In part 1, we explored the need for a high intensity flash in medium to low light conditions to ensure good pictures from 2-megapixel (and greater) camera phones. The battery presents the system ...

Almost every micro-based project that I have designed in the past 25 years has had a flashing LED, originally as a “health” indicator, but the feature has expanded to use as a status indicator where ...

National Semiconductor Corp., has introduced what is claimed to be the industry's first high-side light-emitting diode (LED) driver that enables dual LED operation for the camera flash function in ...

Micrel, Inc. has announced the availability of two new high current camera flash LED driver products. Micrel, Inc. has announced the availability of two new high current camera flash LED driver ...

Cell Phones are Becoming the ultimate consumer all-in-one portable appliance, producing digital-still camera-quality pictures, supplying WiFi/Web access and delivering high-quality audio. As customers ...

Micrel has announced the MIC2291, a 1.2 MHz pulse width modulated (PWM) dc/dc white LED driver designed to provide high power within an extremely small footprint. The MIC2291 has been optimized for ...

You know how it is. You’ve got that new project running, and while it doesn’t consume much power, it also doesn’t give much indication of whether it’s functioning or just sitting there with a dead ...

Android 14 Developer Preview 2 includes a “Flash notifications” function that will let Pixel owners emulate the long-lost notification LED in the upcoming build. One of the most notable features that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO — Heading into Labor Day weekend, ...

A small satellite launching in early 2021 will test a novel method to track satellites in orbit – using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that flash to relay its position to the ground. LEDSAT, a ...

Hello Everyone!<BR><BR>My friend at school made a 70 mile trip to dropp off her computer to me yesterday. She said the machine was on when she went to bed, but when she woke up in the morning it was ...