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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Smart holiday string lights can add some serious flair to your festivities. With millions of color options and ...

We are well into the holiday season, but if you haven’t yet decorated your Christmas tree or put up holiday lighting, don’t do it until you’ve had a chance to look at Twinkly. The company released its ...

The Lepro ZB1 AI LED Outdoor String Lights provide a bright and illuminating experience for any outdoor space. Boasting an impressive array of features and support, the ZB1 AI LED Outdoor String ...

Outdoor string lights are a staple of summer decor—I see them at my favorite breweries and restaurants with outdoor seating as soon as the weather begins to warm up every spring. If you're hosting a ...

Govee’s string lights don’t look all that fantastic, but they’re fine for casual use–and it’s hard to beat the price. There are few easier ways to liven up a large, dark space than to drape string ...

Holiday lights are possibly the best application of smart features—they make it easy to turn your lights on and off from inside, or to be scheduled. When you add smart features to LED lights, they ...

Karen Oatman strung a 10-foot strand of thin wire LED lights ($13, Home Depot) above her patio table. The battery-operated lights are attached, along with clear glass balls, to an antique French ...

Part 2: A 60V buck-boost controller drives high power LEDs, charges batteries and regulates voltage with up to 98.5% efficiency at 100W and higher. Part 3: Offline LED lighting simplified: A high ...

Most engineers are quite familiar with typical low-power-indicator LEDs, whether they be surface-mount or the classical through-hole packages. All that's needed to use them is a voltage source and a ...