The new LED light strips from Lifx don't need a hub and let you "paint" whatever colors you like onto the strips -- two potential advantages over the competing strip lights from Philips. Ry Crist ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

1. A Cree XM-L RGBW high-power LED can be driven by two LT3964 LED drivers for accurate 1:8192 per channel dimming. 2. Typical driver architectures offer 8-bit color resolution. Implementing a driver ...

The adoption of LEDs for general lighting is just around the corner. LEDs offer many advantages in general illumination systems, including longer lifetimes and greater efficiency, but they present ...

As I discovered while researching an upcoming article on phosphors for LED lighting, the question turns out to be surprisingly difficult to answer. Measuring the spectrum of a light source is ...

While there are many variations of white LED light available today, they all fall under three basic categorical descriptions: “warm white,” “pure white,” and “cool white.” At opposite ends of the ...