Natural light and compelling LED luminaires enable office comfort

Eureka Lighting has announced some details of a solid-state lighting (SSL) project at the TriHealth corporate offices in Cincinnati, OH. TriHealth selected the seven-floor space for its new administrative offices and architecture firm GBBN undertook the project. The buildout features an open workspace that takes maximum advantage of natural light from ubiquitous floor-to-ceiling windows along with stylish and unobtrusive LED-based lighting from Eureka and other vendors. GBBN described the project as the workplace of the future. Virtually all areas of the workspace receive some amount of natural light

How lava lamps are made at the 55-year-old factory where they were invented

Lava lamps might be the most cult item of lighting in the world. Since their invention in 1963, millions of the lamps have been sold across the globe. And while their popularity has gone through ups and downs, their instantly recognizable style isn’t going anywhere. But what actually goes into creating these iconic lamps? This simple yet hypnotic lamp came from pretty humble origins. Inventor Edward Craven Walker came up with the idea after spotting a handmade egg timer that used heated wax in a cocktail shaker.

First Blue LED Emission From a Perovskite

Researchers in California have extended the spectral range of perovskite light-emitting diodes into the blues. How did they do it? By cracking the mystery of why the optical and electronic properties of the materials change when current flows through them. Painstaking measurements revealed that current-induced heating deformed cells in the semiconductor crystals. That observation enabled the team to make the first single-crystal perovskite diodes, says group leader Peidong Yang, a chemistry professor at the University of California at Berkeley.

DOE awards Koerner Design for sustainable LED luminaires design competition

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the winner of its Manufacturing Innovator Challenge for Sustainable Manufacturing of Luminaires. Brad Koerner of Koerner Design won the award in the program hosted by the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Koerner’s winning design is a bamboo pendant that relies on recycled materials, a minimal bill of materials, and delivers excellent energy efficiency. The DOE launched the challenge back in October, saying that most solid-state lighting (SSL) products rely on materials such as aluminum and other dense materials. The announcement noted that LED sources should be amenable to lighter-weight designs and materials that could be easily recycled at the end of life. Meanwhile, the program sought concepts that delivered excellent efficiency and light quality at the system level.

TAPCO Releases New SafeWalk Crosswalk Illuminator

Traffic and Parking Control Co., Inc., manufacturer, distributor and service provider of traffic and parking control products, announced its new pedestrian safety solution – the SafeWalk Crosswalk Illuminator –  ahead of the 2020 ATSSA Annual Convention and Traffic Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Offering an innovative way for traffic safety professionals to increase nighttime pedestrian visibility, the SafeWalk Crosswalk Illuminator lights up entire two-lane crosswalks at night, when 75 percent of pedestrian deaths occur, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

This first-of-its-kind crosswalk lighting enhancement works in tandem with popular TAPCO pedestrian solutions like Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons (RRFBs), BlinkerSigns and BlinkerBeacons. As recommended by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the illuminator lights up crosswalks at a minimum of 20 LUX.

LED Streetlights Save Some Kansas Communities Money

This is a tale of two types of Kansas cities: those that had the foresight to own their own streetlights and those that do not. Those that do have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars — even, they say, with the added maintenance. And they’ve been able to save more money by switching to LED bulbs. The energy-efficient lights cost more upfront, but pay for themselves over time, eventually leaving more money in city coffers. The other cities’ streetlights are owned by Evergy, which charges the same flat monthly rates for LED bulbs as older less-efficient lights. In these situations, the cities say there is virtually no savings, neither in the short-or long-term.

MicroLED vs. Mini-LED: Which display technology will power your next TV?

The TV world has never been short on acronyms or buzzwords, but lately, it’s been feeling like we’re drowning in that alphabet soup. OLED, QLED, HDR, HDTV, HDMI, ARC, eARC … it’s enough to make your head spin. And there are two more terms you need to become familiar with because they’re about to change the TV landscape yet again: MicroLED and mini-LED. MicroLED is an emissive display technology that works similarly to OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) displays, in that each one of its pixels lights up on its own, without the need of a separate backlight.

Cuppa Cordless LED Touch Lamp Lights-up Kickstarter Raising over $40,000

Cuppa, the world's first LED lamp that integrates full-body touch control technology with cordless design, is lighting-up Kickstarter– raising more than $40,000 and counting with three weeks remaining in the campaign.

