Digi-Key has launched High-efficiency HB offline LED driver CPC9909. It uses a proprietary high-voltage BCDMOS on SOI process. The driver has an internal regulator that allows it to operate from 8VDC to 550VDC . The CPC9909 features pulse frequency modulation with a constant peak-current control scheme. LED dimming can be implemented by applying a small DC voltage to the LD pin or by applying a low frequency PWM signal to the PWMD pin. It can be available in flat-panel display RGB backlighting, signage and decorative LED lighting,...

The new service of Solarschmiede GmbH covers assembly and product defects as well as reduced output of a solar power plant during the entire warranty period. The warranty check includes the final plant inspection on location and the laboratory investigaion of individual modules. The result will enable plant operators to enforce claims upon manufacturers and installers before the warranty service period expires. Until now, final plant inspections have only been conducted directly after the commissioning. “Trust is good, but control better! The experience we have gained from ...

It’s said that GE Lighting plans to present SPARC , the lighting industry’s event which will start from June 6 ,and end on June 8. The company prepares to introduce their first GE LED innovative solution for office, commercial and educational retro-fit applications. GE Lighting says the new product is a direct replacement for conventional lighting with significant energy savings. Aside from Philips, Osram and Gerard Lighting and 44 other exhibitors from Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia have signed to the event which restricts part...

Reportedly, Royal Philips Electronics’ revenue from Packaged LEDs and solid-state lighting products has kept a solid growth curve in the first quarter of the year. According to Philips, overall, its first quarter sales of €5.26 billion ($7.48 billion) were up 6% on the same period last year, with its lighting division contributing €1.90 billion to that total after rising by a similar amount. Over the past 12 months, sales of packaged LEDs have played an important role in revenue growth. Philips said that LED components accounted for 7% of its lighting di...

Recently, Verbatim, subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Group releases its VELVE OLEDs lights. Designed as reading lights, the new products have been designed in 14 cm x 14 cm colour and white tone tuneable panels. Users will able to adjust the colours of the lights, giving them the ability to change the lighting to meet the different functions of the space. They can be used in the general lighting, automotive and airline industries. In addition, the company is beginning by offering the lights in two different packages and an OLED module with a circuit board for RGB...

LEDtronics is reported to support CLCX, LLC (DBA Chattahoochee Locomotive Company) with LED ground lighting. According to CLCX, LLC, LEDtronics' LED bulbs improved the lighting on the company's locomotives by "200 percent." That improved the light output, changed it from a pale yellow light to a daylight bright light, increased the bulb life by more than five times, and reduced the power draw by 90%. The bulb replaced was the industry standard "A19." The LED bulb reduced the power draw from 25 watts for the A19 bulb d...

InteLEDgent Lighting Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of Culture Medium Holdings Corp. has secured a contract with Hyatt Hotels in New York City to retrofit several of their properties with its low voltage LED bulbs. Besides from that, InteLEDgent Lighting also has contracts to install its energy saving LED bulbs in several other buildings on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, such as corporate towers, education institutions, and government facilities.  ...

It’s said that targeting to advance the market penetration of photovoltaic-powered lighting technologies, Sharp Electronics has joined hands with Carmanah Technologies, Inovus Solar andSolarOne Solutions  to set up a new industry consortium, the Consortium for Solar Lighting (CSL). According to their statement, “The mission of this group is to accelerate the adoption of reliable solar lighting technology through the development of universal specifications intended to support customers’ fair and comprehensive evaluation of commercial-scale lighting ...

Lunera Lighting announces its 5400 SERIES Lunera Lighting has won a platinum ADEX2011 award. Lunera Lighting deliver the 5400 SERIES with Armstrong Ceiling and Wall Systems. According to Rich Warmke, Lunera Director of Marketing, The 5400 SERIES is the first LED luminaire available for installation in premium Armstrong TechZone ceilings. Its sleek design, daylight quality light, and precision engineering beautifully enhance the elegant TechZone ceiling experience. Manufactured in the U.S.A., Lunera’s 5400 SERIES creates a...

Crystal has teamed up with aquatic architecture firm Aquatic Design and Engineering to dress up one of the world's largest and most spectacular, customised water features at the Yas Island Welcome Pavilion in Abu Dhabi. Crystal has supported the choreographed dancing fountain which is located in pools on either side of the entrance adjacent to the Ferrari Theme Park. Thousands of LED lights and nozzles (2,100 Crystal LED Lights, 750 nozzles and 91 custom Crystal CheoreoSwitchesâ) were installed in geometric patterns symbolizing a racetrack to create ...

