LEDs Enable New Lighting Applications With Specialized Power Needs

Focus:

When new technologies emerge, they frequently inspire the development of unique products or systems that perform functions beyond those normally associated with the core technology. Such is the case with a lighting system developed by the Fremont, California-based Redwood Systems, which is leveraging advancements in LED lighting and other areas of electronics to develop what it calls a building performance lighting platform. This company’s story offers a case study in how LED lighting can also create opportunities for power electronics engineers in the lighting controls industry. As Redwood Systems discovered, a specialized lighting system also has specialized power supply needs that are tightly interwoven with the system’s design requirements and therefore require in-house power supply design expertise.

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Author & Publication:

David G. Morrison, Editor, How2Power.com, Power Systems Design Europe, May 20 2012

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