NXP has introduced a LIN bus interface chip for simple identical control nodes in cars that take their identity from their position in a daisy-chain – so called ‘node position detection’. NXP has ...

Cree sent me an evaluation kit for its LMR4 LED light module. Teardown time! The past two teardowns, the LED tube light and the EcoSmart bulb, were replacement lights for existing fluorescent or ...

White LEDs were the technological breakthrough that changed the world of lighting, now they are everywhere. There’s no better sign of their cost-effective ubiquity than the dollar store solar garden ...

LED-based lighting is still far from a mainstream technology, and its designs are in flux. Consumers have not signaled the price-to-performance ratio for which they will open their wallets and homes, ...