Such an airy and open design obviously has the potential for mechanical issues, which [Sasa] addressed by adding pads at three corners of each board; a vertical PCB connects to each LED board to ...

A LED light pipe is an optical fiber or a solid transparent plastic rod for transmitting light from an LED mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) to the user interface. Light pipes transmit up ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I f… ...

When a design-led approach is applied with purpose and depth, it is a quantifiable business driver.

1. The Cree PAR38 floodlight from 2013 is a rock-solid design with a heavy metal fluted base, a metal-clad PCB for the LEDs, and a high-frequency power supply.

Part 1 of this three-part series introduced the technical and engineering steps necessary to design an LED display system from individual LED lamps. Part 2 provided the remaining steps needed to ...

Figure 4 shows the LED PCB andconnector, as well as the thermal-interfacematerial that helps pull theheat away from the LEDs into the relatively massive heat sink. Popping offthe bulb’s power socket ...

Overcoming Design Challenges Creating a functional LED mask that balances identity concealment with aesthetic appeal required overcoming numerous design challenges.

The two senior advisors, who announced their resignations on LinkedIn, helped lead the CISA’s Secure by Design initiative, focused on creating incentives for private-sector software providers to ...

Inside the World of Parent-Led Dorm Design, Where College Move-In Day Costs $5K and a Year of Planning (Exclusive) Some spend thousands hiring professional dorm room decorators, but these parents ...

PCB design is seeing complexity grow as factors such as manufacturing enterprise requirements and legislation become relevant An EDS conference session presented by Abaco Systems – which develops ...

Inevitably, this has led to designers sacrificing certain design aspects for the sake of others, adopting more PCB layers than needed or taking a “good enough” approach to avoid extended time to ...