Wentworthm couldn’t say no to his son’s plea for a Sonic the Hedgehog costume for Halloween. but also couldn’t resist sprucing it up with LEDs either. The end result is a surprisingly cool light up Sonic the Hedgehog costume.
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Homebrew LED Bulbs Keep Your Circadian Rhythms Steady
We all know how light toward the blue end of the spectrum is bad for our sleep cycle, since it convinces our lizard brain that dawn is at hand. But even if you pick an LED bulb with a warm, or reddish, color temperature, there’s still a lot of UV light being emitted thanks to the phosphor LEDs that are typically used in them. DiodeGoneWild’s first attempt at a design mostly avoids phosphor LEDs in favor of a mix of yellow, red, and yellow-green LEDs to get a warmer spectrum.
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Omnilux Men is the first LED mask calibrated with the deepest penetrating wavelength of near-infrared light
Priced at $395, the device uses optimized energy output and three clinically proven wavelengths of light to stimulate new collagen production and create a strong anti-inflammatory response that heals and repairs men’s skin from within.
Omnilux Men addresses the distinct composition of men’s skin, which is on average, 25% thicker, and requires the addition of 1072nm of near-infrared light for optimized results.
Kyocera Develops New GaN Laser Chip
GaN-based light-source devices, both micro-LED and laser, have typically been fabricated on sapphire and GaN substrates. Conventional processes involve forming a thin GaN device layer for the light source directly onto the sapphire substrate by heating it to a high temperature (1,000 degrees C or more) in a controlled gas atmosphere.
Kyocera successfully developed the new process technology at the company's Research Institute for Advanced Materials and Devices in Kyoto, Japan. First, we grow a GaN layer on Si substrate which is available in high volumes at a low cost. The GaN layer is then masked with a non-growing material that features an opening in the center. After this, when a GaN layer is formed on the Si substrate, GaN nuclei grow over the opening in the mask.
Monday, 28 November 2022
Decorative Lighting Market Size to Grow by USD 8.32 Mn
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The decorative lighting market is expected to witness substantial growth during the forecast period, primarily due to the evolving lighting product design concept leading to premiumization. Growing demand for luxury decorative lighting products among premium customers has encouraged manufacturers to come up with new and unique designs in this category. Luxury decorative lighting products are available as per innovations, quality standards, modern designs, and the latest trends formed by famous interior designers.
Interior designers introduce innovative and attractive design concepts such as traditional, modern, contemporary, and transitional. Decorative lighting products such as luxury chandeliers designed by interior designers are available at premium prices. These chandeliers enjoy huge demand among high-net-worth residential users. Several luxurious decorative lighting products are manufactured in Italy, the UK, Spain, Germany, and the US. Thus, the premiumization of decorative lighting products through distinctive design concepts has led to increased adoption by premium customers.
Global UV Lamp Market is expected to grow by $2.31 bn during 2022-2026
Leading UV lamp market vendors include AlphaCure Ltd., American Air and Water Inc., OSRAM GmbH, Atlantic Ultraviolet Corp., Danaher Corp., Dr. Honle AG, Excelitas Technologies Corp., Halma Plc, Heraeus Holding GmbH, IST Metz GmbH, and Co. Kg, Koninklijke Philips NV, KURARAY Co. Ltd., Lumileds Holding BV, Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd., Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd., Severn Trent PLC, Ushio Inc., Xenex Disinfection Services LLC, Xylem Inc., and Zchem Specialities Pvt Ltd.
Friday, 25 November 2022
Decorative Lighting Market Size to Grow by USD 8.32 Mn
The decorative lighting market is growing at a CAGR of 4.75% and is expected to register an incremental growth of USD 8.32 from 2021 to 2026. The report has analyzed the market size, growth, and provides accurate predictions on the growth of the market.
The decorative lighting market is expected to witness substantial growth during the forecast period, primarily due to the evolving lighting product design concept leading to premiumization. Growing demand for luxury decorative lighting products among premium customers has encouraged manufacturers to come up with new and unique designs in this category. Luxury decorative lighting products are available as per innovations, quality standards, modern designs, and the latest trends formed by famous interior designers.
Interior designers introduce innovative and attractive design concepts such as traditional, modern, contemporary, and transitional. Decorative lighting products such as luxury chandeliers designed by interior designers are available at premium prices. These chandeliers enjoy huge demand among high-net-worth residential users. Several luxurious decorative lighting products are manufactured in Italy, the UK, Spain, Germany, and the US. Thus, the premiumization of decorative lighting products through distinctive design concepts has led to increased adoption by premium customers.
