MSC Technologies Signs Distribution Agreement with Inventronics
MSC Technologies, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet Inc., announced today that it is now an authorised distributor of Inventronics. MSC will carry the company’s entire product portfolio in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy with immediate effect. Alongside embedded computing and display solutions, MSC also provides LED lighting solutions. Inventronics’ wide range of LED power supply units (PSUs) is an ideal complement to the CREE range of LEDs, which have played a large part in MSC’s success for many years. Read more »
New Cree XLamp CXA HD LED Arrays Now Available from Mouser
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the XLamp CXA High-Density (HD) LED Arrays from Cree. Targeted for high-intensity, LED lighting applications, the Cree XLamp® CXA2590, CXA1850 and CXA1310 High-Density LED Arrays double the light output of existing standard-density CXA LED arrays without increasing size. The greater light intensity of these devices offer new levels of lumen density and is rated one of the highest in the industry, allowing complete replacement of ceramic metal halide (CMH) light sources.
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World’s First Series-Connected 20 kA-Capable Surge Arrestor from Littelfuse Available from Rutronik
Distributor Rutronik presents the new surge protection modules LSP05 and LSP10 from Littelfuse. Constructed with Littelfuse thermally protected varistors, they provide robust surge current handling capability for outdoor and commercial LED lighting fixtures. One of the modules includes world’s first series-connected, 20 kA-capable indicating surge arrestor.
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Latest, 38% More Efficient Version of XLamp XM-L2 EasyWhite LED Now Available from MSC
MSC Technologies, a business group of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet Inc., presents the new XLamp® XM-L2 EasyWhite® LED from Cree. It delivers more than 1,100 lumens of color-consistent light from a 5 mm x 5 mm package and enabling a 38 percent gain in light output and efficacy as a drop-in upgrade to the first-generation XM-L EasyWhite LED. Built on Cree’s EasyWhite technology, which combines the industry’s tightest color binning and intense light output from a single LED, the XM-L2 EasyWhite LED is optimized to replace Color-Consistent 50-Watt Halogen Technology.
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Molex Lite-Trap™ SMT Wire-to-Board Connector System, Push-Button Type from Arrow Available
Ideal for thin LED lighting-module applications, Molex’s Lite-Trap™ SMT wire-to-board connectors offer a low profile, easy wire removal, and low wire insertion and high wire retention forces. The product is available at Arrow and samples can be requested.
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Osram Opto's New Duris S5 Family Members Now Available at Rutronik
Osram Opto Semiconductors adds two new types to the Duris S5 family. The LEDs with a very high CRI of more than 90 are ideal for the home and for shop lighting, for example installed in downlights or LED retrofit lamps.
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CODICO Distributes Plessey Semiconductors' GaN-on-Si LEDs
CODICO is happy to announce having a new LED supplier on board. Together with Plessey Semiconductors new areas in the LED market are boarded. As the first company worldwide Plessey Semiconductors has brought the GaN-on-Silicon based technology for the production of LED chips to mass production. Read more »
SILICA’s Lighting Division Complements Expansion Strategy with New Website
SILICA, an Avnet, Inc. company, today announced its new website for customers of its Silica Lighting division. The comprehensive online resource at www.silicalighting.com provides an overview of the complete SILICA Lighting portfolio, which includes LEDs, opto devices, power and thermal management, LED drivers, interconnects and integrated LED lighting solutions.
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Arrow Electronics and Moons’ Announce EMEA Distribution Agreement
Arrow Electronics and Moons’ announced a new distribution agreement covering LED and lighting-related products. This new agreement, effective from April 1st, 2014, covers the entire EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
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Saelig Announces Availability of Portable Lab-Grade Precision Spectrometer
Saelig Company, Inc. has introduced the GL Spectis 5.0 Touch - a state-of-the-art portable instrument for obtaining light measurement data ranging from NIR to UV with laboratory accuracy. Each GL Spectis 5.0 Touch Spectrometer is individually calibrated to deliver precise, accurate, and quick results, making it ideal for measurements of light sources such as LEDs, LED assemblies, halogen and fluorescent lamps, photobiological safety lamps, and LCD displays, using a range of available optical probes. Unique features of the GL Spectis 5.0 Touch include: laboratory accuracy, extended spectral range from 200 to 1050nm, very high resolution (0.5nm), an OSR system for stray light reduction, and compatibility with a wide range of available integrating spheres and probes for measuring almost any light source from 1 - 200,000lux (Illuminant A).
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Cree's New XLamp CXA Family Members with a 68% Brighter LED Array Now Available from MSC
The two new Cree XLamp LED arrays for applications that require a very high light yield are characterized by a particularly long service life and low power consumption and can be purchased immediately at MSC.
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Inventronics LUC-042SxxxDSW(SSW) LED Drivers Now Available from MSC
The new broad array of 42W adjustable, constant current, independent drivers for indoor LED lighting applications from Inventronics are now available over MSC. The LUC-042SxxxDSW(SSW) series includes 14 different models with output currents ranging from 350 to 2100mA. Regardless of the output current, each model offers a full load efficiency of 87-90%. These products all operate over a 90-305Vac input range and provide excellent power factor correction (0.96 at 120V and 0.95 at 220V). This new series is approved to CE (EN), UL, CUL, FCC, ENEC, CB, and CQC’s standards. All of these drivers are housed in plastic cases with IP20 rating.
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Schukat Now Supplies the Most Powerful of the ZENIGATA Modules
Schukat now supplies the latest and currently most powerful models in Sharp's popular ZENIGATA series of LED modules. The new MegaZENIs, mounted on a 20x24mm ceramic substrate, are available in six different series with 15W, 25W or even 50W of electrical power and a range of CRI (Colour Rendering Index) classes. At the same time, the MegaZENI LED modules provide up to 4880 lm luminous power, with the most effective models delivering maximum light yield of 105 lm/W.
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HD Cree XLamp® CXA1520 Arrays with Up To 3478 lm Now Available at MSC
The new high-density Cree XLamp® CXA1520, which was introduced at LpS 2013, allow a doubling of the strength of spot lights compared to previous arrays and are now available at MSC. Cree XLamp® CXA1520 LED Arrays deliver up to 3478 lumens at 33 watts, 85°C. Available in ANSI White and four-step EasyWhite® binning, the new arrays feature 2700 K through 5000 K CCTs, with 70, 80 and 95-CRI options. The CXA1520 LED Array, enables lighting manufacturers to create a new generation of products that delivers the same intensity and light quality as 39-W ceramic metal halide (CMH) at up to 50 percent lower power.
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MSC Announces Availability of Cree's New LMH2 Module
Cree's new LMH2 module, which is now available from MSC Vertriebs GmbH, produces the same or better quality light as 70-watt Ceramic Metal Halide (CMH) lamps while consuming half the power and lasting three times longer.The aesthetically pleasing LMH2 LED module addresses different applications with lumen levels ranging from 850 to 4000 lumens with just one set of tooling and one optical design.
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