Source: PCMag Digital Edition
The Xerox VersaLink
C500/DN Color Printer ($769) deploys light-emitting diode (LED) arrays,
rather than actual lasers, to etch print images on to paper prior to
applying toner.
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https://www.pcmag.com/review/357604/xerox-versalink-c500-dn-color-printer
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Monday, December 4, 2017
The $43.53 Million in Sales Expected for Revolution Lighting Technologies Inc (RVLT) This Quarter
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On average, analysts expect that Revolution Lighting Technologies will
report full year sales of $43.53 million for the current year, with estimates
ranging from $200 million to $205.93 million. For the next financial year,
analysts expect that the company will post sales of $242.42 million per share,
with estimates ranging from $235 million to $252.27 million. Zacks’ sales
averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side research firms that
follow Revolution Lighting Technologies.
Friday, December 1, 2017
Illumination: Fibre optic lighting in signs and displays
By Stephen Montgomery
Fibre optics may be best-known to the public for their broad use in
residential Internet and other telecommunications services, as they can
transmit more data across longer distances than copper- or wire-based cabling.
They are also increasingly being implemented for lighting applications,
however, including sign and display illumination.
An optical fibre is a thin and flexible tube, made of either glass or
plastic, that can carry light from one end to the other. It may be installed
inside a cable jacket or externally from a cable (i.e. ‘individually’).
Fibre optic lighting has proven practical for a wide range of
industrial, automotive, military, aerospace, medical and scientific uses, but
has also found its way into store display cases, swimming pools and spas,
landscaping, offices, casinos, holiday decorations, toys and consumer products.
Indeed, research shows the overall value of the worldwide market for fibre
optic lighting grew to US$312 million in 2016.
While the use of fibre optics in signage is still in its infancy, this
could change quickly. The process of assembling, testing and manufacturing
fibre optic lighting products already allows for mass production capabilities.
Over the next few years, the average prices of these products will be driven
lower by these production efficiencies, as well as by quality controls, higher
yields, greater competition (in terms of both markets and technologies),
improvements in sales, marketing and distribution and other factors. As such,
the technology will move on from the ‘development’ and ‘introduction’ stages in
the sign industry and into the ‘growth’ stage of its product life cycle (PLC).
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https://www.signmedia.ca/illumination-fibre-optic-lighting-in-signs-and-displays/
Digital Signage: Linking communications from software to hardware
By Stephen Montgomery
Digital signage can be found almost everywhere today. According to
research by ElectroniCast Consultants, the value of the worldwide digital
signage display market—including all associated hardware, software and
application-specific services—reached US$17.6 billion in 2016. Given the scale
of the industry, it is no wonder there is a wide variety of communication links
between the hardware and software it uses.
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Automotive LED lighting controller
TI's new automotive LED lighting controller puts the power in designers'
hands
Achieve higher power, better reliability and thermal dissipation in
automotive LED lighting systems by selecting a controller and external MOSFET
News provided by Texas Instruments Incorporated
DALLAS, Nov. 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ:
TXN) today introduced the first 3-channel high-side linear automotive
light-emitting diode (LED) controller without internal MOSFETs which gives
designers greater flexibility for their lighting designs. The TPS92830-Q1's
novel architecture enables higher power and better thermal dissipation than
conventional LED controllers, and are particularly beneficial for automotive
LED lighting applications that require high performance and reliability.
For more information, see www.ti.com/tps92830q1-pr.
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
LG Innotek Unveils the World’s First ‘100mW’ UV-C LED
LG
Innotek today announced that the company has developed the world’s first 100mW
(mill watts) UV-C LED. This development is 2 years ahead of the industry
forecast that predicted its development would be successful by 2020.
UV-C
LED is a product that emits ultraviolet light with short wavelengths ranging
between 200 – 280 nanometers (nm), and is also called Deep UV. It is used in
sterilizing and hardening devices with its ability to destroy bacterial DNA and
cause chemical reactions with special materials. LG Innotek’s product emits UV
in the range of 278nm.
UV-C
LED can produce more powerful sterilizing effects with higher light output, but
it is very difficult to obtain a stable quality in products with it due to
heat. The companies that have led the market have also planned to launch the
100mW UV-C LED by 2020.
