There are extremely high powered LEDs out there, and most of the ‘creative’ uses of these are extremely high-powered flashlights, complete with heatsinks, forced air cooling, and beefy power supplies.

Electronics enthusiasts that are looking for a project to keep them busy over the weekend may be interested in this awesome and massive Arduino powered LED scrolling sign which is being created by ...

Anyone can hang a poster from the wall, but if you're willing to put a little DIY into your home decorations, this Arduino-powered LED wall-art looks amazing, and reacts to music playing in the room ...

Loosely defined as LEDs with at least a 1-W capacity, high-power LEDs are a hot technology. Before you can apply them effectively, it helps to refresh your knowledge about these versatile lighting ...

Long used in instruments and computers as visual indicators for signal integrity and operations status, LEDs are ideal choices due to their high reliability, low power use, and ...

This article is excerpted from Section 21 of “Analog Circuit Design: Volume 3 – The Design Note Collection,” (ISBN: 978-0-12-800001-4), edited by Bob Dobkin and John Hamburger of Linear Technology ...

Fig 1. Single 1-W LEDs can serve as high-power, high-brightness devices. Fig 2. Certain LED applications fall into a gray area where low-power and high-power components both can fit the bill. However, ...