Banner Engineering announces its WLA Series Encapsulated Area Lights. Designed for use in industrial environments, these powerful, solid-state LED lights are completely encapsulated in optically clear polyurethane enhancing chemical compatibility and increasing their resistance to shock and vibrations. The Encapsulated WLA light is a rugged, high intensity light ideal for machine lighting, visual inspection stations […]
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ArchiLume Series Of LED Drivers Provide Wide Range Dimming
The ArchiLume Series of LED drivers from ERG Lighting has the slim 100W drivers requiring an elegant look with smooth, flicker-free dimming and constant voltage output up to 100 watts with very low ripple. They are ideal for applications such as architectural (office, hospitality, commercial, institutional), high-end retail (in-store displays, showrooms), home (kitchen, bathroom) and […]
Global Lighting Technologies Retrofits Building With LED Lighting
Global Lighting Technologies has retrofitted its North American sales & engineering headquarters with LED ceiling lights. In a classic example of practicing what it preaches, GLT has replaced the facility’s existing fluorescent lights with its UL-certified LED-based 2’x2′ and 1’x4′ ceiling lights throughout the building. The new lights utilize GLT’s edge-lit light guide technology, where the […]
Phihong adds Dimmable Models to Waterproof LED Series
Phihong USA has expanded its PDA072 and PDA080 constant voltage LED driver series with 0-10V dimming models. The new PDA072 Series addition, designated the PDA072W-24VG-R, is rated for outputs of 72W at 24VDC and the new PDA080 Series addition, designated the PDA080W-48VG-R, is rated for outputs of 80W at 48VDC. Both the PDA072 and PDA080 […]
Dialight LED Family Receives DesignLights Consortium Certification
Dialight announced the listing of their 14,000 lumen DuroSite and SafeSite LED High Bay family on the DesignLights Consortium’s Solid State Lighting Fixtures Qualified Products List. Posting on the DLC list identifies the fixture as eligible for valuable utility rebate programs at the discretion of participating DLC utility partners and validates the High Bay’s exceptional energy […]
How to avoid errors when specifying sensor products
There are three things designers/engineers should seek to do when specifying sensor products. These are: thermal hysteresis, board mounts that are moisture sensitive, and sensors that are A/D convertible. The ability of the sensor to come back to the same output after a thermal change is called thermal hysteresis. Designers underestimate errors due to thermal […]
Four mistakes engineers make designing wireless sensors
With anything that is created, engineers make common mistakes in designing wireless sensors. Four mistakes commonly made are: over complication, using inexpensive technology, power issues, and not factoring global technological certifications. One of the first mistakes when designing wireless sensors is making the sensor/router pairing process too complicated and counterintuitive. Some engineers even make security […]
Future trends and challenges of the LED lighting business
The introduction of LEDs has the lighting industry facing many new challenges. With the introduction of LEDs the “digital era” began. This sped up development cycles so much that manufacturers are always busy developing new products. The lighting industry is used to relatively slow product development cycles – typically 9-12 months to introduce new products. […]
GreenPeak Technologies grows technology, development, and Smart Homes
GreenPeak Technologies, formed through the merger of Xanadu Wireless and Ubiwave (July 2007), develops RF communication chips for Smart Homes applications. Headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, it has offices in Belgium, USA, Japan and Korea. Xanadu Wireless, a Dutch fabless semi-conductor company, has been operating in stealth mode since early 2005. The Belgian company Ubiwave, pioneered […]
Podcast: Digital Controller Technology for Solid-State Lighting
Ikon Semiconductor’s integrated circuit (IC), for the dimmable LED retrofit market, is designed to meet cost and performance standards for today’s LED lighting products, while enabling greater design simplicity for bulb manufacturers and OEMs. Its IC solutions match the efficiency of comparative two-stage architectures, but with up to 25 percent fewer components. With broad dimmer […]
