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Tools | Test Equipment | Calibration | Mar 24, 2017
Instrument Systems Expands Series of Calibration Standards
Instrument Systems Expands Series of Calibration Standards Instrument Systems unveils a new calibration standard of the ACS-570 series. Together with the PSU 10 controller, the Munich-based manufacturer of light measurement technology offers its own all-in-one solution for the calibration of luminous flux and luminous intensity of measurement systems. Read more »
Horticulture | Electronics | Sensors | Components | Smart Lighting + IoT | Mar 24, 2017
LumiGrow Pilot Customers Have the Sun Manage Their Lights with Grow Light Sensor
LumiGrow Pilot Customers Have the Sun Manage Their Lights with Grow Light Sensor LumiGrow, a smart horticultural lighting company, announced today that they’ve begun a pilot program for the industry’s first dynamic horticultural grow light sensor. The grow light sensor works in tandem with LumiGrow LEDs to target the precise amount of light that a plant receives. By specifying precise light levels, greenhouse crops can experience perfect lighting conditions regardless of changes in weather or other light-limiting factors. Read more »
Optics + Opt. Materials | Components | Mar 23, 2017
LEDiL Introduces a Bunch of New LED Optics for Indoor and Outdoor Applications
LEDiL Introduces a Bunch of New LED Optics for Indoor and Outdoor Applications LEDiL OY, the market leading innovative company designing and manufacturing secondary optics for LEDs and COBs, announced the release of several new optics for indoor and outdoor applications. The new products cover applications from retail lighting to industrial lighting, area lighting, arena lighting and street lighting. The new offerings concern reflectors as well as single lens and lens array optics. Read more »
Components | Electronics | Controls | Software | Mar 22, 2017
Casambi's Firmware Update Adds New Functionality to Smart Lighting Platforms
Casambi's Firmware Update Adds New Functionality to Smart Lighting Platforms Casambi, the world’s leading provider of smart wireless lighting control software technologies, has issued a new firmware update to its smart lighting platform to provide integrated support for users of EnOcean switches, Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) devices and movement sensors. A new control hierarchy has also been developed to make it easier for users to automate lighting operation across a wireless network and to allow manual overrides to be performed when required. Read more »
Components | Electromechanics | Connectors | Mar 22, 2017
New Push Grip Wire Connectors for Lighting from TE Connectivity
New Push Grip Wire Connectors for Lighting from TE Connectivity TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has introduced the new Push Grip wire connectors for electrical installations. These tool-less, poke-in wire splice connectors provide visual termination of solid and stranded wires in gauges from 22 to 12 AWG (0.5 – 2.5 mm²). The connectors are color-coded according to the number of positions for easy identification, and their compact size enables them to be used in tight spaces. A test slot incorporated into each connector allows for voltage testing. Read more »
CoB LEDs | Featured | LEDs | Components | Mar 20, 2017
Samsung Introduces Second Generation Chip-on-Board LED Packages
Samsung Introduces Second Generation Chip-on-Board LED Packages Samsung Electronics announced its second generation of D-series chip-on-board (COB) LED packages. The second generation features the industry’s highest light efficacy in COB lineups and is suitable for directional lighting applications such as multifaceted reflector (MR) bulbs, parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) lamps, spotlights, downlights and high bay lights. Read more »
LEDs | Components | Mar 20, 2017
Cree's Second Gen. XHP LED Delivers Unmatched Efficacy & Lumen Density
Cree's Second Gen. XHP LED Delivers Unmatched Efficacy & Lumen Density Cree, Inc. introduces the XLamp® XHP70.2 LED, the second generation of the highest output Extreme High Power LED, which delivers up to 9 percent more lumens and 18 percent higher lumens-per-watt (LPW) than the first generation XHP70 LED. The XHP70.2 LED provides up to 58 percent higher lumen density than the closest competitor LED of the same size, enabling smaller luminaires and better optical control for high-lumen lighting applications than ever before. Read more »
