 3 mm. thin) that consumes over 20 times less power than conventional silicon near-infrared cameras. SparkP2 offers QuantumFilm global shutter for unprecedented image sharpness at 940 nm, the ideal invisible wavelength for IoT, whether in low light or strong sunlight. This performance empowers devices like iris scanners, augmented reality systems and drones to respond more accurately to their environments.
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2016-02-19

Soraa Unveils Flicker Free MR16 LED Lamps

Soraa, the world leader in GaN on GaN™ LED technology, announced today that it has incorporated advanced digital drivers into its award winning MR16 LED lamps—making them flicker free. Featuring the company’s signature elements of full visible spectrum light, Soraa’s new Flicker Free™ MR16 LED lamp eliminates the problem of stroboscopic effect, or “invisible flicker”, that plagues other companies’ MR16 LED lamps. In doing so, Soraa’s digital driver completely addresses the adverse physiological effects associated with invisible flicker, as well significantly expanding the compatibility and capability of the MR16 lamp.
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2016-02-19

Veeco Adds K475i As/P MOCVD System to Product Portfolio

Veeco Instruments Inc. announced today the launch of the new TurboDisc® K475i™ Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) System for the production of red, orange, yellow (R/O/Y) light emitting diodes (LEDs), as well as multi-junction III-V solar cells, laser diodes and transistors.
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2016-02-19

Osram Sylvania Releases 10-Year LED Lighting for Residential Applications

More and more consumers have heard about the benefits of LED lighting, like long life and energy savings. The initial upfront cost or poor quality from low-cost options have kept many from enjoying the advantages though.  Those concerns are gone now thanks to the new SYLVANIA 10-Year LED lighting family from OSRAM SYLVANIA. This first-to-market robust portfolio includes high-quality lighting solutions that last up to 10 years for all around your home, inside and out, at cost-effective price points like under $3 for a 60W replacement A19 LED light bulb and under $7.99 MSRP for a BR30 LED light bulb.  Compared to similar LED products, this is a savings of around 50 to 70 percent. These products also have the traditional shape and deliver the superior glow that consumers know and enjoy, making them a great replacement for compact fluorescents.
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2016-02-19

LED Engin Introduces New RGBW LED Emitter for Improved Flux Density

LED Engin, Inc. has launched a 4-die, high current, RGBW flat lens LED emitter that sets a new standard for best-in-class flux density in stage, entertainment and architectural lighting. The LZ4-04MDPB emitter delivers more than twice the light output of the company's previous version because each individually addressable green, blue and white die can be driven at up to 3 amps and the red die up to 2.5 amps from the same 2.15mm x 2.15mm light emitting surface as its predecessor.
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2016-02-18

Cree Unveils PoE LED Lighting System for Cisco's IoT Solution

Cree, Inc. introduces SmartCast® Power over Ethernet (PoE), an intuitively simple, scalable and open platform that enables the Internet of Things (IoT) for buildings through better light. SmartCast PoE is the first LED lighting platform that makes the Cisco® Digital Ceiling framework ready for mass deployment and adoption. Cree’s SmartCast PoE embeds intelligence to make buildings more efficient and people more productive, while delivering far better light for less energy than ordinary LED lighting systems. 
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2016-02-18

Lunera Lighting Adds New LED T8 Linear Fluorescent Replacement to Product Portfolio

Lunera® Lighting, Inc., a leader in lighting innovations accelerating the transformation to advanced LED technology, announces the addition of the Helen Lamp T8. Commercial building owners and managers can simply replace common 32-watt linear fluorescent lamps with Lunera’s 14-watt plug-and-play LED T8 lamp. The replacement lamp reduces lighting energy consumption by over 50%, while consistently delivering superior light quality.
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