"We're extremely pleased that our supporters on Kickstarter have pushed presales of the Cuppa more than eight times above our initial campaign goal," said Cuppa Founder Kevin Smith. "We believe these customers are attracted to the portability, simplicity, functionality and reliability in the design of Cuppa."

Cuppa is a smart lamp that works without Wifi, Bluetooth, APPs, a smart phone or a remote controller. Inspired by the shape and size of a coffee cup, Cuppa features patent pending 360-degree 'Any Touch' technology that allows it to be turned on with a touch anywhere on its base. Being cordless and lightweight makes it extremely portable – and its available in three colors so it looks great with all furniture styles and home and office décor.

Lyn Godley’s animated LED art is one of the must-sees on Philly’s gallery circuit this month

Lyn Godley used to be half of the design company Godley-Schwan, along with Lloyd Schwan, who died in 2001. The Crinkle Lamp, their last collaborative piece, is part of the permanent collection at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Godley has continued her exploration of light as an artistic medium, and the Hot Bed gallery (an offshoot of the James Oliver Gallery, in the same Chestnut Street building) is now showing her latest work, which animates programmable LEDs.

Bay Village traffic lights switching to LED

Traffic signals in Bay Village (Cleveland) are being changed out from incandescent lightbulbs to LED bulbs all across the city. The work extends through this week and the next two weeks. “FirstEnergy is paying for the whole thing if we finish by Feb. 12,” said Jonathan Liskovec, the city’s director of public service and properties. “They will reimburse us 100 percent for the product. Our personnel cost is rolled into normal operations. We just shift priorities as we usually do on a day-to-day basis.”

Signify shuffling CFO and head of Hue

The world’s largest lighting company said CFO Stéphane Rougeot will step down on March 1 for personal reasons. Rougeot has been CFO since Sept. 1, 2016, assuming the role a few months after the company spun off from Royal Philips via an IPO in late May of that year, when Signify was still called Philips Lighting, He will be temporarily replaced by his predecessor in the job, René van Schooten, who was CFO of Philips Lighting for a short while from October 2015 through August 2016. Van Schooten currently serves as the direct head of Signify’s Lamps and Home business groups, and has held general oversight of all business groups since April 2017. Other groups include Professional, which handles Internet of Things (IoT) lighting among other things; and LED, which handles street lights, LED bulbs including private label, drivers, and modules.

Meteor Lighting Launches New DOT Microcylinder Series

Available in true 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5-inch aperture housings, the new DOT microcylinder series from Meteor Lighting are embedded with all of the company's accumulated experience in High Ceiling lighting.

All DOT microcylinders come with a UGR<19 rating for Well Building projects and the Honeycomb Louver and Solite lens options offer excellent glare control.

Two mounting options are available with the company's proprietary Power Line System and a new Surface Adjustable mount. This is on top of other standard options to cover a wide range of applications.

Wilmington LED street lighting program to get underway in spring

The City of Wilmington’s stalled SMART City LED street light program has cleared City Council and is headed for a spring start. The new project is expected to be completed in about a year. Mayor Mike Purzyckiannounced nearly nine months agoa plan to install LED smart node street lights on all 1,700 city-owned light poles. The City will fund the project with a $2.1 million loan from the Efficient Energy Investment Fund administered by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

17 Amazing Online Stores Stocked With Lighting for Your Whole Home

It doesn't matter if you're on a budget or you're looking for some serious high-end style, the perfect lighting for your home is out there, and you can almost certainly buy it online. Pendant lights, chandeliers, table lamps, architectural fixtures—you name it, it's out there on the web, waiting to be bought and installed. But if you're shopping for new lighting for your home and you're not sure where to start your search, we've got you covered. These stores have great online presences and abundant lighting inventories, whether they're brands dedicated solely to lighting or just-so-happen to have incredible lighting sections stocked with interesting and stylish pieces. From your usual budget-friendly stops like IKEA and AllModern, all the way to designer-favorites like Circa Lighting and Arteriors, here are some of the best places to shop for lighting online.