Components | Electromechanics | Connectors | Mar 16, 2017
TE Connectivity Introduces LUMAWISE Endurance S Module for Smarter Street Lighting Applications
TE Connectivity Introduces LUMAWISE Endurance S Module for Smarter Street Lighting Applications Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, has introduced a new compact connectivity solution for street lighting with LED light sources. TE´s LUMAWISE Endurance S module consists of a standardized interface between the receptacle and module base or sealing cap. Which uses an integrated single gasket that can accommodate and seal both luminaire and module using the same connection interface for either 40 mm or 80 mm diameter central management systems. Read more »
Components | Thermal Management | Heat Sink | Mar 16, 2017
GlacialTech Announces New 400W Igloo SS400 LED Flood Light Heatsink Kit
GlacialTech Announces New 400W Igloo SS400 LED Flood Light Heatsink Kit GlacialTech, the diversified LED technology provider, announces a new 400W heatsink for outdoor flood lights. The Igloo SS400 features an efficient heatsink with thermal resistance 0.1875 °C/W, preventing LEDs from overheating with large-surface area heatsinks. A waterproof glass cover is available for outdoor applications, with an IP65 rating for weather protection and adjustable stainless steel mounting rotation bracket and screws. Read more »
Components | Electronics | Controls | Microcontrollers | Mar 14, 2017
Infineon Adds DALI Stack to Advance Lighting Applications with XMC™ Microcontrollers
Infineon Adds DALI Stack to Advance Lighting Applications with XMC™ Microcontrollers At the Embedded World 2017 Exhibition and Conference, Infineon Technologies AG presents its ARM®-based XMC™ microcontroller advancements for a wide range of industrial applications as well as motor control solutions based on iMotion™. The novelties include development support that significantly reduces design complexity, development time and system cost, and helps speed-up DALI certified LED designs. Read more »
Featured | Components | LED Modules | LED Strips | Mar 10, 2017
Willighting Releases a 120 LEDs/m RGB LED Flexible Strip with CE
Willighting Releases a 120 LEDs/m RGB LED Flexible Strip with CE Willighting releases a updated version of RGB flexible strip. The item is DC24 V 120 LEDs/m in 25 W/m. The thickness of PCB is 2oz. The dense array produce a vibrant colour palette. The slim line LED FLEX can help achieve prefect colour mixing for a magnitude of applications. Additionally, the close proximity of the high powered LEDs creates the illusion of one endless line of light. Read more »
LEDs | AC CoB LEDs | Components | Mar 09, 2017
Seoul Semiconductor Brings Direct-AC LEDs to a New Dimension Introducing Acrich COB
Seoul Semiconductor Brings Direct-AC LEDs to a New Dimension Introducing Acrich COB Seoul Semiconductor, a world leader in LED technology, presents the new Acrich COB family of products targeting the high-quality and high efficiency lighting market. “The Acrich COB family is an entirely new LED concept, adopting its proprietary Acrich MJT technology - multi-junction LED technology and direct AC technology on a COB platform, ,” said Nam Ki-Bum, Chief Technology Officer of Seoul Semiconductor. “In addition to the MJT COB and AC COB line-ups, Seoul Semiconductor will also be launching two enhanced COB products this year, and we are going to market them worldwide together with all our high-quality LED solutions.” Read more »
Components | LED Modules | Mar 08, 2017
Greater Efficiency and New Light Colour for Spotlight LED Modules
Greater Efficiency and New Light Colour for Spotlight LED Modules Tridonic has given its sixth generation SLE LED modules a chip upgrade and at the same time expanded its colour palette. The ART, FOOD and FASHION colours, each optimised to a specific application, have now been joined by the TINGE light colour which makes warm tones appear even more vibrant. All the versions benefit from greater efficiency in high-output mode and are now available with a 17 mm light emission surface. Read more »
ICs | Connectivity | Electronics | Smart Lighting + IoT | Components | Mar 06, 2017
Swatch Group - World's Smallest Bluetooth Chip with Useful Features for Lighting
