This resource provides clear explanations of how switching regulators work and how voltage boosting is achieved efficiently ...

High-powered LEDs are used in a growing number of applications, including automotive lighting, camera-phone flash, entertainment lighting, location lighting, landscape lighting, flashlights, bicycle ...

In a previous article, I discussed LEDs in general and their properties. In this write-up, I want to give some examples of driving LEDs and comparing a few of the most commonly used methods. There is ...

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 ...

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 ...

We all carry supercomputers in our pockets and use dozens of electric gizmos every day but rarely stop to marvel at the magical act of flicking a switch. Use your ordinary conducting and extraordinary ...

This is a simple flashing led circuit with 2 leds and 2 NPN transistors. It illustrates the behavior of transistors and capacitors and if you use an oscilloscope it will be very easy to determine what ...

Milwaukee's street lights are about to get significantly brighter as the Department of Public Works works to upgrade 54,000 street lights to LED bulbs by next year. Many of the city's 77,000 street ...