Cree LED Photophyll Select LEDs Are Fully Optimized for Horticulture Applications
LEDs by Cree LED are the industry’s first LEDs entirely characterized in horticulture metrics, allowing luminaire manufacturers to easily control the blue/green/red spectral ratios of their products for the unique needs of each plant type.
Through advanced spectral tuning, modern LED-based horticulture lighting systems can boost crop yield, improve plant health and reduce energy usage when compared to using standard LEDs.
By maximizing green content and minimizing red content versus standard lighting LEDs, Photophyll Select LEDs are designed to easily upgrade the performance of high-efficiency, broad spectrum two-channel (white + red) horticulture luminaires by up to 6%. With these improvements, Photophyll Select LEDs enable lower luminaire costs and increase efficiency.
The spectral output of Photophyll Select LEDs is binned into two new metrics, both of which are based on the amount of photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) in industry-standard blue (400-500 nm), green (500-600 nm) and red (600-700 nm) bands. Since these new metrics do not rely on measures developed for human vision, such as correlated color temperature (CCT) or color rendering index (CRI), Photophyll Select LEDs allow luminaire designers to avoid translations for horticulture applications that can be confusing and inaccurate.
Thursday, 24 November 2022
Sunbright LED Announces Multi-State Operations
Founded in 2014 in Colorado, Sunbright LED serves both enterprise customers and SMB clients. To date, the company has completed over 350 LED conversion jobs equaling nearly 25 million square feet of lighting area-space.
The company currently serves customers throughout Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Utah, and is adding additional customers in New Mexico, Texas, and the eastern seaboard in 2023. Sunbright LED serves many notable customers such as Napa Auto Parts, Michelin Tires, and Microchip, along with dozens of regional SMB customers.
As the organization expands its geographical service area in 2023, it also plans to continue its advocacy for increased LED conversion rebate options for businesses through both local utilities and the federal government.
LED conversion alters an existing fixture (whether it be CFL, Fluorescent, or Incandescent lighting systems) to LED. It is a smart choice because on average, LED lights - especially those with energy star ratings - use at least 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs.
ESP32 LED Eyes Help Keep Toddler In Bed
More than just the color of the light, the eye design switches between wide-open and tightly shut depending on the time of day.
Internally the device is very simple, with the 5 mm LEDs and their associated resistors connected directly to the digital out pins on an ESP32 development board.
Wednesday, 23 November 2022
Sylvania to change over street lamps to LED
Toledo Edison, which will install the new lamps, estimates the capital cost at $342,000, but said that will be paid back in about 4.5 years because the LEDs will cost the Ohio city $77,000 less per year for electricity.
Exactly what needs to be replaced at a given location depends on the lighting fixtures involved.
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Silanna UV Highlights Nitrate Sensing Applications of New UV-C LED Technology
Silanna's SF1 series of LEDs leverage the company's patented short period superlattice (SPSL) technology that provides industry-leading performance and power output in the challenging 230nm-260nm UV range (Far UV-C and Deep UV-C). Silanna now provides a complete reference design for a nitrate detector based on this technology.
As well as nitrate detection, Silanna's SF1 and SN3 UV LEDs are ideal for sterilization, water and gas sensing, instrumentation, and medical analyzers.
The increasing challenge of nitrate contamination in water
Nitrate contamination of drinking water is a growing threat around the world, with nitrates from agricultural, industrial and natural biological processes increasingly contaminating water supplies as populations grow and expand. Detection of nitrates traditionally relied on an expensive process in which broadband light generated by a UV lamp is passed through spectroscopy to extract the far UV-C wavelength needed for sensing.
Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Bendheim’s Turnkey Fusion Light Wall System Debuts at Research Center
Located on the University's flagship campus in Columbia, Mo., the entryway of the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building features Bendheim's LE'Diffusion Safety Glass, vibrantly decorated with a custom graphic film.
The TurnKey Fusion Light Wall system integrates Fusion LED backlighting panels into the company's TurnKey system for mechanical attachment of interior glass. Glass panels are mounted using a simple rail and key system that requires no special tools—and they can be demounted just as easily for maintenance needs, or in the event of a redesign.
While any Bendheim laminated or tempered glass can be mounted with TurnKey Fusion, Bendheim's LE'Diffusion glass is specifically designed to provide even, shadow-free dispersion of LED lighting over a maximum 8' span. The Fusion LEDs have also been engineered to provide uniform light throughout the system. Just as importantly, the entire system hugs the wall with its minimal 2 1/16" overall depth.
