LED Lighting

Could you imagine driving on glass road in future? This idea may sound crazy, but inventors are quite sure about it. They use a high-durability glass for road-paving which offers the same grip to vehicles as ordinary roads. Under the glass road, it will be equipped with LED lights, providing illumination for drivers at night. Solar-powered LED Glass Road Even more, the LED glass road could melt snow automatically because of its solar power system. The inventors said that the road is very eco-friendly. It's able to absorb solar energy. Solar LED Glass Road LED Lighting Glass Road It is said that this solar-powered LED glass road have been put in use in some areas for test. Inventors now are looking forward for more investment and fund for a large-scale practice. Perhaps sometime in future, we will drive or walk on this solar-powered LED glass road. Recommended News: " NI LED Parasol: No Darkness at Beach Night Any Longer " " Removable

Holland lighting giant Philips is closing its lighting fixture plant, Philip Canlyte in Cornwall. This plant, established in 1987, originates from Canlyte, brand of Canada lighting fixture company, Genlyte. After the acquisition of Philips in 2008, the plant's name was changed to Philips Canlyte. Philps Canlyte will be officially closed in 2015, before which the plant will gradually stop production of incandescent lights, and LED light line will be handed over to other North America Plants. Cornwall Philips Canlyte Plant It's said that about 190 Canlyte employees will lose their jobs. Philip's spokesman, Santina Giuliano, said employees were receiving details of their termination arrangements. Philips Canlyte Plant Now more and more companies involve in LED fixture production. Philips said, the changing of market needs is the main reason they close the plant. Recommended News: Philips Smart LED Bulb Supports iOS 8 " " NI LED Parasol:

From wireless intelligent lighting system "hue" to the two well-known 3D-printed lighting products, Philips has been leading the lighting industry from traditional lighting to energy-efficient LED lighting. On Apr. 22nd, 2014, Philips announced its first quarter(from January to March ) earnings report. The report shows that Philips' first quarter revenue reduced by 4.8% to 5.02 billion euros, EBITA reduced by 21.9% to €314 million, and net profit was down 15% to 137 million euros. Sales of Philips Lighting sector in the first quarter reduced by 4.2% to 1.892 billion euros; EBITA slipped 6.1% to 138 million euros. LED product sales, increasing by 37%, accounts for 33% of Philips Lighting sector's sales, which is higher than last year, 23%. "Our first-quarter financial results reflect a challenging start to the year. Looking ahead, we remain very confident of achieving our 2016 mid-term financial targets." Frans van Houten, CEO said.

LEDinside observed that 40W equivalent bulb price drops big in China, and 60W equivalent bulb price runs steady globally. In March, 2014, 40W equiv. LED bulb retail price declined globally by about 1.3% to $14.9. 60W equiv. LED bulbs retail price did not change too much, remaining at $20.8. In March, 40W equiv. LED bulb retail price dropped by 14.7% in China, and the existing products' prices fell. Take 7W bulb(450-500LM) from one China manufacturer for example, the price reduced from $4.3 to about $2.9. Also, 5W bulb(450LM, 30,000h service life) this month, the price dropped to $4 from $12.3. In addition, the exchange rate rise also led to a price reduction. Besides, 40W equiv. LED bulb retail price the United States also showed a significant decline, 7.6%, in March. The existing products' prices basically showed a steady a downward trend; some commodity's prices dropped more obviously, such as price of 6W CREE dimmable bulb fell to $ 4.97 in some areas of the Unit

United Arab Emirates Today reported on April 11 that 3 UAE women engineers recently invented a new type of road intelligent lighting system to prevent haze-day traffic accidents. These 3 women engineers all come from Fujairah, UAE. According to their vision, this intelligent lighting system will be installed on both sides of highway. The biggest advantage is that the system could automatically rate the haze, and the lights would power up for illumination accordingly. Intelligent Road Lighting System Demonstration Meanwhile, the system comes with a set of communication devices which will provide real-time traffic information to drivers, and also remind them to slow down. In addition, communication devices are connected with police department, keep the police well-informed of road visibility conditions, and reminding them to make contingency plans. According to three inventor's estimation that the minimum cost of this lighting system is about 70,000 dirhams per 100 ki

At Gadget Show Live 2014, a product named "Commuter X4", a combination of wearable LED taillight and shoulder straps, won the second place of British Inventors Project. For people who like riding at night, safety is absolutely the priority. You must be sure that vehicle drivers are able to see you before a bad accident happens. In this case, many manufacturers develop a variety of lighting, projection, or intelligent lighting products for cyclist. Commuter X4 is a new safety idea with a traditional style design. It's designed with 4 light-emitting straps and a big round LED light in between. Considering many cyclists need to wear backpacks, Commuter X4 is designed to be "wearable" to a 35-liter backpack. Recommended News: " LED Traffic Baton Able to Display Text Information " " LED Home Lighting Taking a Great Market Share in Japan 2015 " " LED Bulb Price Drops in March, 2014 " " UAE Women Inven