Lighting Associations Drop Lawsuit to Block New California Light Bulb Standards

Two national lighting associations have dropped their lawsuit attempting to thwart California’s updated light bulb efficiency standards, which are identical to national ones rolled back by the Trump administration last year. The California standards, which went into effect Jan. 1 for bulbs filling 260 million sockets in the state, will save Californians billions of dollars on their energy bills and avoid millions of tons of carbon-warming pollution. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association and the American Lighting Association yesterday ended their legal challenge to the California Energy Commission’s Nov. 13 decision to expand its minimum efficiency standards for bulbs.

Don’t wait to switch to LED lightbulbs

Are you waiting until your incandescent lightbulbs burn out before switching to LED bulbs? Experts agree that from both a financial and an environmental perspective, it makes sense to throw your perfectly working incandescent bulbs in the trash and replace them with LED bulbs. Severin Borenstein, a professor at the Haas School of Business, in his online Berkeley Blog, uses people’s unwillingness to discard working incandescent bulbs as an example of the “sunk cost fallacy,” a common error in judgment resulting from people’s decision making abilities becoming warped by their previous investments.

Kinotehnik lights: LEDs that are built to last?

In 2020, the difference between LED lights is in the details. Kinotehnik is relatively new to the lighting scene, having been founded in the 2000s as a manufacturer of accessories, particularly including LCD viewfinder loupes for DSLRs. The company’s Practilite range includes both soft and hard lights, represented here by the 604 fresnel and 802 flat panel as kindly loaned to us by UK distributor MTF Services. Both are 90-watt, variable colour temperature lights, the sort of thing that has displaced the trusty Redhead in portable kits.

City of Toledo plans to replace all sodium bulb streetlights with LEDs

Some bright changes are coming to Toledo as the city announces it will be upgrading all streetlights with a mulit-million dollar project. The Junction Neighborhood was first on the list. It's dark and doesn't have many working streetlights. Neighbors have said that leads to crime, making some residents afraid to even leave their house at night. "It's been a long time coming for us," said Robert Rivers, president of the Junction Coalition. "We've been raising this issue for years now and we’re finally seeing some progress with it."

LEDs Engineered With Colloidal Quantum Dots Can Function As Lasers

Researchers reach a critical milestone on the path to versatile colloidal quantum dot laser diodes by successfully demonstrating a quantum dot LED that also operates as an optically pumped laser.
Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light emitting diodes (LEDs) containing an integrated optical resonator, which allows them to function as lasers. These novel, dual-function devices clear the path towards versatile, manufacturing-friendly laser diodes. The technology can potentially revolutionize numerous fields from photonics and optoelectronics to chemical sensing and medical diagnostics.

NUS Singapore Develops Large-Area, Flexible NIR LEDs

NUS researchers have developed highly efficient, large-area and flexible near-infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for new wearable device technologies.

Infrared LEDs are, conventionally, useful for optical communications and covert illumination, and are commonly found in remote controls and security camera setups. They are generally small point sources, which limits their use if larger-area illumination is required in close proximity, for instance on a wearable device.

A research team led by Prof TAN Zhi Kuang from the Department of Chemistry and the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS), NUS has developed high-efficiency near-infrared LEDs which can cover an area of 900 mm2 using low-cost solution-processing methods. This is several orders of magnitude larger than the sizes achieved in other reports, and opens up a range of interesting new applications. Their devices employ a novel perovskite-based semiconductor, which is a direct-bandgap semiconductor that is capable of strong light emission. By using a new device architecture, the research team is able to precisely tune the injection of electrons and holes (negative and positive charges) into the perovskite, such that a balanced number of opposite charges could meet and give rise to efficient light generation. The team also found that this improvement allowed large-area devices to be made with significantly higher reproducibility.

Mr ZHAO Xiaofei, a Ph.D. student on the research team said, “We found that the hole-injection efficiency is a significant factor that affects the performance of the devices. By using an organic semiconductor with a shallower ionisation potential as part of the device structure, we were able to improve the hole injection and achieve charge balance. This allowed our devices to emit light at efficiencies (external quantum efficiency of 20%) close to their theoretical limit, and additionally reduced the device-to-device performance variation, hence enabling the realisation of much larger devices.”

City of Phoenix finishes converting all street lights to LEDs

The streets of Phoenix are now brighter in a more efficient way. The city of Phoenix recently completed a citywide conversion of nearly 100,000 standard street lights to LED [light-emitting diode],” Ashley Patton with the Street Transportation Department told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Tuesday. This conversion approved by the Phoenix City Council is one of the largest completed by any U.S. city.

