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Topanga Technologies’ Advanced Plasma Light to be Displayed at LIGHTFAIR 2012

Topanga Technologies unveiled its APL Series plasma light sources with superior brightness ideal for architectural, street, industrial and area lighting applications. Topanga’s APL product line will be exhibited at the LIGHTFAIR International, scheduled between May 9 and 11, at Las Vegas.

By Andy Choi 7 May 2012

Leica Delivers First Z/I Imaging DMC II-230 Digital Mapping Camera to Peregrine

Leica Geosystems along with Peregrine Aerial Surveys recently declared that Peregrine has procured the first Z/I Imaging DMC II-230 digital mapping camera.

By Andy Choi 7 May 2012

LED Waves Introduces USA-Manufactured Small LED T8 Tube Light

LED Waves launches the USA-made fluorescent replacement Genesys 2.0 LED T8 Tube Light measuring only 2-foot long. LED Waves’ plug-and-play retrofit is a recent offering that complements the company’s portfolio of 4-foot lamps.

By Andy Choi 7 May 2012

EchoSun Energy Selects Green Ballast for Integration with EchoSun Lights

Apollo Lighting’s subsidiary, EchoSun Energy and Green Ballast jointly declared that Green Ballast’s daylight harvesting ballast has been chosen by EchoSun Energy where its EchoSun 2 and EchoSun 2 LED lighting products can incorporate with daylight harvesting ballast.

By Andy Choi 7 May 2012

DALI and DMX512 Lighting Control Systems Integrated with NXP’s ARM Cortex-M0

NXP Semiconductors declared that DALI and DMX512 wired lighting control systems will have industry's first development platforms. These systems utilize the low-power and affordable 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 processor.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

Researchers Create LEDs with High Efficiency and Low Droop Features

Researchers from Japan and California have developed a new design for blue and green LEDs to reduce efficiency droop. The observations will be demonstrated during the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO: 2012), scheduled from May 6 to 11 in San Jose, California.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

NSG Precision Cells Introduces New Photometer Calibration Standards

In response to the need for NIST traceable and compatible ND filters, NSG Precision Cells provides photometer calibration standards that are both NIST traceable and NIST compatible. In addition, NSG offers unique products that surpass NIST-930e standards.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

iWatt Delivers LED Driver ICs for 200W Street Lights

iWatt, a supplier of digital-centric power management integrated circuits (ICs), has recently declared the delivery of 100,000 LED driver ICs for applications in high-power street lights of 200 W.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

Amerlux Collaborates to Develop SmartSite Street Lighting System

Amerlux will develop SmartSite advanced LED street lighting and network control system, following its partnership with Illuminating Concepts and IntelliStreets.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

LBT Releases Ultra-Compatible LED for Triac Dimmers

During the 2012 Lightfair International event, Light-Based Technologies (LBT), an innovator of intelligent power and control electronics for SSL, recently declared the launch of its deep dimming, ultra-compatible LED Driver.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

Magnalight Unveils Stanchion Mount LED Boat Light

Magnalight of Larson Electronics has declared the launch of a LED Golight, a stanchion-mounted lighting fixture comprising standard red and green navigation lights.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012

New Technique to Produce Superluminal Pulses

The research team from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has devised a new method to produce superluminal light pulses. This four-wave mixing novel technique re-structures parts of light pulse, followed by their movement beyond a vacuum. This novel method will enhance the timing of communications signals and to examine the propagation of quantum correlations.

By Andy Choi 5 May 2012