Lighting

Lumileds has upgraded its high-power LUXEON HL2X portfolio with higher light output and colour stability. 

The DALI Alliance, the global industry organisation for DALI lighting control, has published two new technical guides that give more details about the DALI specifications for wireless and IP-based connectivity. 

Studiotech, specialist architectural lighting and dynamic control solutions provider, is participating in this year’s Design Crawl Manchester. Created as a collaboration between a group of interior experts, Design Crawl is Manchester’s only showroom-led design event, specially developed to inspire and excite the design community.

The DALI Alliance has extended its DALI-2 certification programme to include control gear for self-contained emergency lighting. Focused on device interoperability, DALI-2 certification is built on open, international standards.

Melexis is helping automobile manufacturers gain a competitive edge, opening up opportunities to add animated lighting functionality to their vehicles. A combination of advanced multi-channel driver ICs and a license-free high-speed bus protocol provide the performance and scalability required.

As more tasks become automated across manufacturing, these environments will rely less and less upon manual human labour, with the ultimate goal of 'lights-out' manufacturing. Lights-out manufacturing is a methodology in which manufacturing is fully automated and requires no human presence so that the lights and even ventilation can be shut off. Achieving lights-out manufacturing is a major goal for many companies,&n...

Signify is aiming to enhance road safety and improve the driving experience in Stockholm’s E4 Bypass tunnel, connecting the northern and southern parts of Stockholm County. Of the road’s 21km, more than 18km will be in a tunnel, making it one of the longest road tunnels in Europe, and one of Sweden's largest and most prestigious infrastructure projects to date.  

New ground-breaking EU and UK legislation is on track to shake up the lighting industry. A ten-year European government review begins its implementation in a major move to improve product efficiency, protect the environment and boost sustainability for the benefit of consumers.

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have revolutionised indoor and outdoor lighting. The efficiency, controllability, colour spectrum, thermal performance, and unique form factors of this solid-state lighting (SSL) technology have helped sideline the venerable Edison incandescent bulb (as well as the fluorescent, metal halide, or sodium vapour lamps). Rolf Horn of Digi-Key Electronics explains the role of new connectors.

Real-time video surveillance and remote monitoring are gaining importance in a wide range of industries such as oil and gas, power grid, industrial automation, and smart buildings. Pramod Ramachandra, Technical Architect - Software Design, Mistral Solutions explains.