Take Security Up A Notch By Adding LEDs

All computers are vulnerable to attacks by viruses or black hats, but there are lots of steps that can be taken to reduce risk. At the extreme end of the spectrum is having an air-gapped computer that doesn’t connect to a network at all, but this isn’t a guarantee that it won’t get attacked. Even transferring files to the computer with a USB drive can be risky under certain circumstances, but thanks to some LED lights that Robert Fisk has on his drive, this attack vector can at least be monitored.

Lights up, crime down: could better lighting lead to a lower crime rate?

The holidays are over, but LED lights are still going up all around Omaha. The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) has replaced approximately 20 percent of the city’s street lights with high efficiency LED lights. Officer Ruben Soto from the Omaha Police Department said switching to brighter LEDs in older parts of the city will take time, but could help improve visibility and decrease crime. “Some of the older parts of town may be on the darker side, because of the low light street lights that are on. That’s probably been there for quite some time. It might be a little bit dimmer,” Soto said.

Ring revamps lighting lineup

Ring is slowly expanding to Philips Hue’s territory by releasing its first traditional connected light bulb that works both indoor and outdoor. The Amazon-owned company is also revamping outdoor lights with new models that have a solar panel so you don’t have to recharge the battery. The big new addition is a standard A19 smart light bulb, as well as a PAR38 smart light bulb. You can use those light bulbs outside, but they could work particularly well indoor, as well. You can group them, control them with Alexa, remotely turn them on and off and adjust the brightness.

LEDs cut warehouse’s lighting energy costs by 75%

Veeco Services, a full-service logistics provider, operates a 615,000-square-foot warehouse in North Bergen, N.J. The warehouse is equipped with 117 dock doors and more than 34,000 pallet locations. To ensure employee safety and profitability, the company installed new LED lighting and lighting controls that have reduced energy consumption by 75% and will save $14,000 per year lighting maintenance in the first year. In January 2019, an energy management company conducted a lighting audit. The results indicated the current high-intensity discharge (HID) fixtures were not only emitting poor lighting levels, but were wasting energy and expensive to maintain. Additionally, Veeco had upgraded to a new racking system that added more rows and narrow aisles.

TCL’s Vidrian mini-LED display packs thousands of LEDs into a sheet of glass

While Samsung’s QLED displays continue to do battle with LG’s OLED panels for dominance in the living room, it may be time to welcome a new contender. At CES 2020, TCL has taken the wraps off its Vidrian Mini-LED display technology, which incorporates tens of thousands of mini LEDs into a clear glass substrate. It’s an advancement over the company’s first 8-Series 4K mini LED display, which it introduced in 2019. “When combined with TCL’s big-screen 8K LCD panels,” the company’s press release reads, “this advanced backlight technology will enable consumers to enjoy immersive entertainment in all lighting conditions, from being enveloped in a movie in the darkest of home theaters to being thrilled by a daytime ball game in a sunlit living room.”

GE Lighting and LIFX add to Wi-Fi-based SSL portfolio

Residential customers are getting more options than ever in terms of deploying LED-based smart- and connected-lighting systems in their homes with many new options emerging at CES 2020 (formerly the Consumer Electronics Show). GE Lighting, for example, has expanded its C by GE portfolio with new control technologies for its solid-state lighting (SSL) products and a plan to allow third parties to supply products that are compatible with the C by GE technology. LIFX has announced a number of new lighting products including filament and decorative lamps, LED strips for use with TVs and monitors, a new smartphone app, and a wireless switch for simplified control.

North America smart lighting market reached a value of US$ 2.4 Billion in 2018

The North America smart lighting market reached a value of US$ 2.4 Billion in 2018. Looking forward, the market is projected to reach a value of US$ 7.4 Billion by 2024, registering a CAGR of 19.6% during 2019-2024.

Smart lighting system is rapidly replacing traditional lighting solutions as it is economical, sustainable and draws lesser power. It is also accessible through smartphone applications, which makes it easy for the user to control. This lighting system has enabled real-time illumination monitoring, intelligent sensing and improvement in connected lighting technology.

Further, the evolution of big data and the internet of things (IoT) has improved the integration of smart lighting with other automated systems used in smart homes.

