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LED lighting for horticulture
31 January 2017, RS South Africa
New LED lighting components and kits have been introduced by RS Components that enable designers to create advanced products for boosting horticultural business performance. The Petunia series by Intelligent ...

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LCD display with wide viewing angles
31 January 2017, iCorp Technologies
Raystar released a series of bar type 5,2” TFT LCD displays for industrial equipment and automotive applications, server systems, point-of-sale, dynamic information displays, audio systems and advertising ...

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Arduino compatible display shield
9 November 2016, Electrocomp
Having seen strong market uptake of the initial CleO smart display solution for rapid development of human machine interfaces (HMIs), Bridgetek and FTDI are now expanding this product family to include ...

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Ambient light sensor for wearables
9 November 2016
New from Everlight Electronics is the ALS-PD50-42C, an ambient light sensor that operates at 550 nm and has a very low signal calculation failure rate and high current efficiency. An ideal application ...

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OSRAM demos multi-channel laser for scanning LIDAR
9 November 2016
At electronica 2016, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors showcased a four-channel laser for LIDAR (light detection and ranging) systems for autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicles. The prototype laser has an extremely ...

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Three-colour e-paper displays
9 November 2016, iCorp Technologies
Pervasive Displays has announced the general availability of the first two products in the Spectra family of three-pigment (black, white and red) e-paper displays (EPDs). There is growing demand for ...

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Panel mount halo LED indicators
5 October 2016, Brabek, Switches, Relays & Keypads
Apem has enhanced its Q series with the new QH range of illuminated, panel mount halos. Available in a choice of colours, IP67 sealed as standard but available unsealed if required, the incorporation ...

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3 mm LED indicators
5 October 2016, Mimic Components
VCC has added a 3 mm right angle SMD circuit board indicator version to its product portfolio. The 6300T series is designed for low- to high-volume manufacturing, as it is compatible with automated assembly ...

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Osram LEDs power professional downlights
5 October 2016
Osram Opto Semiconductors has collaborated with Spanish lighting manufacturer Alverlamp in creating high-power downlights for professional lighting applications.    The LD50RF30 and LD50RF40 downlights ...

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SA’s first photonics prototyping facility hosted at CSIR
7 September 2016, Editor's Choice, News
Established through support from the Department of Science and Technology and in partnership with the Innovation Hub, the facility’s remit is the industrialisation and commercialisation of photonics-based technologies.

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Reference design for 16x16 LED displays
7 September 2016, CST Electronics
LEDs continue to dramatically transform signage and lighting. However, often LED displays today are 8x8 and cannot communicate many international alpha-numeric characters. The MAXREFDES99# reference design ...

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Vision sensors for process inspection and quality control
7 September 2016, Actum, Test & Measurement
While still in its infancy, visual inspection and profiling systems are fast becoming accepted as global best practice in process inspection and quality control. An example of this technology is the ...

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Mini spectrometer for colour measurement
7 September 2016, Hamamatsu Photonics UK
Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the new TF series mini-spectrometer for colour measurement applications: the C13555MA. This USB-powered polychromator contains optical elements, a driver circuit and a ...

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Potting protection for outdoor LED video walls and signs
10 August 2016, Editor's Choice
With the move into the digital age, outdoor signs and video walls are becoming more and more common. Nowadays, these electronic signs can be seen in stadiums, as street billboarding or advertising on ...

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Optical sensor for gesture recognition
10 August 2016, EBV Electrolink
From Analog Devices comes a new optical sensor for gesture recognition, which improves sensing accuracy and reliability over existing solutions by measuring a subject’s position, proximity and gestures ...

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LED modules for outdoor lighting fixtures
10 August 2016
New from Lumileds comes the Luxeon XR-TX module, incorporating 12 Luxeon TX high-efficacy LEDs to produce 3300 lumens and 140 lm/W at nominal drive conditions (current of 700 mA, 85°C board temperature ...

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Breakthrough in producing colour e-paper
10 August 2016
E Ink announced a breakthrough in electrophoretic display (EPD) technology, enabling it to produce full colour at every pixel and without the use of a colour filter array (CFA). This marks a significant ...

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LED arrays
10 August 2016, Altron Arrow
The second generation of Cree’s CXA LED arrays deliver up to 33% higher efficacy than the first generation, in the same form factors. Utilising elements of the Cree SC5 technology platform, this improvement ...

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Photo interrupter for non-contact sensing
10 August 2016, Electrocomp
Everlight Electronics’ new ITR1502 reflector type photo interrupter can sense an object and give a signal response at a long distance of 4 mm (in contrast to a typical distance sensing range of 0,5 to ...

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New phosphor promises better, cheaper lighting
10 August 2016, Electronics Technology
Researchers from KU Leuven, the University of Strasbourg, and CNRS have discovered a new phosphor that could make next-generation fluorescent and LED lighting even cheaper and more efficient. The team ...

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