Fault-management chip offers improved performance, safety
October 15, 2012 3:09 pm | Stmicroelectronics | Product Releases | CommentsLED lights for critical applications such as vehicle lights, streetlamps and emergency lights are even more dependable and long-lasting thanks to a new fault-management chip from STMicroelectronics. The new chip, the LBP01, is used in lamps that comprise multiple channels each containing several LEDs.
LISTED UNDER: Optoelectronics & DisplaysSolderless LED sockets support a full range of LED arrays
October 15, 2012 2:58 pm | Product Releases | CommentsTE Connectivity announces the release of a family of solderless LED sockets for the LUXEON H, K, and S emitter platforms. Working together the two companies are enabling the lighting industry to adopt LED technology faster and more reliably. The TE Type LH, LK, and LS solderless LED sockets support a full range of LUXEON
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High-brightness LED backlights intended for sunlight readable displays
October 15, 2012 9:51 am | Product Releases | CommentsGlobal Lighting Technologies (GLT) has introduced new high-brightness backlight solutions for high-efficiency sunlight-readable displays. GLT can design and build the new high brightness light guides in different sizes – e.g., 5-, 7-, 9- and 12-inch diagonal – to fit the customer’s requirements.
LISTED UNDER: Optoelectronics & DisplaysSony-Olympus Alliance Aims For High-Tech Surgery
October 2, 2012 3:23 pm | News | CommentsSony's new alliance with scandal-tarnished Olympus will focus on producing endoscopes and other surgical tools packed with the Japanese electronic maker's three-dimensional imaging and super-clear "4K" display technologies. Sony Corp. President Kazuo Hirai said it's not clear when the alliance's first products will become available.
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Explosion-proof LED emergency light resists the effects of rust and corrosion
October 2, 2012 9:59 am | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics' Lxlite.com has announced today the release of an explosion proof LED emergency light designed to withstand wet and corrosive conditions. Ruggedly built to resist the effects of rust and corrosion, the HALP-EMG-48-2L-LED Explosion Proof LED Emergency Light provides instant and automatic emergency lighting operation in the event of power failures.
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Light grids ideal for warehousing, material handling, packaging
October 1, 2012 3:26 pm | Product Releases | CommentsPepperl+Fuchs introduces LGS Series light grids. The LGS series features a slim IP67 enclosure housing with the control unit integrated into the receiver module, uncomplicated plug-and-play mounting plus software-free and PC-free programming. As a result the LGS series is an easy-to-install, commission and operate sensing
LISTED UNDER: Optoelectronics & Displays | Packaging & InterconnectsWLED backlight driver devices designed for monitor and small-size panel TVs
October 1, 2012 9:45 am | Product Releases | CommentsWith the successful release of the HT7943/HT7945 WLED backlight driver devices for Notebook/Tablet PC display applications, Holtek now announces the release of two new devices, the HT7953 and HT7955, for the monitor and small-size panel TV (less than 27 inches) WLED backlight driver application area.
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LED spotlight includes improved spot beam pattern
September 28, 2012 4:47 pm | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics’ Lxlite.com has released a high grade LED spotlight designed for demanding applications which require a more precisely focused light beam. The LEDLB-21-3C-R 21 Watt LED Spotlight produces a 1,750 lumen light beam reaching over 500 feet in length with better beam control and less spread than normally found with LED spotlights.
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Enclosures are similar in size to a credit card
September 26, 2012 10:24 am | Product Releases | Comments‘POCKET-CARD’ enclosures from TEKO are similar in size to a credit card, but deep enough to accept a PCB populated with surface mount components. These enclosures have been designed for small mobile devices such as remote controls, medical devices, exposure level monitors, and identity or security
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Power transformer allows operators to run low voltage lighting and equipment with standard voltages
September 24, 2012 2:11 pm | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics’ Magnalight has introduced a compact yet rugged power transformer that allows operators to run low voltage lighting and equipment with standard voltages. The Magnalight TX-1000VA-4XAO Power Transformer can be configured to convert 120 or 240 VAC at 50/60hz to 12/24 VDC or 12/24 VAC...
LISTED UNDER: Optoelectronics & DisplaysLED driver includes multiple dimming control modes
September 20, 2012 12:56 pm | Product Releases | CommentsTexas Instruments introduced a six-channel LED driver with dynamic headroom control for high-power applications, which accurately and efficiently drives up to six strings of LEDs. The LM3463 is the industry’s first wide-input voltage LED driver with multiple dimming control modes that maximizes system efficiency and reduces complexity in LED area lighting applications...
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LED offers high intensity illumination for mining, hunting, boating, military, and law enforcement applications
September 19, 2012 12:18 pm | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsLarson Electronics Magnalight.com defines yet another premier lighting design with the launch of the LEDP5W-60-1227 Mining light. Designed with durability and ruggedness in mind, the New Magnalight.com mining LED offers high intensity illumination for applications in the mining industry, hunting, boating, military, and law enforcement.
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LED for automotive front lighting offers low thermal resistance and high light output at high currents
September 19, 2012 12:07 pm | Osram Opto Semiconductors | Product Releases | CommentsThe new Oslon Black Flat LED from Osram Opto Semiconductors is a high-performance light source for automotive front lighting systems that offers high light output at high currents, uniform light distribution, thermal stability and exceptionally good contrast for seeing and being seen.
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Explosion-proof emergency lighting system includes illuminated exit sign
September 19, 2012 11:38 am | Larson Electronics Llc | Product Releases | CommentsMagnalight by Larson Electronics announced today the release of the EXP-EMG-EXT-12W-2L Explosion Proof Emergency Light with Exit Sign that provides 90 minutes of light and exit sign operation in the event of power failures. This emergency lighting system is Class 1 Division 1, Class 2 Division 1 & 2 approved and provides the fail safe operation needed in industrial environments...
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LED Light engines ideal for life science instruments
September 13, 2012 10:22 am | Product Releases | CommentsInnovations in Optics, Inc. offers a new generation of ultra-high brightness LED Light Engines with integrated fluorescence excitation filters for use with many types of life science instruments.LumiBright LE Light Engines use state-of-the-art LED technology and interference filters with hard dielectric coatings
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