The occasion for this project was retrofitting an illuminated wall picture with LED backlighting. As soon as I applied LED power, the brightness blinded me — much brighter than the original T20 ...

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been gaining popularity in consumer electronics and automotive lighting, and now LED lighting is emerging as a potential replacement for the standard incandescent ...

1. A Cree XM-L RGBW high-power LED can be driven by two LT3964 LED drivers for accurate 1:8192 per channel dimming. 2. Typical driver architectures offer 8-bit color resolution. Implementing a driver ...

Frank Hertel’s project: three individually dimmable LED lights. (Frank is the master of recycling; the wooden mounting pedestals are the panels from a decommissioned ATI console!) Thanks for your ...

Lights are an integral part of any home. With lighting being some of the important components in any home, users might be tempted to spice things up a little bit. Smart home systems are only now ...

A recent discussion with Scott Brown of iWatt revealed some interesting facts about the design of IC drivers for consumer LED lighting. Although LED lifetime can reach about 20 years and the power ...

In [Big Clive]’s recent grab bag of tat ordered from Chinese commerce platforms, there were two touch light control boxes ...

This Zigbee 3.0-based plug-in dimmer lets you dim up to two lamps without switching to smart bulbs. Most smart-home owners dim lamps by screwing in smart bulbs, but plugging your lamps into a smart ...