Reportedly, Glen Ellyn plans to get its first new LED light system in the village within the Braeside subdivision near Interstate-355 and Roosevelt Road under the Braeside Neighborhood Lighting Improvements Project. Originally estimated at $627,000, the Oswego-based Utility Dynamics Corporation was awarded the contract for the project after submitting the lowest bid of $474,533 — about 25 percent under the engineer's estimate for the project. The project is expected begin in May and have a fully operational system by Labor Day.  ...

Recently, Denver-based SpaceCo Business Solutions, Inc. has designed the Wave Light, an LED task light. With its patent pending photocell technology integrated into the head of the light, Wave Light is capable of detecting the light conditions and automatically adjusting the power settings according to the current environment. It can effectively minimizes shadows and eliminates glare to provide enhanced visual comfort for higher productivity. Additionally, with its patented refractive lens technology, Wave Light is LEED credit eligible and has a projected life...

In response to the trend of energy saving and environment protection, Macroblock launches the first low power consumption 16-bit LED display driver - MBI5035, which features low knee voltage of 0.2V to reduce power consumption of LED display as well as carbon emissions up to 35%. "To implement the environmental protection concept, Macroblock presents MBI5035.” said Macroblock general manager Robert Chen. “LED display embedded with MBI5035 brings power saving and cost saving to advertisers. Facing with the worldwide rising electricity fees and en...

Recently, Lighting Science Group Releases a European line of its DEFINITY LED bulbs including MR16, PAR38, R63, R95, G80, and A60 bulb types that can save more money and performance better. According to the company, compared with traditional incandescent bulbs, these new LED bulbs are approximately 80% more efficient and will last nearly 25,000 hours. In addition, they are also free- mercury, recycle and instant on. Furthermore, the DEFINITY LED line was tested under the rigorous LM-79 process by an independent laboratory approved by the U....

Affected by power shortages in Japan’s eastern and northeastern regions, Seven-Eleven Japan has planed to replace in-store and signboard lights with LED lighting at 5,000 outlets of its convenience store chain as part of a 10 billion yen program to cope with this problem. At present, Seven-Eleven Japan has some 6,000 outlets in Tokyo Electric Power’s service area alone. And it’s estimated that power saving of per store is125 kilowatts a day. The company expects to cut the consumption of electricity by 25 percent in the July-September period. It also i...

International Rectifier, IR® has designed the IRS2548D Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) control IC available for high power LED illumination including LED street lighting, stadium lighting and theatrical lighting.   Combining Power Factor Correction (PFC) and half-bridge driver in a single IC ,the IRS2548D offers greater than 88 percent efficiency for a 40 V / 1.3 A HBLED load to deliver a higher efficiency solution compared to alternative flyback converter solutions at power levels above 60 W. The new device achieves PWM dimmin...

As formerly reportedly, Acuity Brands has further expanded its outdoor LED lighting portfolio, including Lithonia Lighting®, Hydrel®, Tersen®, American Electric Lighting®, Antique Street Lamps™ and Winona Lighting®. New to the Company’s DRIVE application segment, addressing roadway and street lighting, is the American Electric Lighting Autobahn™ fixture, an attractive cobra-head LED luminaire that packs the lumen punch to directly replace 70-250w HPS cobra-heads while enabling longer service life and up to 50% energy...

Cree has introduced its XLamp® CXA2011 LED array which is designed to deliver the smooth light output and consistent color needed for applications such as omnidirectional bulbs or directional downlights. The CXA2011 LED can provide a plug-and-play solution with the right combination of brightness, efficacy and color consistency with real-world 85 C specifications.   The CXA2011 LED array delivers up to 4000 lumens at an operating temperature of 85 C (1A, 5000 K) in a single component. It is available in 2-step and 4-step EasyWhite™ options, d...

Currently, Osram Opto Semiconductors’s OSLON SSL LEDs have been installed in solar-powered street lamps to stand up to the harsh near-desert climate conditions of Ningxia, China. The 174 new street lamps line the 2.6km of Da Xue Road in Shizhuishan City. Due to the city is close to the Gobi Desert, with an average of 28 days of fine weather per month and great temperature difference between day and night, the local government has decided to use solar energy to power the new street lamps.  According to Xin-jun Dang, managing director of street-lam...

