Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...

Along with being brighter, LED bulbs tend to use less power and have a much longer average lifespan compared to conventional halogen bulbs. Now that LED lighting technology has gotten significantly ...

LED Chips, on the Cheap LED bulbs have long been lauded as an energy-efficient alternative to incandescent bulbs. But LED, or light-emitting diode, bulbs are expensive to produce, which has kept ...

To simplify incandescent-like LED dimming – where colour temperature (CCT) falls with intensity – Dialog Semi has introduced a single chip dual output power converter that needs no microcontroller.

They’re consistently popular with the readers, which is admittedly part of my (and EDN’s) motivation to continue doing them. But I personally also find them fascinating; inevitably I come across at ...

LED bulbs are a far more cost-efficient, environmentally-friendly option than traditional incandescent bulbs. With a life expectancy of 20 years or more (25x longer than incandescent), the energy ...

With Cree’s announcement of its XLamp MPL EasyWhite LED, the company moves another step forward in its quest to eliminate “binning” from the vocabulary of LED-lighting-application designers. The XLamp ...

Nanoparticle tech could make for brighter, longer-lasting LEDs By Ben Coxworth August 10, 2020 An array of conventional LED diodes, as used within an LED light bulb tarczas/Depositphotos View 2 Images ...

And my smart home actually felt even smarter.