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On August 9, 2023 in All, Energy Harvesting, General, Sensors by Liam Critchley

Piezo-phototronic materials share many characteristics with piezotronic materials that help modulate charge carriers and electric currents at different semiconducting interfaces, but they also have photoexcitation properties that enable them to enhance a range of optoelectronic devices.

New Tech Tuesdays: Commercial LED Applications Have Bright Futures

On September 27, 2022 in All, General, Lighting, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll look at LED commercial lighting solutions from Luminus Devices, New Energy, and Cree LED.

New Tech Tuesdays: 3 Solutions to Make Your Agriculture Efforts Smarter

On August 17, 2021 in All, IoT, Lighting, Low Power, New Tech Tuesdays, Sensors by Tommy Cummings

In this week's New Tech Tuesday, we'll look at smart-agriculture products from Microchip Technology, Crowd Supply, and OSRAM Opto Semiconductors.

Can Covid-19 Really Be Fought with UV Light?

On June 25, 2021 in All by John Hauschild

A hot topic for the lighting industry is the question of UV’s effectiveness against Covid-19. While initial research has been positive, it’s shown that using UV to kill Covid-19 pathogens is not as simple as turning on a light switch. We’ll explore why.

Tagged With: covid-19, disinfection, leds, light, pathogens, sterilization, ultraviolet, uv, uvc, uvgi

New Tech Tuesdays: Design Engineers Have Diverse Selection of UV Sterilization Products

On January 19, 2021 in All, General, Lighting, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Global health events have prompted us to turn to better methods of disinfection and sanitization, resulting in ultraviolet (UV) sterilization products becoming even more relevant in the market. Let’s look at three of these products.

Tagged With: disinfection, electronics, leds, products, sterilization, substrates, ultraviolet, uv, wavelength

Remote Sensing Fosters Healthier Lives

On September 8, 2020 in All, Dev Tools, General, IoT, Medical, Sensors, Wireless by Marcel Consée

Companies developing applications for first responders, seniors, and fitness face the same challenges and requirements from a design and development perspective. One of the major product groups for collecting health or fitness data are smartwatches or fitness wristbands.

Tagged With: apple watch, applications, covid-19, data, ecg, electronics, healthcare, leds, pulse, sensor, smart watch, toshiba

Influence of Controlled Environment Horticulture through Technology

On February 5, 2020 in All, IoT, Sensors by Brandon Huber

Whether growing plants in a greenhouse or indoors, many technologies aid in the advancement of these growing systems. Explore how these technologies work together to provide the highest precision in environmental control and, as a result, maximize efficiency and yields in plant growth.

Seeing the Light between Mid- And High-Power LEDs

On May 9, 2019 in All, Lighting by Paul Golata

LEDs have become ubiquitous and used in a variety of applications because they’re small, energy efficient (lm/W), robust, reliable, and feature-full. Mid-power LEDs are finding a niche in general illumination applications where size and uniformity take precedence over raw optical output power.

Buckle Up, Put It In Drive and ‘ROHM’ the Open Road

On February 28, 2019 in All, Automotive, Lighting by Paul Golata

Buckle up, put it in drive and, roam the open road. ROHM Semiconductor’ LEDs and LED drivers make this possible. Like the American bison, you have the freedom to roam where you want. Take advantage and drive out with your lights on and your seat belts fastened.

Tagged With: Automotive, Boost, Buck, Consumption, Control, Current, Devices, Drivers, Energy, LEDs, Light, Power

Vehicle Lighting with LEDs

On October 13, 2016 in Automotive, Lighting by Arden Henderson

Light Emitting Diode (LED) illumination is everywhere now. Though a slow start due to cost, LED lighting[0] is less costly now, ever so more versatile, and is scaling up rapidly in applications for homes, businesses, signage, and automotive applications, for starters.

Tagged With: LEDs

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