Designed by Burns & McDonnell, the 265,000 square foot NextGen Precision Health center is designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration in the field of precision medicine, an approach to healthcare that is tailored to an individual's genes, lifestyle and environment. In keeping with the program's mission of hope, an MU faculty member used magnified cross-sections of her own late father's lymphoma cells to create the entryway artwork.
Automotive Lighting Market To Reach USD 37130 Million by 2027
Growing demand for premium and luxury cars and SUVs and technological developments in adaptive lighting technology are some of the major factors driving the growth of the automotive lighting industry.
Modern lighting trends that strive to inspire and satisfy consumers while enhancing comfort and safety are available to automotive makers today. Vehicle lighting systems can convey a sensation, add flair, hint at a quality, and create an ambiance.
However, whether the interior or exterior lighting is powered by LEDs, conventional light bulbs, or more sophisticated electronics, optimizing the light source for consistency and performance is crucial for manufacturers and drivers as well as other drivers, pedestrians, and other road users. Inaccurate results can result in failing standards tests, losing contracts, and giving customers a bad experience. This factor is expected to drive the growth of the Automotive Lighting market.
Monday, 21 November 2022
Quinnipiac installs energy-efficient LEDs at M&T Bank Arena
The indoor sports facility, which the university rebranded in September as the M&T Bank Arena amid the bank’s merger with People’s United Bank, previously utilized a lighting system that “required significantly more electricity to power and run.
The arena’s new lighting system is expected to reduce the facility’s annual energy costs by approximately $65,000
ITRI Introduces High Resolution Full-Color Micro LED Display for AR Glasses
This innovation assists panel manufacturers and other industry players to upgrade their technology, expand their Micro LED applications, meet market demand and secure business opportunities in next-generation augmented reality (AR) display products for immersive experiences in the metaverse. The High Resolution Full-Color Micro LED Display for AR Glasses won a 2022 R&D 100 Award in the IT/electrical award category.
The High Resolution Full-Color Micro LED Display for AR Glasses is sold as system-oriented industry integration and fabrication platform services, and is available globally for transfer.
Friday, 18 November 2022
Nanoleaf Introduces New Bulbs & Lightstrips to Essentials Line
This line of smart lighting—including A19, GU10, BR30 Bulbs and a Lightstrip—marks an industry first with its Matter-compatible technology, illustrating Nanoleaf’s commitment to creating the most seamless experience for its users and leading the way for the future of the smart home.
The new Matter-compatible additions to the Essentials line offer a full suite of lighting products to illuminate your entire home with easy controls and RGBW capabilities. Offering 16M+ color options as well as ultra-bright tunable whites (with color temperatures ranging from 2700-6500K), the Bulbs and Lightstrip can also play dynamic color-changing lighting Scenes which are fully customizable with the Nanoleaf App.
EDMO Distributors signs distribution agreement with PWI Engineering
PWI LED Replacement Reading Lights bring ingenuity to the table with direct drop-in replacements designed to fit into the existing light fixtures. These LED lights fit where the incandescent bulb used to go, without any changes needed to the existing lighting fixture. Each reading light features LEDs that provide up to 33K hours of life, are cool to the touch when operating, provide better directional lighting, and deliver a more aesthetically pleasing light compared to incandescent bulbs. PWI Reading Lights are PMA Certified #PQ4159CE.
PWI has also designed LED bulb upgrades to exterior ice lights and interior cabin reading lights with a standard direct configuration and a right-angle LED bulb that directs light at a 90° angle from the socket base.
Thursday, 17 November 2022
Signify’s Trulifi technology brings connectivity to pioneering Berlin school
Students and teachers at the Freie Waldorfschule in the Prenzlauer Berg district can now enjoy high-speed access to a wide range of online learning resources, independent of a WiFi connection. With this initiative, the school joins educational institutions in Italy, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and the US that are already using Trulifi by Signify.
Signify's Trulifi technology is a dependable alternative to regular Wi-Fi in locations where radio frequencies are not allowed or restricted, or could cause interference, as is often the case in schools.
The technology guarantees high transmission rates, which are independent of the radio frequency spectrum and do not suffer from overloads caused by too many devices on the same frequency. The use of USB access keys secures access only to authorized people and devices.
Working closely with Signify, the Freie Waldorfschule opted to equip seven classrooms, a conference room, and a science lab with the Trulifi 6002 system. With down and upload speeds of 220 Mbps, the technology provides enough capacity to meet the data needs of all the students in a classroom.
Horticulture Lighting Group (HLG) partners with GrowFlux
The tremendous amount of energy that goes into lighting crops in indoor farms and greenhouses represents a rapidly evolving crop input. Therefore, energy saving lighting controls are an increasingly critical solution in the controlled environment agriculture industry in light of soaring energy prices.
