High-brightness LEDs are an inexpensive, robust, and green replacement for halogen light bulbs. This Idea for Design shows you how to apply an AC LED driver to convert the usual 12 or 24 V AC ...

The MAX16840 is an LED driver IC for lighting applications. It includes all the necessary features to design low-component-count LED drivers for 12V AC and 24V AC input (e.g., MR16) light bulbs. A ...

This article is excerpted from Section 21 of “Analog Circuit Design: Volume 3 – The Design Note Collection,” (ISBN: 978-0-12-800001-4), edited by Bob Dobkin and John Hamburger of Linear Technology ...

The iML8684 claims improved circuit stability in sub 3Vac situations created by TRIAC dimming, resulting in superior light quality at low dimming. This improvement also increases the number of ...

High power LED lighting is harder than it looks. Power, dimming, control, and communication collide in one design.

The AZ Series AC input line of stored data network drivers from Oriental Motor now includes the EtherNet/IP communications protocol. They can be used with AC input AZ Series mtors. It is easy to ...

At PACK EXPO, Oriental Motor announced the addition of Ethernet/IP communications protocol to its AZ Series AC input line of stored data network drivers. All of the AZ Series drivers’ features remain ...

Guest columnist Faraz Hasan, marketing and business development manager at Tyco Electronics Circuit Protection Products says that LEDs can require overcurrent protection despite built-in safety ...

CCFL backlights are the most common backlight technology and are used in displays ranging from 5.7 to 23 in. or more diagonal. They can have from one to 24 or more lamps mounted along the edge of the ...