Due to the high energy prices and the impact of Japan's nuclear disaster over the past few years, people all around the world are once again aware of the importance of developing green energy. Although many manufactures have been committing to solar panel's production and improvement on energy efficiency for years, they still could not break the energy efficiency, which is 20%, bottleneck. In this case, people gradually shift their focus to energy saving LED. This trend formed in the second half of 2013, and is expected to step into a breaking growth of LED lighting in the next 3 years. The first wave of LED industry originated from the financial tsunami at the end of 2008. Samsung released LED-backlit TVs and enjoyed an unexpectedly hot-selling at that time, which opened up to an 18-month growth of LED TVs. LED TV's penetration rate steadily increased, from 3% in 2009 to 38% in 2011. LED share prices enjoyed a globally high rise. But a big change happened in 2011

According to the retail price survey on LED bulbs carried out by TrendForce, the retail price of LED bulbs used to replace 40 watt bulbs drops to $15.1 USD, about 0.8%, all around the world in Feb, 2014; the decline is relatively obvious in U.S. market. Also, the price of replacement LED bulbs for 60W, shows a similar decline, about 2.1%. It decreases to $20.8 USD. In February this year, the price of 40W replacement LED bulb in U.S. market fell the most obviously. The average price fell 11%. 7W LED light bulb(luminous flux: 470lm) from Walmart's own brand, Great Value, only costs $8.48 USD; CREE dimmable LED bulb(6W, 450lm) is now $7.49 USD. Besides, prices of parts of Philips LED bulbs also undergo a decline. As in China, the price for 40W replacement bulb decreases 1.9%. Samsung LED bulb(6.9W, 490lm)'s price drops from 19.5 USD to 12.5 USD while the warranty changes to 3-year. As to 60W replacement bulbs, the price in everywhere shows a stable falling except Unit

Efficacy & Price Trend Forecast 2014~2040 for LED Light, Fluorescent Light, N' Incandescent Light                                    Lighting Efficacy                                                                 Cost U.S.Energy Information Administration predicts that the price of LED light is almost close to that of fluorescent light or incandescent light by 2020. At that time, incandescent lights are probably eliminated as they could not meet the energy-saving standards in next few years. On January 1, 2014, the United States banned the production and sales of 40 watt and 60 watt incandescent bulbs; but many American families store a number of these traditional bulbs before the ban. Probably, 75 watt and 100 watt traditional light bulbs would also become one part of the ban. Due to the the federal standards and development on lighting technology, the bulbs' quality sees a great improvement; the service life and lighting efficiency also increase a lot acc

LED display is popular for indoor and outdoor display applications. To get the most out of your LED display, I put together this simple list of do's and don'ts for using. It's simple yet quite informative. 1. Do start PC before switching on display screen; and shut the PC off after switching off the display. If you do it in a wrong way, it will cause a serious failure in display and LEDs. 2. Make sure that the interval between switching on and off the display is over 5 minutes. 3. Better to power up the LED display after you access the project control software in computer. 4. Do not start up LED display when it's all white in screen, because the current impact to the system reaches the maximum. 5. Do not start up LED display if the controlling section is not power on. 6. Do not use the display for a long time if the ambient temperature is too high or against heat dissipation. 7. Do shut off the display screen if one part of it appears very bright.

If you're going to buy LED displays, you'd better check the following information for reference. 1. Flatness. LED display's surface flatness should be within ±1mm so as that the displayed image is not distorted. A partially-raised section or other types of unflatness would cause a viewing angle problem. Flatness is mainly determined by the quality of production process. 2. Brightness and View Angle. Proper brightness is a key factor to LED displays' performance. The brightness of indoor full-color LED display is about 800~2000cd/m2, and outdoor full-color displays' brightness is 5000~7500cd/m2. A higher or lower brightness over an actual need would lead to invisibility. Screen brightness is determined by the size of LED chips. View angle directly affects how many audience the display is good for; thus, in a certain circumstance, the larger the view angle, the better the LED display. Outdoor full-color LED Display 3. White Balance Effect. Whit

Before you carry out a big purchase for LED display screen, you'd better check the following information first. 1. Brightness. Generally, brightness varies in accordance with different applications. A. Brightness for indoor use> 800CD/M2 B. Brightness for semi-indoor:> 2000CD/M2 C. Brightness for outdoor use(display screen faces north):> 4000CD/M2 D. Brightness for outdoor use(display screen faces south):> 8000CD/M2 The brightness of red, green and blue light contribute differently in composition of white light. Here a are some data and specifications for you reference. Generally brightness ratio for these 3 colors is 3:6:1. Precise ratio is 3.0:5.9:1.1. With a certain brightness and pixel density, the calculation for a single-tube's brightness would be as follows. Take two red light, one green, and one blue light for example. Red LED light's would be: Brightness (CD) / M2 ÷ Pixels / M2 × 0.3 ÷ 2 Green LED light's brightness: brightness(

