A Bright Idea: One LED-Based Lamp Can Replace 50 To 100 White LEDs

Sept. 1, 2003
The Endura Bright series of LED-based MR-16 lamps offers up to 120 lumens of light, providing over 1800 cd of output at a 10° angle, in a full-color palette of white, blue, green, red, and amber. One LED will replace 50 to 100 typical 5-mm...

The Endura Bright series of LED-based MR-16 lamps offers up to 120 lumens of light, providing over 1800 cd of output at a 10° angle, in a full-color palette of white, blue, green, red, and amber. One LED will replace 50 to 100 typical 5-mm white LEDs. They can be used as direct pin-to-pin replacements for tungsten-halogen MR-16 lamps. The basic Endura product consists of a high-brightness LED that employs the company's Luxeon family of products. The Luxeon family includes a light-directing lens and an optimized heatsink to handle outdoor temperatures from −40°C to −70°C. Basic unit prices are $65.10, $40.40, and $26.24 for low-, medium-, and high-output versions, respectively, in 100-unit lots.

Opto Technology Inc.www.optotech.com; (847) 537-4277

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Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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