Lighting & Illumination

    May 2016
    Intersil claims highest-performance laser driver for automotive heads-up displays

    ISL78365 laser diode driver

    Intersil, a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, announced the ISL78365 laser diode driver for automotive heads-up display (HUD) systems. The highly integrated device pulses four high intensity lasers up to 750mA for projecting full-HD color video onto the windshield at
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    Date:
    05/31/2016
    MicroPower Direct's latest converters target space-constrained apps

    MI1000ERU series 10W DC/DC converter

    The MI1000ERU series, a family of 10W DC/DC converters, is now available from MicroPower Direct. These high performance power converters are designed to provide the model selection, long field reliability, economy and high performance features required for a wide variety space critical applications. Twenty models ope
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    Date:
    05/18/2016
    High power-factor buck LED driver meets international retrofit lamp requirements

    AL1676 universal AC-input LED driver

    Designed to meet or exceed worldwide power-factor regulations for non-dimmable retrofit LED bulbs and tube lighting, the AL1676 universal AC-input LED driver introduced by Diodes Incorporated provides a design that also delivers high efficiency and a low BOM cost. Options for the integrated MOSFET allow for 30
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    Date:
    05/17/2016
    Now more than ever, the blooming of the Internet of Things (IoT) has been putting emphasis on the longevity of battery life. Every IoT node demands a battery to operate. A household of two people can have anywhere from 20 to 60 batteries in use at any time, and consumers can’t be burdened with the need to ch
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    Date:
    05/07/2016
    Isolated power supply systems are prevalent in server systems, industrial applications, and telecommunication and networking equipment. In this bandwidth-hungry age of the Internet of Things (IoT), a growing number of these systems need to be efficiently powered, driving up the need for power-efficient, cost-effective so
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    Date:
    05/07/2016
    Part 1 of this article provided an overview of TT Electronics’ AEC Q200 qualified and certified transformers, which are optimized for use with a gate drive optocoupler to improve and simplify the design of isolated power supplies. This introduction looked at the theory of operation and how this impacts on ke
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    Date:
    05/07/2016
    Overvoltages and the associated high surge currents can damage, or even destroy electrical and electronic devices. Reliable overvoltage protection is therefore essential. On the basis of a new ceramic material, TDK has now developed a high-surge series of multilayer varistors that combine compact dimensions wi
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    Date:
    05/07/2016
    Micropower Direct unveils compact, 8W, isolated MiniDIP DC/DC converters

    MG800xRW series

    Available immediately from MicroPower Direct, the MG800xRW series provides 8W of output power in a space saving MiniDIP package. They are specifically designed to provide the compact size, high power density, I/O isolation and model selection required by a wide range of space-critical board-level applications. Twenty one models
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    Date:
    05/06/2016
    Wuerth's REDline Power Boxes offer custom configuration in a standard housing

    Wuerth's REDline Power Boxes offer custom configuration in a standard housing

    A novel approach to enabling power distribution, signal transmission, and function management in commercial vehicles, the REDline Power Box family is the name of the new system solution from Wuerth Elektronik ICS. With this series, the leading development partner and supplier of circuit-board-based central electrical sy
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    Date:
    05/04/2016
    Being a Sci-Fi geek, I am a fan of the late 1950’s Hollywood “cheesy” low budget Ed Wood movies typical of this genre. One of my favorite films is “Plan 9 from Outer Space,” in which aliens come to Earth to stop humanity from building a doomsday weapon that could destroy the entire universe. However, th
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    Date:
    05/04/2016
    FuturoLighting's latest smart LED controller targets smart homes

    Catherina CTRL smart LED controller

    FuturoLighting introduced a smart LED controller called the Catherina CTRL. This controller has implemented movement, ambient sensors as well as dimming, fading, day/night detection, corridor delay and intensity adjustment. It has compact dimensions of 55x55x14 mm and pass to each new or existing kitchen or roo
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    Date:
    05/03/2016
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