Validating GrowFlux mesh against other wireless control technologies gave us the confidence to offer wireless controls to our customers while maintaining the quality and reliability HLG is known for. Many of our customers have high value crops under our lights and competing wireless control technologies couldn't give growers certainty that their crops wouldn't experience disruption, said HLG CEO Steve Johnson.
GrowFlux's platform includes easy to use apps for any device, including iOS, Android, and a web browser-based control panel. In addition, the platform enables next generation autonomous control systems with cloud enabled software APIs that enterprise growers and control system developers can leverage.
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
LED Production Equipment Market Size to Grow by USD 455.07 Mn
The increasing government support for the production and sales of LEDs is driving market growth. Governments of various countries are implementing policies to promote energy-efficient LED products. For instance, The Government of India's LED Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) is the world's largest streetlight replacement program. In October 2021, halogen light bulbs were banned in the UK. Such initiatives are expected to fuel the market growth during the forecast period.
Challenges in manufacturing micro-LEDs are hindering market growth. Micro-LEDs produce light without the need for an external light source. However, the development of micro-LEDs has several technical and manufacturing issues. As the micro-LED chip is very small, a huge amount of metal in solder paste is generated during bonding, which can lead to a short circuit. Such challenges make the commercialization of micro-LEDs for high-volume consumer applications challenging, which can negatively impact the growth of the LED production equipment market during the forecast period.
RapidGrow LED to Showcase LED Lighting SaaS Platform
FSG has a 40-year track record of helping businesses of all sizes design, install and support lighting and electrical solutions that solve their particular facility challenges. With a nationwide distribution network and 30 different branch locations in major markets across the country.
RapidGrow's open-architecture PANGEA software platform automates energy monitoring and reporting, moisture sensors and controls, CO2 and temperature sensors and controls, soil sensors, and par sensors with Apogee quantum meters. The wireless system connects up to 3,000+ fixtures on a single gateway, with no wiring between light fixtures, granting control of individual light fixtures and pre-set zones while gathering data and generating real-time reporting.
RapidGrow will also showcase SOLITE, the company's newest high-efficiency, flower light with an upgraded, high-red spectrum to achieve maximum PPFD penetration and coverage. SOLITE, which will be launching in the coming weeks, integrates both blue-light and UV to enhance genetic expression and increase resin production. Designed for vertically stacked or single-layer applications, the SOLITE's unique spectrum combines a proprietary blend of new, state-of-the-art Samsung horticulture diodes.
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
China's automotive lighting market worth RMB60.45 billion in 2021, jumping by 15.2% year on year
In the global auto parts industry, automotive lighting is a highly concentrated segment. Leading manufacturers in Europe, America and Japan dominate the market.
In 2021, two Chinese companies, HASCO Vision (a holding subsidiary of SAIC Group) and Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems edged into the club of leading global automotive lighting manufacturers. HASCO Vision grew out of nothing from 2016 to 2021 (Shanghai Koito Automotive Lamp Co., Ltd., a joint venture established by Shanghai Automotive Lamp Factory under SAIC and Japan's Koito. HASCO bought the shares of the company held by Koito in 2018.
3D-Micromac Receives Order for Multiple Laser Lift-Off Systems for microLED Device Manufacturing
The microMIRA laser system from 3D-Micromac provides highly uniform, force-free lift-off of different layers on large-area substrates at high processing speeds without the need for costly and polluting wet chemical processes.
The system is capable of processing different substrate materials and sizes, and can achieve processing speeds (including handling) of up to 60 eight-inch wafers per hour.
MicroLEDs have the potential to revolutionize the display industry, promising a variety of advantages such as superior viewing angle, high dynamic range with perfect black luminance and high brightness, wide color gamut, fast refresh rates, long lifetime, and low power consumption. Potential applications include very large displays for indoor and outdoor use, as well as high-resolution displays for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) wearable devices.
Monday, 14 November 2022
HELLA wins first customer order for innovative FlatLight concept
This is not only the first series order for this pioneering technology, but also one of the largest project acquisitions in HELLA's rear combination lamp business in recent years.
The FlatLight rear combination lamp is scheduled to go into series production as early as mid-2024. It is developed at the company's headquarters in Lippstadt and in Mohelnice, Czech Republic. Production will start in Bánovce, Slovakia.
