Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Ground Planes for LED Drivers — Part 1 of 3

In this article, we continue our discussion on the importance of grounding when installing LED lighting equipment. Part 1 of this three-part series focuses on the ground plane of the printed circuit ...
EDN

How-to design LED signage and LED matrix displays, Part 3

Part 1 of this three-part series introduced the technical and engineering steps necessary to design an LED display system from individual LED lamps. Part 2 provided the remaining steps needed to ...
Electronic Design

IR LED Flush-Mounts Into PCB

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 ...
Electronic Design

Motor-Driver PCB Layout Guidelines (Part 1)

Printed-circuit-board (PCB) substrate material, like FR-4 glass epoxy, is a poor conductor of heat. Conversely, copper is an excellent conductor of heat. So, more copper area on a PCB is ideal from a ...
EDN

How-to design LED signage and LED matrix displays, Part 2

LED signage and matrix displays are an integral part of the 21st century landscape. Their quality is becoming so good that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish LED images from ...