Posted Jan 3, 2012, by Robin Bornoff
LED based lighting is now a very hot topic (believe me, in electronic thermal management circles that used to be funny, the first few times). Control of packaged IC junction temperatures will always have a bearing on reliability but for LEDs thermal also effects functional performance in terms of brightness and colour. The hotter they get, the dimmer they appear. A particular contradiction in the context … Read More
Tags:
LED,
Electronics Cooling,
TERALED,
LEDs,
T3ster
Posted Jun 10, 2011, by Boris Marovic
Hello everybody,
I know it’s about time again, I was a little busy with LEDs lately, had some very interesting visits of customers working with LEDs and was working a webinar for use of LEDs in Automotive. You canegister now for this Automotive LED webinar.
But this time it is not about Automotive but about LEDs, I just happened to read an article about Applebee’s plan to switch to LED … Read More
Tags:
Energy Saving,
FloEFD,
Consumer LED,
going green,
LED
Posted Nov 24, 2010, by Nazita Saye
It seems that my previous post resonated deeply with everyone – I received a lot of offline comments and my post inspired two of my colleagues (Boris and Andras) to do their own blog posts. This doesn’t shock me because Thanksgiving week is one of the busiest travel periods in the States so everyone is thinking about flying. So I thought we should stay with the subject for one more day and look at it … Read More
Tags:
T3ster,
Thermal,
FloEFD,
CFD,
LED,
QA,
FloVENT,
hybrid engine
Posted Nov 3, 2010, by Michael Ford
Change is the enemy. Keep it the same day after day. Refine. This is what manufacturing likes. This is not what manufacturing gets. Changes happen on different levels. Changes in order quantities such that we have to adjust the work-orders and schedules. Variations in the bill of materials due to some engineering change, perhaps made to improve the product quality, reliability or perhaps just to reduce … Read More
Tags:
LED,
Light Classes,
Change Management,
Materials Management
Posted Apr 13, 2010, by Nazita Saye
I don’t like dark rooms –it’s probably because I’ve lived in California most of my life so I’ve gotten used to having lots of ambient daylight. My heart sinks when I walk into a room in the middle of the day and it’s darker than a cavern. The guys in the office always know when I’m in the building because I flip the light switches as I walk through the building. Now let me make this clear… I don’t … Read More
Tags:
LED,
Optimize,
CFD,
Thermal Design,
Physical Prototype
Posted Jan 4, 2010, by Nazita Saye
While de-icing my car this morning, I was listening to the radio. The announcer said that we are expecting more snow in London this week. The news sent shivers down my spine but not for the reason you may think. As if the ice on the road and pedestrians jumping in front of moving cars isn’t bad enough, we may have a new problem to deal with: it seems that LED traffic lights may have a problem dealing … Read More
Tags:
Design Engineer,
LED,
CFD,
Thermal
Posted Aug 5, 2009, by Boris Marovic
Have you heard or read that soon there will be no more old fashion light bulbs in EU countries? What would Thomas Edison say if he knew that the biggest invention he made will become extinct in the EU. Would he turn in his grave or would he welcome the change to newer innovative technology that is more energy saving and efficient? I think as an innovative inventor he was he would welcome it since every … Read More
Tags:
Energy Saving,
Light Bulb,
LED,
Technology Evolution
Posted Jun 19, 2009, by Nazita Saye
For some reason, the powers that be have decided to do roadworks on every major road leading out of my area of London. That means traffic has been diverted to two minor roads. Fair enough as the leaking Victorian water pipes need to be replaced. But what I don’t understand is why
they all have to be done at the same time and
the same exact section of the A4 that was dug up for the entire length … Read More
Tags:
LED,
Fluid Dynamics,
CFD,
Thermal Management,
Heatsink,
Light-Emitting Diode
Posted May 19, 2009, by Happy Holden
We have used the Edison incandescent light now for over 100 years. But, unfortunately, most of the power goes for heat and not light. The EPA says that if each US home replaced just ONE (1) incandescent light bulb with a solid state illumination LED (SSI), the USA would save more than $600 million in annual energy costs and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.
Some … Read More
Tags:
CFL,
LED,
SSI
Jim Martens
John Day
J VanDomelen
Mike Jensen
Colin Walls
Tom Fitzpatrick
Patrick Carrier
Mark Laing
Travis Mikjaniec
Christopher Hallinan
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