Reportedly, Osram’s OSTAR Headlamp LED has received the 17th annual Automotive News PACE Awards held at a ceremony at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit, MI. The PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contribution to Excellence) Award is presented by Automotive News, Ernst & Young LLP and Transportation Research Center Inc (TRC Inc).   With the auto industry’s 1st ThinGaN light-emitting diodes with phosphor layer transfer, Osram’s OSTAR Headlamp LED won an award in the Product categor...

Delta Group, with 40 years of history in the manufacture, started its business from power management products. Over the years, it has expanded its business into relevant products such as power supplies and fans while having adopted the diversification growth strategy to provide total solutions. In recent years, Delta has actively invested in the green energy field and achieved good performance in respect to the solar power, electric vehicle and LED areas. LEDinside had the honor to interview Roland Chiang, Delta’s Director of Solid State Lighting Business Unit, and talk about its LED lighting market strategy and plan.

Currently, National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) has awarded to Cooper Lighting’s Photometric Laboratory, part of its LED Innovation Center, for solid-state lighting test methods in Energy Efficient Lighting Products. Administered by the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), NVLAP provides an unbiased third-party evaluation to testing and calibration laboratories. According to the company, it is listed with LM-79 accreditation under photometric measurements for Solid State Lighting Luminaires - Tot...

According to the Nikkei business daily, Sharp is about to team up with the housing equipment producer JS Group Corp to construct a 50-50 joint venture as early as this year to develop and sell energy-saving housing equipment. The new company will make products like roofing with built-in solar cells and easy-to-install LED lighting fixtures. They may announce this deal this week....

LEDs, in response to increasingly popular demands for improved energy efficiency and reductions in carbon emissions, have become the light source of a new era. In what seems like an instantaneous shift, LEDs are quickly replacing traditional lighting and are set to become the most favored form of next generation lighting. Opto Tech Corporation (OPTOTECH) has been focusing on combining environment protection and energy-saving technologies to research, design, and develop general lighting products since 2009. In January of this year, OPTOTECH announced its new AC ...

Intematix, the supplier of patented phosphors for LEDs has added the ChromaLit™ Collection for remote phosphor light sources. To cater for high demand following its January launch, ChromaLit light sources are now available in 110 optimal shapes, color temperatures and Color Rendering Indexes. Additionally, ChromaLit is now available in additional round options, as well as square, linear and panel varieties to provide more options for customers. What’s more, compared to conventional LED designs, where blue chips are coated with a phosphor compound, Chro...

Massachusetts-based Digital Lumens has acquired $10 million from all of the company’s previous investors Black Coral Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, and Stata Venture Partners, to develop LED lighting. The new funding brings the company’s total raised to $25 million. The company provides LED lighting solutions to industrial facilities, including warehouses, cold storage facilities, and manufacturing facilities. Americold, United States Cold Storage, Maines Paper and Food Service are its customers. In addition, its provides customized light...

Acuity Brands has expanded its outdoor LED lighting portfolio including existing and newly introduced luminaires from six of the Company’s lighting brands, Lithonia Lighting®, Hydrel®, Tersen®, American Electric Lighting®, Antique Street Lamps™ and Winona Lighting®. And the Company’s outdoor LED luminaire products are now divided into the four primary outdoor lighting experiences of DRIVE, PARK, WALK and VIEW. DRIVE contains roadway and street lighting, from freeways to boulevards; PARK includes parking...

FAVI Entertainment has introduced RioHD-LED-2 Mini Projector at $200 available on Amazon.com and RetailAce.com. The unit’s revolutionary LED-2 technology provides 20,000 hours or 14 years of lamp life (an average of four hours per day) while simultaneously boasting five times the brightness versus a standard LED projector. Its VGA and portable, lightweight design make it ideal for laptop presentations and can be easily transported on the road.   It suits for business professionals, educators, gamers and home theater enthusiasts alike.  ...

Asia is the production core of the global LED industry. Based on LEDinside’s survey, Japan ranked No. 1 in LED package revenue by region, accounting for 29% in market share.

With the help of "Light Line", a warning light installed in the pavement, crossing the road becomes safer for pedestrians: in parallel to the switch function for the traffic light, "Light Line" uses a red or green signal to show whether the street can be crossed without danger or not. The warning light was developed by DSTA, a Spanish company that designs and manufacture LED solutions for traffic, lighting and transports. The signals in the various colors are provided by light emitting diodes from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. Particularly at less b...