North America smart lighting market is currently being driven by several factors. The shelf life of smart light is very high, which reduces the need to change the light at regular intervals, as in the case of traditional lights. Owing to this, the market is currently witnessing an increasing acceptance among consumers, thereby catalyzing the market growth in the region.

In addition to this, the continuous technological advancements in the design and manufacturing of smart lighting systems have increased their power efficiency and expanded their applications across several sectors. Furthermore, the high per capita incomes of the consumers have enabled them to invest in improved technologies, such as smart lighting.

Building A Spinning Moiré Effect Lamp

Moiré patterns are interference patterns created when grids of different size or alignment are placed over each other. You’ve probably seen these when photographing a TV screen or looking through a pair of windows screens at the same time. ChrysN put the effect to work with this spinning Moiré lamp build.

The lightbulb revolution has just begun

Smart Lighting Market to Reach $38.68 Bn, Globally, by 2026 at 20.5% CAGR

The LED lighting technology segment is expected to portray the fastest CAGR of 23.4% according to a new report. Moreover, the segment held the largest share in 2018, contributing to more than two-fifths of the global smart lighting market, owing to rise in penetration of LEDs in residential, commercial, and industrial sectors coupled with advancement of LEDs. The report includes analysis of other segments such as Halogen, incandescent, fluorescent, and CFL.

The indoor lighting segment accounted for the largest share in 2018, contributing to more than two-thirds of the global smart lighting market, owing to adoption of smart infrastructure in developed and developing countries within homes, retail stores, offices, and other premises. However, the outdoor lighting segment is expected to register the fastest CAGR of 22.7% during the forecast period, owing to increase in government initiative for smart city projects.

The global smart lighting market across North America dominated in 2018, contributing to more than one-third of the market, owing to high disposable income and fast adoption of automation in residential and commercial sectors. However, the market across Asia-Pacific is anticipated to manifest the fastest CAGR of 23.7% during the forecast period, owing to rapid adoption of advanced technologies for sustainable development.

Citizen Smart Clock packs blue LEDs and Echo compatibility

The Citizen Smart Clock is a wall clock; it’s meant to be mounted on the wall in any room where having access to timers is convenient, such as the kitchen. The clock features 60 built-in blue LEDs that are used to visually show current timers that were set using a compatible and paired Echo device, such as an Echo Dot speaker.

A LED Cube Designed For Easy Assembly

LED cubes are mesmerizing and fun, but they’re usually a pain to build. Not so with burkethos’s cleanly designed cube. Many cubes are put together in an elaborate sculptural style. Traditionally the leads of the LEDs are artistically bent and then hours are spent laboring over the future rainbow Borg cube. This build is more reminiscent of a motherboard or back plane design. The LEDs are surface mount units re-flowed onto a rake shaped PCB. At the base of each “rake” there’s a right angle male header. This is then soldered to base board which creates a reliable mechanical bond.

Optical Communication Using LEDs Alone

We’re all used to the humble LED as a ubiquitous source of light, but how many of us are aware that these components can also be used as photodiodes? It’s something Giovanni Blu Mitolo takes us through as he demonstrates a simple data link using just a pair of LEDs and a couple of Arduinos. It’s a showing off his PJON networking layer, and while you’d need a bit more than a couple of LEDs on breadboards for a real-world application, we still think it’s a neat demonstration.

The Best Desk Lamps For Your Eyes

Good lighting is a vital part of a healthy and productive workspace. If you’ve ever struggled with eye strain or headaches, you probably know that the best desk lamps for your eyes do more than simply light up a room — they create specific conditions that allow your eyes to relax so that you can get to work. The ideal desk lamps cast a bright, targeted light that doesn’t flicker or create glare. They should feature a diffusion panel, hood, or shade to soften the appearance of bright bulbs. Adjustability is particularly important, giving you the option to alter lighting conditions depending on your specific needs.

Kasa Filament Smart Bulb deliver quality light, but neither is very bright

TP-Link is the latest to the party with its matched pair of Kasa Smart Vintage LED Filament Bulbs, both of which are affordable Wi-Fi-ready devices, albeit rather limited in features. These bulbs are both white-only and each comes permanently tuned to a specific color temperature: The KL50 is a soft (but still warm) white, the KL60 is an even warmer amber. Aside from that, they are largely distinguished by their overall power. The KL50 emits 600 lumens, but the KL60 puts out just 400. Both of those values are rather low, however, making these bulbs best suited for accent use rather than full-on task lights. Both bulbs can be dimmed in software—and with either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant—but not via a hardware switch.

Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike Series natural-spectrum LEDs selected for WalaLight’s Healthy Circadian LED Lighting Systems

South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd says that its SunLike Series natural-spectrum LEDs, which implement light that closely matches the spectrum of sunlight, have been selected by WalaLight of Delray Beach, FL, USA for its Healthy Circadian LED Lighting System, designed as a passive adaptive LED lighting system that delivers the appropriate spectrum of lighting through a smart Kelvin-changing technology. Combining WalaLight’s automated wireless Bluetooth and wired Dali lighting control systems with Seoul Semiconductor’s SunLike natural-spectrum LED technology, consumers experience light that closely matches the spectrum of natural sunlight, and can replicate sunlight’s spectral changes by remotely and automatically adjusting the Kelvin color temperature, dimming and zone control of each light in the system over a 24-hour period to optimize the indoor environment for ideal light exposure, enabling a healthy circadian rhythm.

New LED lights coming to Virginia highways

Virginia is going replace nearly 10,000 highway lights with LED lights that use less energy and increase visibility, according to Gov. Ralph Northam. Northam on Wednesday announced a new contract with Trane to replace more than 9,600 lights on Virginia roads, rest areas and weigh stations. He said the upgrade will result in fewer greenhouse gas emissions and save the state $4.6 million by 2036. The new lights are expected use reduce energy consumption by 50% and will start being installed in the spring of 2020.

Nanoleaf unveils HomeKit lighting system

Just ahead of showing off its latest smart lighting system at CES, Nanoleaf has unveiled the modular, intelligent, and interactive HomeKit lighting system that is part of its new Learning Series to offer a more seamless smart home experience. Nanoleaf Learning Series will be available for pre-orders soon with shipping beginning this spring. Nanoleaf also teased some potential upcoming products that could be a part of the Learning Series such as light bulbs, dimmers, remotes, and more.

Zumtobel lights Spanish Guggenheim museum with multifunction LED luminaire

One basic SSL design serves in wall-wash to spotlight to projector roles in the relighting of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, delivering light quality and energy efficiency while protecting the precious works. Zumtobel has announced the details of a museum LED lighting project in Bilbao, Spain on the banks of the Nervión River. The company developed a single customizable luminaire that is serving a variety of roles for curators at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao while also delivering optimum energy efficiency. The solid-state lighting (SSL) product can be configured for wall-wash, spotlight, narrow-spot, and projector functionality while delivering 96 CRI light that can reveal subtle details of the works of art on display.

Elmos and Audi Strengthen Partnership for LED Rear Light Control

Elmos Semiconductor AG and Audi AG extend their long lasting partnership for LED rear light control. The partners announce sample availability of the new Elmos IC E522.95. This multichannel LED controller for exterior lighting with advanced network interface capabilities allows direct control of LED lamps. Equipped with a 2Mbps CAN FD protocol and a CAN FD physical interface, the E522.95 can be connected directly to the Body Control Unit (BCM) via the car in-vehicle network - therefore local lighting control units are no longer needed.

Developed fully according to the ISO26262 Functional Safety development process, the E522.95 offers a full suite of diagnosis features that ensure reliable system operation of LED drivers and enable achieving ASIL-B ratings at system level. The 16 channel E522.95 LED controller has a maximum output current of 100mA per channel and supports Elmos' patented power management methodology ensuring a constant light intensity of the LEDs even under difficult thermal conditions. The E522.95 is offered in a QFN40 package with an exposed die pad.

Laguna Woods condo board greenlights LED-conversion project for streetlights

The future is looking bright for Third Mutual as the board unanimously authorized a project that would increase the effectiveness of the mutual’s street lighting. The LED Conversion Project, recommended by contractor Siemens, will convert 759 street light fixtures from high-pressure sodium technology to light-emitting diode models, or LEDs, throughout the mutual, according to a Village Management Services staff report. “It’s a dramatic change,” VMS Maintenance and Construction Director Ernesto Munoz said on the switch from HPS to LED.