The FlatLight is based on an innovative LED light guide concept with so-called micro-optics that are smaller than a grain of salt. This opens up numerous advantages: higher performance, more diverse design options, better integration into the vehicle. Thanks to the extremely shallow module depth, the required installation space is reduced by around 90 percent: While conventional systems require an installation depth of around 40 millimeters, FlatLight technology manages with just five millimeters. In addition, the different rear combination lamp functions can be implemented in just one optical element.
As part of the acquired customer project, brake and taillight functions are combined, for example. In terms of installation space requirements, homogeneity achieved and efficiency, this cannot be realized with any other available solution. Based on the FlatLight technology, it would also be possible to integrate the flashing light. Another plus point is that it requires up to 80 percent less energy than conventional LED taillights on the market - while maintaining the same high lighting performance and homogeneity.
GM Recalling 340K Full-Size Utes Due to Lighting Issue
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the daytime running lights, or DRLs, may not shut off when the vehicle’s regular headlights kick on.
The two lights on can create glare making it difficult for other drivers to see, potentially leading to collisions.
“GM determined that the body control module (BCM) software in these vehicles, under a combination of certain pre-conditions, may fail to deactivate the DRLs when the headlamps are on,” GM says.
Friday, 11 November 2022
ActiveLED Moves Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility to Granger, Texas
ActiveLED Inc. is part of the Network Technology (NT) group, an organization that has been supplying innovative, efficiency enhancing technology products to its clients for more than three decades.
NT maintains sales and support offices in the US, UK, Germany, Singapore and Japan.
Philips Ultra Efficient range expands into luminaires
The new lights and luminaires join the Ultra Efficient A-class Philips LED bulb, which was the first light bulb to meet the new A-class standard in Europe in 2021. At a time of raised public awareness of energy costs, these lights consume at least 50% less energy and last 50,000 hours, which is much longer than standard Philips LED lights. All Ultra Efficient products are designed to achieve an A-class rating under the new, stringent European energy labeling that was introduced in 2021.
Lighting accounts for a substantial amount of household energy use, and consumers can expect to see a significant increase in energy bills as winter approaches. Changing conventional lights or LEDs to extremely efficient LED alternatives can have a powerful impact on reducing energy consumption.
Thursday, 10 November 2022
Smart light bulbs and Smart Plug from AiDot Ecosystem are one of the First to be Matter-certified
AiDot is to launch products to support the matter standards, fulfilling its commitment to the development of the smart home industry.
OREiN, MuJoy, and Linkind, brands joined the AiDot smart home ecosystem, announced that they have some products now compatible with the Matter, and Matter-certified from CSA. Products announced include the smart light bulb models A19, BR30, A60, Candle, and a Smart Plug.
All those products will be Matter ready when launched to the Market in the future.
The goal of the Matter standard is to make all smart home devices interoperable. This means that Matter-compatible products can be used with Amazon Alexa, Apple Home, Google Home, Samsung SmartThings, or any other standard-compliant ecosystem.
Consumers will be able to use the AiDot app for more differentiated functions of the products supported by the AiDot ecosystem, achieve the goal of smart home products Works with AiDot, and control any cross-ecosystem smart home products that meet the matter standards.
LG Display Unveils the World’s First High-Resolution Stretchable Display
The company’s newly unveiled Stretchable display is the industry’s first to achieve 20 percent stretchability, a resolution of 100ppi, and full-color RGB. In addition, its high flexibility, durability, and reliability maximize its potential for commercialization.
Based on a highly resilient film-type substrate made of special silicon used in contact lenses, this 12-inch display boasts a rubber band-like flexibility that allows it to be stretched up to 14 inches. The display’s free-form nature offers a cutting-edge solution surpassing the existing foldable and rollable technology.
In addition, the Stretchable display uses a micro-LED light source with a pixel pitch of less than 40μm, securing a high level of durability to withstand significant external impacts as well as a resolution that competes with most existing monitors. Unlike the conventional linear wired system, the Stretchable display’s flexible S-form spring wired system’s optimal structure can endure repetitive changes to its form, assuring consumers of its incredible durability and reliability.
Alongside its thin, lightweight design, the Stretchable display’s revolutionary technology offers next-level versatility for various daily scenarios. Easily attachable to curved surfaces such as skin, clothing, furniture, automobiles and aircraft, this unique innovation expands the potential of the display in various industries including fashion, wearables, mobility and gaming.
LG Display’s Stretchable display is the result of a large-scale national R&D project the company was selected to lead by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) back in 2020. With the goal of propelling the country’s next-generation display industry, the company has since been working alongside twenty organizations in South Korea’s industrial-academic sector.
