LEDS & OLEDS
Osram's New Oslon LED Enables Ultra-Slim Designs for Headlights
Light is the new chrome for cars. In recent years, technological progress in car lighting has led to light becoming an essential design element in modern cars. Smaller and brighter light sources are leading to more compact and versatile headlamps. ...
Nichia Showcases LEDs with 'Light so Good'
At Light + Building 2020 held in Frankfurt, Nichia – the leader in high-performance LED solutions – reveals it will present at least three complementary technologies to improve the delivery of light quality under an over-arching banner of 'Light so ...
Lumileds Boosts Intensity of CoBs for Spotlights and Downlights
Lumileds today introduced three lines of CoBs: the LUXEON CX Plus CoB (Gen 2), LUXEON CX Plus CoB – High Density and LUXEON CX Plus CoB – High Density (Below BBL), drop-in upgrades for Lumileds and competing arrays. The second generation arrays ...
ELECTRONICS & SMART CONTROLS
Inventronics Shrinks Size of Low Voltage Input 1200W Controls-Ready LED Drivers
Inventronics has announced the release of a new series of ultra-high-powered Controls-Ready LED drivers with low voltage input designed to simplify luminaire design, provide better thermal management and a stress-free installation involving less ...
Tridonic Announces Upgrade for Gen3 Premium Drivers
Following the upgrade to the 3rd generation of Stretched Compact and Strain Relief premium drivers, the latest low-profile premium drivers now also benefit from the new DALI-2 251, 252 and 253 extensions as well as the fade2zero function. In ...
EarthTronics Introduces Six LED Emergency Solution Options for a Range of AC Input Lamps
EarthTronics, dedicated to developing innovative energy-saving lighting products that provide a positive economic and environmental impact, introduces its line of LED Backup Drivers to regulate the power supplied to the LED fixture to ensure that ...
MECHANICS & ELECTRO MECHANICS
New BJB LED Connector for Linear LED Modules: Book 21 Compliant
Lampholders were standard in older, traditional lighting systems. Modern LED fixtures that utilize non-replaceable LEDs create several assembly and field-replacement disadvantages. Zhaga Book 21 addresses these shortcomings by standardizing linear ...
New COB Holders from Bender + Wirth Using Micanite
The new Bender + Wirth COB Holder Hybrid 630 combines the design flexibility of injection molding with a superior thermal performance because of a "Heart of Stone". - They feature micanite to achieve this unmatched performance.
Plasma Metallisation: Lumitronix Utilises Paper and PET as Printed Circuit Board
In cooperation with its technology partners, the Swabian LED company Lumitronix succeeded in equipping plasma-metallised flexible printed circuit boards with electronic components. This is based on the one-of-a-kind process of plasma metallisation. ...
LED MODULES
Luminus and NewEnergy Announce Availability of a New Melanopic/Photopic Ratio Optimized Linear Module
Luminus, Inc. and NewEnergy have recently introduced new linear modules built with Salud MP3030 LEDs. Salud LEDs are engineered to achieve specific melanopic/photopic ratios in addition to providing light that is both comfortable and renders true ...
Tridonic's New Flexible LED Strips Provide Homogeneous Light from the Reel
The new flexible LLE FLEX CC ADV2 strip from Tridonic is only 14 mm wide and offers high efficacy and excellent quality of light. It can be divided every 140 mm and adapted to the dimensions of various profile and linear luminaires. The second ...
LUXTECH Introduces LUXroll: Architectural-Grade Flex Family
LUXroll by LUXTECH brings a new standard of architectural quality, versatility, and ease of use to the flexible LED module market. Every SKU has repeating sets of poke-in connectors in a familiar 20 mm PCB width so there is no need for soldering. ...
THERMAL MANAGEMENT
GlacialTech Announces New Igloo SS250 LED Flood Light SKD Kit
GlacialTech, the diversified LED technology provider, announces a new 250 W heatsink for outdoor flood light and available for single CoB or Multi-chip LEDs. The Igloo SS250 features an efficient heatsink with thermal resistance 0.235°C/W for ...
Most Thermally Efficient and Most Cost-Effective MCPCB Enters General Lighting Market
LED thermal management innovator Cambridge Nanotherm today launches Nanotherm MCPCB — the lighting industry’s most thermally-efficient and most cost-effective metal-clad PCB. Thanks to a recent technological breakthrough regarding the company’s ...
GlacialTech Announces New Igloo SS150-V2 LED Flood Light SKD Kit
GlacialTech, the diversified LED technology provider, announces a new 150 W heatsink for outdoor flood light and available for single CoB or Multi-chip LEDs. The Igloo SS150-V2 features an efficient heat sink with thermal resistance 0.358°C/W for ...
ENGINEERING, PRODCUTION & TESTING
Instrument System's New Spectroradiometer Speeds up LED Production
Product life cycles are getting shorter all the time. The corresponding increase in the number of product variants presents manufacturing companies with new challenges. Production lines need to be faster and more complex, yet also more ...
Epoxy Features Very Low Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
Master Bond EP30LTE-2 has been developed for joining dissimilar substrates exposed to thermally or mechanically induced stresses. It can be used for sealing, coating and encapsulating, especially for small to medium sized castings where a very low ...
Vitrek's New Ultra High Accuracy Power Analyzer Sets New Standard for Price/Performance
Vitrek, the leader in high-voltage test and measurement equipment, introduces the PA920 Series Ultra High Accuracy Power Analyzer. The PA920 sets the new standard for accuracy (0.024% of reading) in the graphical power analyzer market. It integrates ...
UV & IR COMPONENTS
Measuring the Oxygen Content of Blood with LEDs
Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive method for determining haemoglobin (Hb) saturation through oxygen in the blood and heart frequency. It uses the fact that oxygen-rich and oxygen-poor haemoglobin absorb red and infrared light differently. In order to ...
Nationstar Overall Layout in UV LED Market
In August 2018, Nationstar set up the Non-visual Light Source Business Division, focusing on IR LED, UV LED, animal and plant lighting. Nationstar has been fully laid out on UVA/UVB/UVC. Since 2016, Nationstar has launched near-ultraviolet LED, ...
Violumas improved output for their UVA 320– 410nm LEDs
Violumas recently announced a 30% increase in optical output for all UVA SMDs. This increase can be attributed to their "Index Match" technology. The standard product line has a default radiant angle of 60°, and custom optics can be fitted for ...