Swatch Group - World's Smallest Bluetooth Chip with Useful Features for Lighting Three world records in the "Swiss Silicon Valley". Swatch Group is proud to introduce a new Bluetooth chip with exceptional features unrivaled by any existing product. The new integrated circuit is designed 100% by EM Microelectronic, Swatch Group R&D and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM). Read more »
Components | LED Modules | Mar 02, 2017
Seoul Semiconductor Europe Introduces Reference Modules for its Wicop LEDs
Seoul Semiconductor Europe Introduces Reference Modules for its Wicop LEDs Seoul Semiconductor Europe, a subsidiary of Seoul Semiconductor Co.,Ltd, a world leader in LED-technology, today announced the availability of reference modules based on its package-free Wicop LEDs. Marc Juarez, Head of Technical Team at Seoul Semiconductor Europe, says about the new reference modules: “With these new modules, our customers can implement even faster our robust and efficient Wicop LEDs, which provide a market leading color uniformity combined with a high luminous efficiency. In addition, Seoul Semiconductor realized a very efficient and smooth process of delivering customized solutions, providing customers with the speed and flexibility needed in this rapidly changing environment.” Read more »
LEDs | CoB LEDs | Components | Mar 02, 2017
Luminus Expands Its COB LED Portfolio with New, Higher CRI and Gamut Options
Luminus Expands Its COB LED Portfolio with New, Higher CRI and Gamut Options Luminus Devices, Inc., a global manufacturer of high-performance LEDs and solid-state light sources, today announced volume availability of its new Xtreme Sensus chip-on-board (COB) LED array. Xtreme Sensus gives retailers and visual merchandisers new options for illuminating displays or creating atmospheres that make people feel engaged and excited. Building on the success of Sensus, Xtreme Sensus is even further below the blackbody locus and delivers an even brighter, ‘pure white’ light that studies have shown is preferred by observers. Luminus engineered Xtreme Sensus with an extended gamut area, greater than 130, which means colors will be saturated and provide a sense of energy while remaining aligned with people’s mental expectations for visual correctness. Read more »
Components | LED Modules | AC LED Modules | Mar 02, 2017
Fulham To Introduce New DirectAC LED Engines
Fulham To Introduce New DirectAC LED Engines Fulham, a leading supplier of lighting components and electronics for commercial and specialty applications, will be demonstrating its new DirectAC LED Engines at the Strategies in Light conference being held here this week. The new AC direct drive unit removes the need for a driver, resulting in a cost-efficient, reliable lighting solution that is ideal for wall sconces and ceiling luminaires. Read more »
Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Feb 24, 2017
Inventronics EDC Series Driver for the Challenging Power Conditions in the Indian Market
Inventronics EDC Series Driver for the Challenging Power Conditions in the Indian Market Inventronics is a global company that operates on a local scale in the communities it does business in. It works closely with customers to ensure it provides the correct driver for any application. Inventronics is pleased to announce the release of a 60 W series of constant-current LED drivers created specifically to handle the challenging power conditions in the Indian market. Read more »
CoB LEDs | Featured | LEDs | Components | Feb 24, 2017
Samsung Introduces Second Generation Chip-on-Board LED Packages
Samsung Introduces Second Generation Chip-on-Board LED Packages Samsung Electronics announced its second generation of D-series chip-on-board (COB) LED packages. The second generation features the industry’s highest light efficacy in COB lineups and is suitable for directional lighting applications such as multifaceted reflector (MR) bulbs, parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) lamps, spotlights, downlights and high bay lights. Read more »
Featured | Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Feb 24, 2017
New Osram UltraFlat System for Innovative Luminaire Designs
New Osram UltraFlat System for Innovative Luminaire Designs With a depth of just 11 mm, the UltraFlat Osram Dali LED driver teams up perfectly with the PrevaLED Linear Slim LED module and the small Osram UltraFlat light and presence sensor to open up new and innovative luminaire design options that were not possible before. Read more »
