The mystery of adding LED lights to a modern BMW with CAN Bus (Controller Area Network) electrical system is easy to resolve. The “smart” CAN Bus smells a rat when you pop in an LED brake light or ...

Editors’ Note: This segment is adapted from Chapter 2 of Power Supplies for LED Driving by Steve Winder. Since an LED behaves like a constant voltage load, it can be directly connected to a current ...

LED driver designs can deliver flicker-free and fast startup dimming performance while still providing high power factor and efficiency, writes Rich Miron Dimming performance of LED lamps in legacy ...

LEDs are rapidly becoming the preferred choice for lighting in many situations due to their efficiency, versatility, flexibility, long life, and cost-competitiveness. But unlike the traditional ...

To understand the technology associated with practical LED dimming we first have to look at the technology associated with triac-based incandescent lamp dimmers. The typical triac lamp dimmer circuit ...

A blast from the Elektor archives: this 1998 battery tester uses a simple LED display to reveal a battery’s true condition under load — even below 1 V.