LED lighting is fast becoming the lighting design of choice for contemporary lighting projects, both residential and commercial. Touted for its green properties, such as low maintenance costs, long ...

To make LED fixtures even more energy efficient, learn how to properly dim the LED lamps. The quest for energy efficiency has led manufacturers to investigate ways of dimming all kinds of lighting ...

This custom circuit board picks up some of the pieces from a wall wart to drive a high-power LED. The basic concept is to keep the high-voltage components and swap out the low voltage ones for parts ...

The circuit drawn pertains to a regular industrial UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply), which shows how the batteries take control during an outage in electrical supply or variation beyond the normal ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Calculating the appropriate resistor values for a photocoupler isn’t complicated, but some basic min/max considerations must be acknowledged in when doing the analysis. Determining the resistor values ...