No matter how hard engineers try to prevent it, parts fail. LEDs are no exception, and with the cost and reliability expectations of LED lighting solutions, avoiding system downtime from shorts or ...

In designs using multiple LED strings such as brake lights, daytime running lights, rear lights and other automotive lighting applications, current-balancing circuits supply equal current to all LED ...

How hard could it be to turn on an LED? Connect the LED in series with an appropriate resistor and hook it up to a dc source with the correct polarity and voilà, instant LED light. Of course, you can ...

Frank Hertel’s project: three individually dimmable LED lights. (Frank is the master of recycling; the wooden mounting pedestals are the panels from a decommissioned ATI console!) Thanks for your ...

Here’s a simple project for your Halloween celebration. The other day while looking through our box of Halloween decorations, we noticed that the incandescent lamp in one of the jack-o’-lanterns was ...

Light-emitting diodes have become the lighting source of choice for almost all illumination applications. Incandescents, fluorescents, CFLs, and other types are fading away in favor of the almighty ...