In a previous article, I discussed LEDs in general and their properties. In this write-up, I want to give some examples of driving LEDs and comparing a few of the most commonly used methods. There is ...

Ikea’s popular Varmblixt lamp just got a smart home glow-up. The delightfully bulbous light now features color-changing, ...

Electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps have already overtaken magnetic ballasts in both volume and value. The same trend is now taking place in the high-intensity discharge (HID) lamp ballast ...

This article introduces a DALI 2.0 slave software stack for XMC 1000 microcontrollers. This stack was developed by Infineon in close cooperation with Xenerqi and accelerates design of LED lighting ...

The circuit above is an light sensitive automatic switch which functions in absence of light. The IC 4060 works as an oscillator and the generated signal is applied to the base of T4 transistor.

Homeowner expectations are shifting fast. Contractors who get ahead of the smart lighting curve stand to expand project scope ...

Conventional curved lenses, which direct light by refraction in glass or plastic, are often bulky and heavy, offering only limited control of light waves. Metasurfaces, in contrast, are flat and ...