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Worldwide LED Lighting Market is projected to grow with a CAGR of 11.7% Through 2027
Likewise, LED offers design flexibility, long lifespan, durability, energy efficiency, low-voltage operation, economic efficiency, zero UV emissions, etc. Its light supplies a lifetime of nearly 50,000 hours of illumination and works virtually by using only a fraction of the power utilized by CFLs and traditional bulbs.
Around the world, the increasing customer demand for reduction in prices of LEDs, energy-efficient lighting systems, and high penetration of LEDs as a lamp source in the LED Lighting Market is to drive the growth of this market. Furthermore, strict regulations to prohibit or limit the use of inefficient lighting technologies and government reimbursement and retrofit schedules to promote the deployment of LED lighting are contributing to the market growth.
LEDs are commonly used in indoor and outdoor lighting based on application. LED lighting solutions particularly rise in indoor application because LED lights generate light with a diode rather than a fuel source, thus costing less to run and requiring less power. LEDs are also increasingly common in walkways, street lights, parking garage lighting, another outdoor area lighting, refrigerated modular lighting, case lighting, and task lighting.
Quick-install system offers integrated lighting and space-saving design
TurnKey Fusion Light Wall builds on the success of Bendheim's TurnKey system for mechanical attachment of interior glass cladding. With TurnKey, glass panels are mounted with a simple system of rails and keys (one-inch clips that turn like a key to lock the glass into place). Contractors need only the familiar tools in their bags, with no special installation training required.
Now, TurnKey Fusion provides a completely integrated solution for even, shadow-free backlighting, with Bendheim's new Fusion LED panels built right into the attachment system. Available in a variety of color temperatures, the Fusion LEDs are specifically designed to provide exceptionally even illumination for glass cladding. Designers also have the option of using Bendheim's new LE'Diffusion Safety Glass, specifically engineered for even dispersion of LED light. Able to accommodate panels up to 8 feet in height for floor-to-ceiling illumination, the entire TurnKey Fusion Light Wall system is UL listed.
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
Cree LED Photophyll Select LEDs Are Fully Optimized for Horticulture Applications
Photophyll Select LEDs are the industry’s first LEDs entirely characterized in horticulture metrics, allowing luminaire manufacturers to easily control the blue/green/red spectral ratios of their products for the unique needs of each plant type.
Through advanced spectral tuning, modern LED-based horticulture lighting systems can boost crop yield, improve plant health and reduce energy usage when compared to using standard LEDs.
By maximizing green content and minimizing red content versus standard lighting LEDs, Photophyll Select LEDs are designed to easily upgrade the performance of high-efficiency, broad spectrum two-channel (white + red) horticulture luminaires by up to 6%. With these improvements, Photophyll Select LEDs enable lower luminaire costs and increase efficiency.
The spectral output of Photophyll Select LEDs is binned into two new metrics, both of which are based on the amount of photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) in industry-standard blue (400-500 nm), green (500-600 nm) and red (600-700 nm) bands. Since these new metrics do not rely on measures developed for human vision, such as correlated color temperature (CCT) or color rendering index (CRI), Photophyll Select LEDs allow luminaire designers to avoid translations for horticulture applications that can be confusing and inaccurate.
Seoul Semiconductor Obtains Preliminary Injunction for High-Power LEDs in Europe
In October 2022, the Düsseldorf Court issued a preliminary injunction for infringement of Seoul’s patent against various LEDs manufactured by Luminus Devices, Inc., and Lite-On Inc., and distributed by Mouser Electronics, Inc.
Seoul has made huge investments in the R&D of optical semiconductors for the past three decades since its establishment. With the establishment of 18,000 intellectual properties, Seoul is leading the second-generation technology in the LED industry. Particularly, WICOP is a revolutionary patented technology essential for manufacturing Mini-LED, Micro-LED, and intelligent front-lighting systems (ADB, Adaptive Driving Beam). This technology realizes the operation of high-power LEDs without wire, package, or optical lenses.
Lite-On, which manufactured LEDs subject to the injunction, was also sued for patent infringement in U.S. in April 2021 by Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc. (“SETi”), Seoul’s affiliate. Nitride Semiconductors Co., Ltd., and Nitek, Inc., have also filed patent infringement lawsuits against Lite-On in U.S. courts.
Seoul and its affiliates have prioritized patent enforcement against companies that have refused to take responsibility for selling infringing products, including Seoul’s prior litigation against Enplas Corporation and Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd.
Monday, 7 November 2022
Leviton Introduces New WavePort Technology for Continuous Disinfection
Pure white light is essential in healthcare settings such as operating rooms and other clinical applications to perform challenging duties and recognize visual health indicators. Older technologies can emit a purple hue which compromises the white light, hindering healthcare professionals from accurately performing their visual tasks involving color recognition.
