The polarity markings on LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) seem to be a common cause of confusion. The polarity may be indicated by a flat section on one side of the body or by one lead being shorter than ...

LEDs form an inevitable part in the modern electronics as simple indicators to optical communication devices. Light Emitting Diodes exploit the property of the p-n junction to emit photons when it is ...

In October 2014, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences issued a statement in which it said, “Incandescent light bulbs … lit the 20th century; the 21st century will be lit by LED lamps.” The occasion ...

The AL8866Q, an automotive-compliant LED driver from Diodes Inc., is designed to drive an external MOSFET. The DC-switching LED driver-controller supports buck, boost, buck-boost, and SEPIC topologies ...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Diodes Incorporated (Diodes) (Nasdaq: DIOD) today introduces the AL58818Q and AL58812Q, a new series of automotive-compliant* 18- and 12-channel linear LED drivers ...

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Needless to say, we’re fascinated by LEDs, laser diodes, and other blinkies. Although we can get just about any light emitting thing, the data sheets aren’t always accurate or available. For his ...

The world has been shifting away from wasteful incandescent and harmful fluorescent lights and increasingly adopting light-emitting diode (LED) technology, which promises to reduce carbon emissions.

Diodes Inc. has expanded its automotive-compliant LED driver portfolio, adding the AL8891Q synchronous buck LED driver with high-side current sense that drives up to 2 A from a wide 4.5-V to 65-V ...

A study by UC Irvine’s Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention has discovered that LED diodes contain unsafe levels of carcinogenic toxins. While LED’s less energy friendly cousin’s, CFLs ...

Multiplexing is a very old technology in which control signals are intermixed for the sake of being able to control more devices than there are control signals. For [mihai.cuciuc], the problems ...