What are Light Guides and What Do They Do For Me? A Light Guide is a device that allows light to travel from a source as large as the sun or as small as an LED, to a point at some predetermined distance. In a successful light guide application, this is accomplished...
Backlighting is the means of providing illumination for liquid crystal displays such as the ones found in TVs and computer monitors. LCDs do not produce their own light so an ambient light must be added from the side or back of the display panel. LEDs are often used...
LEDs have become the light source of choice for many indicator applications in control panels, automotive in-dash electronics systems, consumer electronics devices, and medical and industrial equipment. In many cases, they are replacing bulkier, less efficient...
The goals of sustainability, renew-ability, power reduction, lowered carbon footprints, reduced refuse and increased efficiency are global. Smart lighting is one of the key strategies in this global purpose. LEDs are crucial to this technology and being implemented in...
Connecting light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to circuit boards is a matter of some question if you ask the experts. There are those who swear by the age-old method of soldering with lead because of its simplicity and commonality. But VCC’s products are far from ordinary...