In addition to driving 16 LEDs in parallel, the CAT9532 16-bit LED driver with dimmer and blinker control functions can also be used as a general purpose I/O expander. A drop-in replacement for the ...

While addressable LED strips are all the rage, [Mike] from [mikeselectricstuff] has been working on an installation using the more basic two-wire strips that are simply controlled via PWM dimming.

Using LED bulbs for interior lighting offers numerous advantages over Incandescent and CFL bulbs: extended lifetime, resistance to breakage, rapid cycling, compact size, and no infrared or ultraviolet ...

They’re consistently popular with the readers, which is admittedly part of my (and EDN’s) motivation to continue doing them. But I personally also find them fascinating; inevitably I come across at ...

The quest for energy efficiency has led manufacturers to investigate ways of dimming all kinds of lighting technologies, including those that usually can’t be dimmed. Consider, for example, ...