This presentation was originally given by Andrew Smith, product manager, LED Lighting at Power Integrations for EDN’s May 2011 live LED event in San Jose. The next free LED event will be part of ...

It is a pretty common first project to use an Arduino (or similar) to blink an LED. Which, of course, brings taunts of: you could have used a 555! You can, of course, also use any sort of oscillator, ...

Let’s say you want to blink an LED. You might grab an Arduino and run the Blink sketch, or you might lace up a few components to a 555. But you needn’t go so fancy! [The Design Graveyard] explains how ...

Abstract: Electrolytic capacitors are notorious for short lifetimes in high-temperature applications such as LED light bulbs. The careful selection of these devices with proper interpretation of their ...

Schematic and operation of a capacitorless active-matrix micro-LED pixel, where a single memristor (1M) substitutes both the storage capacitor and the driving TFT. The compact 1M cell can be ...

The PAS2126FR2R5504 polyacene capacitors measure 26 mm x 20 mm with a maximum height of 0.9 mm and realizes a high capacitance of 0.5F. The components are suitable for pulse current discharge apps ...

Light emitting diodes, LEDs, ubiquitous in modern electronic devices and lighting, are typically driven by low voltages, rectified to give DC, with a current limiting series resistor, in which a ...

With digital twins (virtual replicas of objects or systems) of capacitors, engineers can simulate system-level interactions ...