LIGHTING
Asking the right questions helps to educate customers and suppliers alike
Awareness and education are key aspects of market transformation, and there are now a number of tools to help improve the purchasing process, writes Brian Owen.
STANDARDS
LED lighting standards and guidelines are now building
on a firm foundation
Standards established in 2008 are being used in guidelines such as Energy Star criteria, and many other standards are in development on a global basis, as Kevin Dowling describes.
DESIGN FORUM
Optimized control schemes improve LED driver performance
A simplified control scheme built around an optimized HB-LED driver results in rapid start-up for good dynamic brightness control and other advantages, writes Peter Tod, principal systems engineer with Allegro MicroSystems Inc., Worcester, MA, USA.
Columns/Departments:
- Zumbotel joins Philips’ licensing program
- Molex and Leviton offer LED lighting modules
- LED makers extend performance boundaries
FUNDING + PROGRAMS
- Solid state lighting projects win $26 million in DOE funding
- DOE updates plans for SSL R&D
LAST WORD
Changing times ahead for large-area LED display manufacturers
Small manufacturers of large-area LED displays should form a consortium and develop a Common Module Approach, says Peter Pihos, partner of EDG Research & Consulting.