Designed with simplicity in mind, fixtures with WavePort are easy to install, with no complicated controls or sensors, while giving you the freedom to use your preferred LEDs, drivers, and controls. This new technology is ideal for clinical healthcare and laboratory settings. Leviton will offer this proprietary technology in other luminaires coming in the next few months.
This is the most recent innovation in disinfection lighting products from Leviton. The new Certolux MSU-DFX luminaire featuring 365DisInFx UVA Technology helps to disinfect occupied operating rooms. This technology provides a controlled amount of UVA light to reduce the bacteria on surfaces within surgical suites. The use of this low-energy invisible light near the visible spectrum is suitable for 24-hour human exposure yet dramatically reduces bacteria.
WiZ smart lighting platform first to support the Matter standard
The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA), formerly the Zigbee Alliance, created the Matter standard as a means of bringing to market interoperable products that work across brands and platforms with greater privacy, security, and simplicity
WiZ is deeply committed to Matter and will make its full portfolio compatible, including lights and smart plugs. This is to continue delivering on our promise of bringing the most intuitive user experience and secure connectivity to our users. All new WiZ smart lighting products will have the Matter logo on their packaging beginning in H2 2023 for easy recognition by consumers. Once Matter certification is completed, all products manufactured since Q2 2021 will receive an over-the-air (OTA) firmware update to become part of the Matter ecosystem. This includes products purchased previously and already installed. WiZ has started certifying its full product portfolio, including lights and smart plugs, to work with Matter. The certification effort is expected to be completed by end of 2022.
Friday, 4 November 2022
AoonuAuto Unveils New Customized LED Car Emblems
The fashionable car emblems emit bright colored lights with the help of electricity. They are carefully designed with LED chips having diodes, heat sinks, and locking tables. These LED lights are technologically driven to provide greater results than the usual HID lights.
AoonuAuto’s LED car emblems are made of high-quality acrylic ( polymethy methacrylate, PMMA ), which has uniform and thorough light transmittance, so that the light of the lamp board is clear and bright. The whole light plate adopts a sealed design, so there is no need to worry about the rain and snow weather will damage the led light board. A lifetime warranty also backs them, so a driver can be sure that their lighting car emblems will always look its best.
Aledia and QustomDot to co-develop full-color micro-LED displays
Aledia has unique 300mm GaN-on-Si nanowire technology that is said to unlock scalable manufacturing of micro-LEDs, enabling highly efficient blue micro-LEDs to be produced for a first range of high-end micro-LED products.
Belgium-based QustomDot leverages its quantum dot platform to enable what is claimed to be the most all-round and reliable heavy-metal-free color conversion solution on the market.
The joint collaboration will initially target the video wall and luxury TV markets, and first prototypes are expected to roll out in early 2023.
Thursday, 3 November 2022
Hospitals Use Aleddra's 2-in-1 Emergency LED T8 and T5 Tubes to Add Instant Emergency Lighting
Backup generators have a fixed capacity and provide emergency power to a fixed number of lights and equipment, thus are not scalable for adding more emergency light fixtures.
Today, hospital facility and physical plant managers have available a NEW type of Automatic Self-Test (30 seconds monthly & 90 minutes annually) and Self-Diagnostic (notifies customer when the tubes are in test mode and when it needs to be replaced) emergency lighting that they can quickly and easily install in all their facilities. In addition, the Self-Testing and Self-Diagnostic features will save the facility time and money by eliminating the monthly audits.
Aleddra's Gen4 Emergency LED T8 and T5 Tubes are the NEW additions to the emergency lighting products that are available to medical facilities across the United Stated. The Gen4 EM T8 and T5 emergency tubes Operate like a standard LED tube, that can be turned ON/OFF and when there is a power interruption it goes into an emergency mode. The internal lithium battery provides 90 minutes of emergency lighting. The Aleddra G4 tubes eliminate the 4 to 8 second delay issue and can be installed in areas that additional emergency lighting may be required or needed.
Nitride releases UV micro LED Chip Kit
In 2018 the company had succeeded in high-efficiency light emission of micro UV-LEDs with a size of 12 μm x 24 μm and its peak wavelength of 385nm (patented).
In the future, it is expected that the use of the Metaverse (virtual space) will spread not only in business but also in the home. The development of VR (virtual reality) glasses or AR (augmented reality) glasses is becoming active in various countries, such as the release of VR glasses by Google.