Horticulture | Featured | Color LEDs | LEDs | Components | Feb 24, 2017
Cree Offers Industry’s Brightest, Most Efficient Horticulture LEDs
Cree Offers Industry’s Brightest, Most Efficient Horticulture LEDs Cree’s new XLamp® XP-E & XQ-E High Efficiency (HE) Photo Red LEDs deliver up to 21% higher output than the previous generations of XQ-E and XP-E Photo Red LEDs, enabling horticulture lighting manufacturers to deliver higher performance products, reduce luminaire size and lower system cost. The XP-E HE Photo Red LED is the first photo red LED to break the 1 W radiant flux barrier at 85°C, while the XQ-E HE Photo Red delivers over twice the PPF output per area compared to the closest competitor. Read more »
Components | UV-LEDs | Medical | Feb 24, 2017
LG Innotek Unveils the World's First 70 mW UV-C LED
LG Innotek Unveils the World's First 70 mW UV-C LED LG Innotek today announced that the company has developed the world's first 70 mw UV-C LED for sterilization applications. As its sterilization performance is 1.5 times higher than the competitor’s 45 mW module.UV-C LED produces the short wavelength ultraviolet rays in the range of 200 – 280 nm, allowing it to be used for sterilization purpose. It prevents the proliferation of bacteria by destroying their DNA. LG Innotek’s product emits UV in the range of 280nm. Read more »
Components | Electronics | Driver Modules | Feb 22, 2017
Thomas Research Products Introduces New SelectSync LED Drivers
Thomas Research Products Introduces New SelectSync LED Drivers Thomas Research Products has introduced an entirely new family of feature-rich programmable LED drivers under the SelectSync name. These cost-competitive models offer a variety of new solutions for powering intelligent lighting devices. Thomas Research Products manufactures complete LED power and control solutions for OEMs and retrofitters. Read more »
LEDs | CoB LEDs | Components | Feb 22, 2017
Samsung Introduces Second Generation Chip-on-Board LED Packages
Samsung Introduces Second Generation Chip-on-Board LED Packages Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced component solutions, today announced its second generation of D-series chip-on-board (COB) LED packages. The second generation features the industry’s highest light efficacy in COB lineups and is suitable for directional lighting applications such as multifaceted reflector (MR) bulbs, parabolic aluminized reflector (PAR) lamps, spotlights, downlights and high bay lights. Read more »
Components | Thermal Management | Heat Sink | Feb 21, 2017
MechaTronix Launches First Horticulture Cooling Platforms
MechaTronix Launches First Horticulture Cooling Platforms That horticulture lighting is hot these days is an understatement. The media attention, dedicated events and manifold speakers attracting the listeners all point out that there is a big future (read capital) behind led lighting in the horti- and agriculture sphere. All the players are preparing their strategies and products to earn a piece of the pie, and so is one of the thermal market leaders, MechaTronix from Taiwan. We speak to Koen Vangorp, CEO of the company. “The thermal challenges and opportunities in horticulture lighting are from an unprecedented level and will definitely impact the future of our company. Were MechaTronix started off with cooling of spot lights and down lights ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand lumen, they now end up in the era of kilowatts of energy losses which need to be cooled away, environments with extreme needs on temperature and humidity control, and nothing yet standardized on the market…” Read more »
Components | Thermal Management | Phase Change Material | Feb 14, 2017
Electrolube Launch New Thermal Phase Change Materials
Electrolube Launch New Thermal Phase Change Materials Electro-chemicals specialist, Electrolube will be demonstrating a range of capabilities and special products at this premier annual event for the global LED and solid state lighting industries. Part of HK Wentworth Ltd and an established global manufacturer of electro-chemicals, Electrolube will have a strong presence at this year’s Strategies in Light exhibition, where the company plans to show a range of products designed to protect and enhance the performance of modern LED lighting products. Read more »
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