Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are low-voltage light sources that require a constant DC voltage or current to operate optimally. Because they operate on a low-voltage DC power supply, they easily adapt ...

The adoption of LEDs continues to expand across a variety of sectors, including automotive, agricultural, industrial, commercial, and outdoor lighting. The biggest growth drivers are their lower power ...

Can LED drivers be too smart? Can QJTs become reality? A dc-dc converter that extends battery lifetime by 50%? Find out the answers to these questions in the latest edition of PowerBites. Fabricated ...

This article is a design idea of a LED driver for halogen light bulb retrofit using LinkSwitch-TN. The design highlights include constant current (cc) output, universal input voltage range, meets ...

Supertex’s PS30 constant-frequency (67 kHz), constant duty-cycle LED driver provides high power factor correction (PFC) for dimmable off-line LED bulb and tube applications. The device is intended to ...

It all started when [Damien Walsh] got his hands on some surplus LED boards. Each panel contained 100 mini-PCBs hosting a single bright LED that were meant to be to be snapped apart as needed. [Damien ...

Regular Hackaday readers are surely familiar with Nixie tubes: the fantastically retro cold cathode display devices that hackers have worked into all manner of devices (especially timepieces) to give ...