LG
Innotek has overcome the technological limit by applying the epitaxial
structure and the vertical chip technology that maximize light extraction. The
ultraviolet output is raised and the heat is discharged effectively, ensuring
stable quality reliability. This one 100mW UV-C LED can emit strong
sterilization ultraviolet light for more than 10,000 hours.
With
this development of the product having a light output of 100mW, LG Innotek has
now become capable of expanding its UV-C LED application field. As the product
can rapidly sterilize flowing water and even air, it can be used in a wide
array of household appliances from water purifiers and air purifiers to air
conditioning systems for buildings and automobiles as well as water treatment
devices.
Conventional
UV-C LEDs with a light output level of 1~2mW are mostly used for portable
sterilizers or small household appliances. Due to their weak UV-C power, their
scope of application is limited.
As
the company has discussed development of a variety of products using UV-C LED
with a number of other global companies and the demand for high-output LEDs
continues to grow, it is expected that the demand for 100mW UV-C LEDs will also
increase rapidly.
LG
Innotek intends to accelerate its securing of the UV LED market leadership. In
particular, the company has confidence in hitting the market with its unrivaled
technology in the UV-C field that can offer excellent sterilization and curing
performance.
The
company’s quality competitiveness has been proven by its launching of
innovative products such as the LED module for sterilizing water purifier
faucet aerator and the UV LED sterilizer for escalator handrails one step ahead
of its rivaling Japanese companies.
A
representative of LG Innotek said, “We will continue to widen the technological
gap with our competitors and introduce innovative products that our customers
desire to stay as the leader of the market.”
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Monday, November 27, 2017
Future-proof road lighting
11/27/2017
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Trade Press
With Streetlight 11 Osram offers a future-proof platform for smart city applications
Today's towns and cities have a particular responsibility, and search for solutions for reducing their ecological footprint and organising their public spaces in safer and more intelligent ways. Specifically, this concerns intelligent traffic guidance, parking space management, safety monitoring and new supply models for electrical mobility. Networked lighting infrastructures are found in the centre of such processes. With its Streetlight 11 range of road luminaires, Osram Lighting Solutions offers a future-proof, technological platform for the diverse elements of a smart city.
The new, efficient Streetlight 11 is an open and upgradable system that expands with its tasks - just as cities of the future will do. Customers can decide to either already select an individual smart city solution or else select luminaires that can be upgraded at any time. Once a network is established with the new road luminaires, customer-specific requirements that then change can be implemented.
The modular luminaire concept of Streetlight 11 enables control and monitoring systems to be integrated based on powerline technology or via radio frequency (RF). The luminaires are available as standard as Smart City luminaires (with Powerline or RF) or as Smart City ready versions. Thanks to the integrated mechanical interface, simple retrofitting of sensors and data- or camera systems is also possible on-site, enabling e.g. parking space management, safety monitoring and traffic control. The components are supplied with power directly from the luminaire. Customers benefit from a reliable system solution, i.e. Osram offers luminaires, controllers, sensors, software and accessories from a single source.
Streetlight 11 scores with outstanding, homogenous lighting to increase levels of safety in the public space. It simultaneously contributes actively to protecting nature and the environment – energy consumption can be cut by up to 80% and light pollution is avoided due to precise light alignment, whilst brightening of the night sky and the attraction of nocturnally active insects is reduced to a minimum. The range of luminaires offers a diversity of options for selection and combination for illuminating roads, paths and squares: three construction sizes for mounting heights of 3 to 12 metres, two colour temperatures, individually settable luminous flux levels and diverse control possibilities.
OSRAM with headquarters in Munich, Germany is a globally leading high-tech company with a history spanning more than 110 years. Primarily semiconductor-based products enable a wide diversity of applications ranging from virtual reality to autonomous driving and from smartphones to networked, intelligent lighting solutions in buildings and cities. OSRAM utilises the infinite possibilities of light to improve the lives of people and societies. With OSRAM innovations we will not only see better in the future but also communicate, travel, work and live better. OSRAM had approximately 26,400 employees worldwide with turnover exceeding 4.1 billion euros to the end of fiscal year 2017 (30 September). The company is listed on the Frankfurt am Main and Munich stock exchanges under WKN: LED 400 (stock exchange symbol: OSR). Further information can be found in the internet at www.osram.com.
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