Browsing articles from "April, 2011"
Japanese Earthquake affects LED supply chain?
The trickle-down effect of the Japanese Earthquake recently is just NOW starting to be felt by the electronic industry. I received a call from a customer I had previoulsy done a design using Nichia NESL064A . He is asking for help to redesign using other manufacturers of LEDs due to 6 month delivery schedule. Of course, semiconductor facilities close to Fukujima suffered some devastating losses and may be down for months: Renasis lost half of it factories, Hitachi is causing severe automotive component shortages, TI lost its DLP “cash cow” production, etc.
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125W 12,000 Lumen LED High Bay Light
This is a 125W 12,000 lumen LED high bay light. It features 30 4W Cree XP-G LED’s and can replace traditional 200 W HID highbay lights.
From the Blog
- Marvell Semiconductor Surprises with 88EM8183 LED Driver chip
- Japanese Earthquake affects LED supply chain?
- Is the Energy Star Program DOA?
- Is OLED the new Disruptive Technology in Solid State Lighting?
- EPA Releases Final Draft of Energy Star 1.0
- Energy Star Exempts ‘snow-cone’ LED bulbs from certification program!
