January 2010 Archives

The packaging behind the HB-LEDs

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 27, 2010 11:01 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
High-brightness (HB) LED packaging design continues to advance, and is contributing almost as much to performance as the LED chip itself, argues Margery Conner, Technical Editor of EDN.

In an analysis piece just loaded onto the site, she says that HB-LED efficacy may grab the headlines, but packaging is where the action is in this market.

Continue reading The packaging behind the HB-LEDs.

Comms at the speed of (LED) light

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 25, 2010 2:44 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
LED-based Visible Light Communication - Siemens.jpgResearchers from Siemens have broken their own record for wireless data transfer using white LED light, reports Engadget.com, stating that they achieved 500Mbps.

It writes:
The old record sat at "just" 200Mbps, but the new speeds are helping to take Visible Light Communication from a hopeful technology to a serious contender in the space. These same researchers were also able to show that a system using up to five LEDs is capable of beaming out data over long distances at up to 100Mbps.
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OLED lighting research backed by German government

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 13, 2010 2:33 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
OLED lighting got a boost today when Osram, Philips, BASF and Aixtron confirmed the German Government is to fund a research project, writes our technology editor, Steve Bush.

TOPAS 2012 is the second phase of the OLED 2015 initiative of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Continue reading OLED lighting research backed by German government.

OLED RFID ID CARDS

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 12, 2010 3:26 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks


Here's one OLED product I hope we don't see in the UK.

Shown off by Samsung at CES, it's the possible future of RF(ID) cards. The OLED screen displays a 360 degree rotating video of the owner's head...

Continue reading OLED RFID ID CARDS.

An accent on LED sofa lighting

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 12, 2010 3:05 PM | 1 Comment | No TrackBacks
sofa LED lighting.jpgHmmm. Not convinced by this one. Couches with integrated colour LEDs underneath, providing "accented" lighting with your sitting...

Thanks to Craziest Gadgets for this one. According to the website:
"The Asami Light LED lighted sofa is made by Italian company Calico and the lights are controlled by remote. Oh yeah baby!"
For those interested, you can find a gallery of pics on the Calico site.

Most read LED Luminaries posts in December

By Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 4, 2010 11:40 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
Low Voltage Halogen.jpgHere is a quick list of the most popular LED Luminaries posts in December. Check out what your peers are reading.

Popular posts include rivalry with halogen lighting, LED life expectancy, and Morrisons fresh choice of LEDs...

In reverse order:

10. Osram claims first LED-based replacement for 40W bulb

9. White LED backlit flat-panel LCD TVs prosper

8. Blue led - 20th anniversary of Cree's commercialisation

Continue reading Most read LED Luminaries posts in December.
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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.

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ian bryant.jpgIan 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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