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Understand the factors and adaptations that impact LED efficiency (MAGAZINE)

by | Jun 9, 2016 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Driver ICs, Drivers Electronics, Features, LEDs Applications, LEDs Sources, Microcontrollers, Modular Drivers, Networks & Controls, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, SSL Design, Street, Test Equipment, Thermal, White-Point Tuning

Alexander Wilm examines the factors that impact the efficiency of LED-based solid-state lighting systems, and considers product development options that balance application requirements and optimum efficiency. The original version of this article can be found...

Cellular networks offer real benefits in connecting LED street lights (MAGAZINE)

by | Jun 9, 2016 | Backlighting Signs & Displays, Drivers Electronics, Features, Indoor Networks & Controls, LEDs Applications, Microcontrollers, Networks & Controls, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, Services & Testing, Smart Cities, Street

The SSL industry is clearly headed toward connected lighting, and Shonika Vijay of Strategies Unlimited explains why the mobile data networks that link smartphones to the Internet may also be a good option for LED street lights. The original version of this article...

NGL SSL Competition 2016 (MAGAZINE)

by | Jun 9, 2016 | Awards and Events, Backlighting Signs & Displays, Business and Industry, Color Tuning, Controls and Power, Downlights, Drivers Electronics, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Modular light engines, Networks & Controls, Outdoor Lighting, Retail & Hospitality, SSL Design, Tunable lighting, White-Point Tuning

As Carrie Meadows reports, the Next-Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Design competition continues to follow trending technologies and applications; thus this year the judges were also tasked with evaluating two new product categories – connected...

Retail abandons CMH lamps in favor of flexible solid-state lighting (MAGAZINE)

by | Jun 9, 2016 | Business and Industry, Driver ICs, Facade & Entertainment, Features, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Lighting Projects, Retail & Hospitality, Retail and museum, Retrofit lamps, SSL Design, White-Point Tuning

Tom Jory and James Zhai describe how LED-based lighting with spectral enhancement can replace legacy sources in demanding applications such as retail and hospitality. The original version of this article can be found...

Taiwanese networking companies join the smart lighting race

by | Jun 7, 2016 | Adaptive controls, Business and Industry, Controls and Power, Drivers Electronics, IIF, Indoor Lighting, Indoor Networks & Controls, Industry News, LED, LEDs Applications, Light Sources, Microcontrollers, Networks, Networks & Controls, Services & Testing

Edimax and ZyXEL hope to soon connect LEDs to home apps and routers in another example of information technology crossing over the lighting industry. The original version of this article can be found...