Infrared LEDs have been around for over half a century and have been put to use in myriad applications since their development. Before we take a look at some of these uses, though, here are some fun ...

Driver-monitoring systems (DMS) are becoming common in modern automobiles. Infrared (IR) cameras, utilizing an IR-LED in combination with a photo sensor, help recognize the hazardous microsleep that ...

LED chip maker Taiwan-Asia Semiconductor (TAS, renamed from Opto Tech) is the exclusive supplier of short-wave infrared (IR) LED devices used in the body temperature sensor of Apple Watch 8, according ...

Infrared (IR) and miniLED LEDs will drive revenue growth for LED packaging service provider Harvatek in 2024, according to the company. The two target applications are expected to grow to 15-25% of ...

Osram Opto Semiconductors was able to sink a surface-mountable infrared (IR) LED into a printed-circuit board, creating what it claims is the first the first flush-mountable version of its kind. The ...

Infrared spectrometers are expensive and powerful instruments scientists use to analyze the chemical makeup of a sample, and a new research project has demonstrated what this technology might look ...

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors Inc. (www.osram-os.com) has added an 850 nm, thin-film infrared (IR) light-emitting diode (LED) emitter to its Golden DRAGON family of surface mount devices. Feb. 1, 2006 ...

The LEDLB-20E-IR-MHL infrared LED headlight from Larson Electronics produces its light output in the infrared 940Nm end of the light spectrum, making it ideal for military applications where covert ...

Mosquito-borne diseases affect hundreds of millions of people every year, with a disproportionate impact on the developing world. One mosquito species, Aedes aegypti, is a primary vector of viruses ...

If you are using infrared (IR) hardware in an IoT, embedded, or mobile hardware project and are currently experiencing difficulties debugging IR communications, using one of the circuits shown below ...