Blog Posts

Cree luminaires interface directly with EcoSystem lighting controller

By Margery Conner May 8, 2012

While LED lighting is justifiably touted as being power miserly, it’s really how well they integrate into an intelligent lighting system that allows them a fast ROI/payback time, especially in commercial lighting installations.

LED array holders bring solderless assembly to solid-state lights

By Margery Conner April 18, 2012

LED arrays are gaining traction in the lighting world, where their ability to cram many LED emitters into a single small package makes them attractive for high-intensity lighting.

Cree claims R&D record for white LED: 254 lm/Watt

By Margery Conner April 17, 2012

Cree says that the R&D version of the white LED’s efficacy was measured at 254 lumens per watt, at a correlated color temperature of 4408 K at standard room temperature, 350 mA.

Why MR-16 lights are an attractive LED lighting product

By Margery Conner April 17, 2012

Lighting Science Group (LSG), the largest producer of LED bulbs in North America, has broadened its product line to include the MR-16 light.

Cirrus tackles dimmer compatibility challenges with digital LED controller

By Margery Conner April 9, 2012

Cirrus Logic’s initial entry into the LED lighting market indicates that the company believes the key to success in this highly-competitive sector lies in achieving near-100% compatibility with the existing base of old-fashioned TRIAC dimming switches.

Lumileds’ mid-power 5630 LED aims at office lighting

By Margery Conner April 6, 2012

The Lumileds 5630 is Philips Lumileds’ first white, mid-power LED, targeting the office lighting space (troffers and tube lights) and other distributed LED lighting applications.

Another advantage of LED lights: They don’t attract bugs, and here’s why

By Margery Conner April 2, 2012

Gary Trott, a product development innovator for Cree LED Lighting, noticed that the LR6 down lights installed at the entrance to Cree four years ago had no bugs in them. This is a remarkable characteristic for most lights.

Wi-Fi with LEDs, Bluetooth for iPhones, and wireless charging, all in one random walk

By Margery Conner March 30, 2012

During their presentation at Tuesday’s LED event at DESIGN West, Elecia White and Rob Mitchell talked about incorporating WiFi into their hacked and arduino-controlled GE LED light string.

Leeper tears down Philips L Prize LED bulb

By Margery Conner March 20, 2012

Doug Leeper got his hands on a Philips L-Prize bulb and promptly tore it down.

Capacitor selection helps achieve long lifetimes for LED lights

By Margery Conner February 29, 2012

Consumers often see LED lamp failures. If you look at the growing number traffic lights using LEDs, for example, you might see that many individual LED segments are no longer working. Early deployments, such as LED street lights in Asia, have experienced many failures.