Features of LED Display Compared with other large-screen terminal displays, LED display has the following characteristics. 1. High brightness. The brightness of outdoor LED display is over 8000mcd/m2. This kind of display is the only large-scale all-weather display that could be used for all day long. The brightness of indoor LED display is over 2000md/m2. 2. Long service life. LED's service life is up to 100,000 hours (about ten years) or more. This specification refers to the design life of LED. 3. Large view angle. Indoor LED display's view angle could reach 160 degrees or more; and outdoor LED display's view angle is over 120 degrees. The view angle is determined by the shape of light-emitting diode. 4. LED displays vary from each other in size. There is 1 square meter display as well as displays of hundreds or thousands of square meters. 5. It's easy to connect LED display with computer. The display supports numbers of software. Installation

There're many types of LED display for choice. Generally, LED displays could be classified in following ways. 1. Classification by Application. LED display could be used for indoor, outdoor or semi-outdoor applications. Indoor LED display generally ranges from less than 1 square meter to over 10 square meters. It's usually used for indoor applications. This type of LED display has a moderate brightness, large viewing angle, but light weight. It's suitable for watching at a close range. Outdoor LED display's area is from several square meters to 10 or even hundreds of square meters. Its brightness is around 5500~8500cd/sqm. This display sreen can be used under the direct sunlight. It's better for watching from a certain distance, say tens of meters. Besides, this outdoor LED display is weather-proof and lightning-resistant. LED Display (Times Square, NY) Semi-outdoor LED display screen has a relatively higher brightness than indoor LED display. I

LED display(LED Screen) is also known as electronic display screen. It, composed by LEDs and LED pc panel, displays characters, pictures, flash, video and other forms of content by lights on and off with different LED lights in different colors, including red, blue, white, and green. Different effect could be adjusted in accordance with different requirements. Take LED display for advertisement for example. Scrolling caption for advertisement is a flash saved in a memory card in the display; it's displayed by professional techniques. Traditional LED display usually consists of display module, control system and power system. LED light-emitting materials used for LED display production mainly include the following 3 forms. 1. LED emitting light. LED emitting light generally consists of a single LED chip, reflector, metal anode, and metal cathode. A basic pixel is composed with one or more single light(in different colors). Because of its high brightness, LED light is usuall

Do you know how many and what tests should LED wall washer undergo for quality certification before delivery? This article would help you to know it. Temperature Test Temperature test is a must in quality inspections of LED wall washer. There's a temperature limit for different components. During product designing, manufacturers should pay great attention to heat dissipation, especially that of certain components, such as insulation sheet. Components could be easily damaged if working under a high temperature condition for a long time. This might cause a fire or electric shock. The internal power module of wall washer is enclosed in a small space, which might lead to a heat problem. Therefore, manufacturers should select components in proper size, which would avoid the over-heating problem when the components work under full-load condition. Aging Test  LED wall washer should undergo a 24-hour aging test before delivery; and waterproof test should be carried out im

Here I'm going to show you 7 basic specifications of LED wall washer that you'd like to know before buying. 1. Power Power is a key factor determining LED wall washer's projection distance. Generally, the power could be 18W, 24W, 36W, 48W, etc. However, the power is flexible. It could be changed upon different requests. Usually, high-power LED wall washer is always in a single row. Concerning on heat dissipation, the power of 1-meter-long wall washer, which is designed with couples of 1W lighting bulb, must not exceed 36W; otherwise, a serious Lumens depreciation would happen as a result of heat dissipation problem. 2. Voltage DC power or AC power. Usually, build-in power supply requires AC 220V(AC110 in Japan), but external power supply requires low voltage, like DC24V, DC12V, DC27V and so on. The voltage could be different due to different customers' requirements. 3. IP IP protection is also a basic specification of LED wall washer. What's IP pro

As mentioned in " 4 Aspects to Understand LED Stage Light ", LED wall washer is a very important part of stage lighting. Well, it's not only used for stage lighting, but also a nice choice for indoor and outdoor lighting. Now I'll show you what's LED wall washer . LED wall washer is mainly used for architectural lighting purposes. As described by its name, the light comes from LED wall washer is like water washing all over a wall. It's energy-saving, and high luminous efficient. Now traditional wall washer light is gradually being replaced by LED wall washer. The power module for LED wall washer is installed inside the housing, of which the space is very limited. Therefore, some manufacturers, in order to save space, weld the pin-type components onto PCB board, which could cause a big problem in quality. These surface-mounted components could easily come off because of bad soldering. That's very dangerous. LED wall washer, controlled by a bui