Along with being brighter, LED bulbs tend to use less power and have a much longer average lifespan compared to conventional halogen bulbs. Now that LED lighting technology has gotten significantly ...

LED Chips, on the Cheap LED bulbs have long been lauded as an energy-efficient alternative to incandescent bulbs. But LED, or light-emitting diode, bulbs are expensive to produce, which has kept ...

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 ...

When you're shopping for light bulbs, you might feel like they're all the same, regardless of the brand. After all, incandescent light bulbs haven't changed much since Thomas Edison patented them more ...

LED bulbs are a far more cost-efficient, environmentally-friendly option than traditional incandescent bulbs. With a life expectancy of 20 years or more (25x longer than incandescent), the energy ...

LED technology is today preferred by everyone and we all want them to part of our home or office. But, if you haven’t brought LEDs before, then you might not know that there are plenty of different ...

They’re consistently popular with the readers, which is admittedly part of my (and EDN’s) motivation to continue doing them. But I personally also find them fascinating; inevitably I come across at ...

With Cree’s announcement of its XLamp MPL EasyWhite LED, the company moves another step forward in its quest to eliminate “binning” from the vocabulary of LED-lighting-application designers. The XLamp ...

Light bulb technology has made great strides in recent decades, much to the benefit of the average consumer. Not only are they more cost-effective and longer-lasting in most cases than they were ...

A new crop of LED light bulbs wants to combine modern technology with old-school looks. Here's what to look for as you pick one out. Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a ...

International Rectifier is supporting single stage flyback and buck-boost topologies in LED driver designs for bulb replacement, tube lighting and downlights. Its IRS29831 LEDrivIR controller ...