LED replacement of incandescent lighting for residential use involves IC design that requires “penny pinching” to a degree not found in many other areas. LED-based bulbs that replace their ...

This application note provides a practical guideline of TRIAC dimmable LED bulb board design. Passive and active bleeder design guides detail how to maintain latching and holding current without ...

Power Integrations announced four reference designs describing drivers for dimmable PAR 30 and PAR 38 LED light bulbs. Jointly developed by Power Integrations and CREE, the designs showcase the ...

Instead of copying incandescents, GE Lighting’s Light + Form bulbs explore new shapes and "filament" designs only LEDs can pull off.

When the first CFL bulbs came to market nearly 30 years ago, consumer adoption was slowed by the fact that many of these products didn’t meet consumer expectations of light preference and home ...

The typical household LED light bulb is advertised with a 25,000 hour lifespan, which would be more than 20 years at 3 or so hours of use per day. That sounds great, but it seems that a good number of ...

Astera, a German-based developer of light solutions for film, event and TV markets, will showcase its range of LED-based lighting gear, including its new LunaBulb, at the 2024 IBC Show, Sept. 13-16 at ...

The bulk of the technologies and products based on them that I encounter in my everyday interaction with the consumer electronics industry are evolutionary (and barely so in some cases) versus ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...