There will be a demand for displays capable of displaying high-definition images that are smaller, lighter, and more energy efficient. Companies around the world, including Apple Inc., are competing to develop micro LED displays as the next generation of liquid crystal (LCD) and organic EL displays, but the cost and stable supply of micro LED chips have become issues.
In particular, red LEDs are difficult to microchip because gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium phosphide (GaP) are fragile and have low light extraction efficiency due to their high refractive index. There are also challenges in achieving high efficiency. We are developing displays by exciting three types of red, blue, and green phosphors with micro UV-LEDs. Furthermore, we have succeeded in developing mass production technology for red, green, blue microchips. Therefore, users can achieve mass production of micro LED displays by mounting three types of micro LED chips of red, blue and green, which is the conventional method.
Wednesday, 2 November 2022
LuxLight and Socialight Creative Lighting Studio turn to Martin Professional for lighting solution
Nestled in Singapore’s Central Business District, 61 Robinson is a 20-story commercial building, which features an art deco-inspired marble façade ornate classical architecture that provides a distinctive, memorable look.
The Exterior Wash 100 and Exterior Wash 200 provide 1,800 lumens and 6,500 lumens, respectively, while also complementing the building’s contemporary aesthetics. Additionally, both lights feature six different beam angle options as well as snoot attachments for a wide range of lighting options, from widespread washes to focused beams.
King Air C-90 lighting system upgrade approved
The package upgrades the forward position, forward anti-collision, forward recognition, rear position, and rear anti-collision lights from incandescent to LED, company officials said.
The lighting system improves performance by: Directly converting power into light, operating 10 times more efficiently than incandescent lights, drawing far less current than conventional lighting and allowing for lower-voltage power supply.
Tuesday, 1 November 2022
Wavelength stable green InGaN micro LEDs monolithically grown on silicon substrate
It is desired that the micro or submicron scale LEDs (µLEDs) continue to possess the many superior qualities that conventional LEDs already do, such as highly stable emission, high efficiency and brightness, ultralow power consumption, and full-color emission, while being about one million times smaller in area, allowing for much more compact display. Such µLEDs would also pave ways for much more powerful photonic circuits if they can be monolithically grown on Si for integration with complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) electronics.
In a new paper published in Light Science & Application, researchers led by Professor Zetian Mi from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, have developed III-nitride submicron-scale green µLEDs that overcome these barriers all at once. These µLEDs are synthesized with selective area plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. In stark contrast to the conventional top-down approach, the µLEDs here consist of arrays of nanowires, each of which is only 100~200 nm in diameter and tens of nanometers apart. Such a bottom-up approach intrinsically avoids sidewall etching damage.
Sylvania Lights Up AAPEX 2022 With Its LED Fog And Powersports Vehicle Lighting
More than 100 years of proven performance and automotive lighting expertise will be on display at SYLVANIA's booth, showing AAPEX attendees the importance of headlight maintenance and auto care. Taking center stage, a display will compare SYLVANIA LED bulb performance versus other brands that lack the same level of superior optical design expertise and engineering strength. And because "seeing is believing," SYLVANIA's booth will feature an ATV to demonstrate this LED bulb performance in action.
The technology-driven products SYLVANIA's booth will showcase include:
LED Fog and Powersports Lighting: While other manufacturers produce LED bulbs that can create a dangerous glare when improperly installed, SYLVANIA LED Fog and Powersports bulbs feature a cool white 6000K color temperature that not only makes vehicles more attractive, but also gives consumers better clarity and contrast when driving through thick fog or off-road at night. With its superior design expertise and engineering strength, SYLVANIA LED Fog and Powersports bulbs are not only built to be long-lasting but also, with proper installation, are designed to improve driver visibility by directing light where it needs to go.
LED Off-Road Lighting: When your vehicle lighting isn't giving you enough light, SYLVANIA offers a versatile range of rugged, durable on-vehicle utility LED light bars and pods designed for superior performance. These off-road lighting products use high power LEDs to produce an extremely high light output, pushing light onto the trail of any adventure.
Auto Care Equipment: In addition to premium automotive lighting, SYLVANIA provides quality auto care products designed so that consumers travel the road with assurance. The suite of products includes the SYLVANIA Roadsight dash cameras which feature an ultra-compact design, high-resolution video recording, an extra-wide field of view, and lane departure as well as front collision warning systems. In addition, SYLVANIA offers a complete range of products to keep a vehicle's battery healthy, such as smart battery chargers and maintainers with multi-stage charging cycles, as well as lithium-based starters for emergencies. Tire inflators featuring fast inflation times, built-in stem caps, and adapters for versatile use cases also round out SYLVANIA's auto care offerings.