I was more than a bit surprised when I actually got some results.
Continue reading Stop or I'll shoot ...my LED gun!.
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A bit of fun for a Friday.
Check out this amazing video of LED-based "extreme shepherding" on the Electro-ramblings blog.
Check out this amazing video of LED-based "extreme shepherding" on the Electro-ramblings blog.
I don't know if any one else here managed to blag some of the free Eco Build passes. But as soon as I walked in I noticed a huge piece of irony.
Continue reading Eco Build - Not so eco friendly lighting.
LEDs are often recommended for use in harsh and hazardous locations, but how do you test the abilities of a product to withstand such abuse.
Introducing the Dialight Animal House - test procedure - pre-recorded for your enjoyment and now available on you tube
Word of the Electronics Weekly LED blog has spread to my village, which is now obviously driving the hit rate up by thousands. It has led to suggestions I should spend more time in the pub instead of writing about LEDs - fair point, they should put WiFi in my local, so i can multi-task. However, beyond this blog their are a number of sites, lighting and LED related, constructed by people who really should have something better to do. I've already pointed to LED Museum, but it gets better. Earlier this month I was searching google for some PED images for use in a Dialight presentation.
Continue reading Explicit LED action !.
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Paul Ward
As Opto Product Manager at Farnell, Paul is overseeing the company's involvement in the rapidly evolving and high profile LED lighting market sector.
As well as ensuring that Farnell offers the latest technologies and products related to solid state lighting, Paul is also responsible for ensuring that the resources are in place to make it easier for design engineers to specify and design-in LED solutions for their applications.
Educated in Production Engineering and Design at Sheffield Hallam University, Paul has worked in various engineering, training and marketing roles for companies including C&K switches, ITT Cannon, Cherry and LED specialist Chicago Miniature Lighting.
Away from the world of LEDs, Paul is a Founder of the charity RTTW, Photographer and Harley Davidson rider; he has ridden and snapped across Europe, New Zealand and the USA on his chrome hog!
Gordon Routledge
Gordon Routledge is one of the original pioneers in LED illumination having worked with LEDs in illumination applications since 1996. Currently VP of Illumination at Dialight, Gordon founded Lumidrives in 2001, having previously been managing director at ACDC Lighting Systems. Gordon has a degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from university of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
Ian Bryant
Ian Bryant is Business Development Manager LED Division at Carclo Technical Plastics. He has worked on and off at Carclo (Formerly Combined Optical Industrial) since leaving school. He has worked through the company from Toolmaking to starting the company on the road of LED optics business some 6-7 years ago, starting with a standard range and more in line with the business of custom optics. In between all this he has worked in engineering and as a works Director for a hydraulics company but kept getting pulled back to the optics industrial. We are able to offer the full solution from idea to parts so have a very good understanding on what is needed. You will see some posts from our design team also under my name.
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