EEVblog #50 - Solid State Cree LED Lighting, and How Thermal Design Sucks.
June 30, 2010 9:28 am | by EEVblog | CommentsDave lights up his new backyard deck with Cree XPG LEDs, and then winds up measuring the wind from a storm instead. And who can spell efficacy?
ECN's Alix Paultre on Display Technology
June 30, 2010 9:28 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsElectronic Component News' Editor-in-Chief Alix Paultre discusses the latest LED-driven LCD technology, with an overview of other display tech including Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS), Digital Light Processing (DLP), and Vacuum Flourescent Display (VFD).
EEVblog #67 - Hacking the Princeton Tec EOS LED Headlamp with a Cree XPG
June 30, 2010 9:28 am | by EEVblog | CommentsDave does a teardown of the Princeton Tec EOS headlamp and mods it with a new Cree XPG LED. Throw in a quick reverse engineer of the circuit, gratuitous scope shots, torturing a thermistor, a practical demonstration of why you really do need 5 multimeters on your bench, and as usual Dave...
ROHM LED Driver - Another Geek Moment
June 30, 2010 9:27 am | by digikey | CommentsJamie Pederson demonstrates the use of the 11 pin SIP LED driver module from ROHM semiconductor. http://digikey.com/rohm-led-driver
SID 2010: Dontech's Optical Filters
June 30, 2010 9:27 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsJeff Blake from Dontech discusses how the company takes commerical off-the-shelf (COTS) displays and integrates their optical filters. From SID 2010.
Dontech's Transparent Heaters at SID 2010
June 30, 2010 9:26 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsJeff Blake from Dontech goes over the company's selection of transparent heaters at SID 2010.
Sharp at SID 2010: Transflective vs. Transmissive Displays
June 30, 2010 9:26 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsDave Hagan from Sharp Microelectronics talks about the company's LCD technology, comparing transflective backlit LED displays to transmissive. From the showfloor of SID 2010.
SID 2010: Renesas' "Super Reflective Natural Light Technologies"
June 30, 2010 9:26 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsRobert Dunhouse from Renesas talks about the company's "super reflective natural light technologies" at SID 2010.
SID 2010: NEC's Instant Touch Panel
June 30, 2010 9:26 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsYasuhiro Okada from NEC LCD Technologies goes over the company's Instant Touch Panel.
Endicott Research Group at SID/Display Week 2010
June 30, 2010 9:25 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsBill Abbott from Endicott Research Group (ERG) discusses the company's LED driver offerings.
SID 2010: Ocular's multi-touch touchscreen technology
June 30, 2010 9:25 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsAt the 2010 Society for Information Display (SID) Conference, Phil Spivey, President and CEO of Ocular, discusses their newest advancements in multi-touch touchscreen technology, with input for up to 10 fingers.
SID 2010: Microchip's mTouch projected capacitive touchscreen technology
June 30, 2010 9:25 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsAt the 2010 Society for Information Display (SID) Conference, Carol Crawford from Microchip discusses their mTouch projected capacitive touchscreen sensing technology.
SID 2010: Global Lighting Technologies' backlighting solutions
June 30, 2010 9:25 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsTim Bixler from Global Lighting Technologies discusses the company's backlighting solutions from the showfloor of the Society for Information Display (SID) Conference.
EEVblog #46 - Gossen Metrawatt Xtra Multimeter Review
June 30, 2010 9:24 am | by EEVblog | CommentsWhat have those wacky Germans been up to? Dave reviews the German made Gossen Metrawatt XTRA Multimeter. Also known as the Dranetz BMI Drantech XTRA In Australia you can get Gossen meters at http://www.zedflo.com.au
On Keypads and Design Philosophy
June 30, 2010 9:24 am | by ecnmagazine | CommentsECN Editor-in-Chief Alix Paultre looks at numeric keypads and what they tell us about design philosophy.


