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Surveillance, biometrics and VR to drive IR-LED market
LEDinside, the LED specific market research division of TrendForce forecasts security surveillance systems, virtual reality (VR) devices and facial and iris recognition solutions applications would rise global IR LED market from about $300 million in 2016 to US$792 million in 2021. Surveillance syst
2 min readCuring, sterilization and purification to drive UV LED market
UV LED technology has been quickly stretching into various application markets such as curing, sterilization and purification equipment. LEDinside of TrendForce estimates the total value of the UV LED market worldwide to grow from US$166 million in 2016 to US$555 million in 2021 at compound annual g
3 min readMass produced LED exceeding standard brightness
Seoul Semiconductor unveils (Wafer Level Integrated Chip) WICOP- the world’s first mass produced LED product that exceeds standard brightness. Seoul Semiconductor is the company that developed WICOP, a product that comprises of a LED chip and phosphor. It is a product with a luminous efficiency o
3 min readToshiba's 50Mbps photocouplers offer better isolation specs
Toshiba to immediately start shipping its newly launched photocouplers “TLP2767” and “TLP2367” for high-speed communications at data rates up to 50Mbps. SO6L package houses “TLP2767” to achieve both a creepage and clearance distance of 8mm and isolation thickness of 0.4mm for reinforced isolati
2 min read65 Inch 4K multi touch display with ultrafine metal mesh design for signage
3M has launched a 65- Inch 4000 Multi- Touch Projected Capacity Display. Multi – Touch PCAP Display comes up with Ultrafine Metal Mesh Design whose Multi –Touch usage is like none other than a Smartphone. It is beneficial in commercial applications of large screen displays. It is especially design
3 min readMD-SIG launches LEDset specs for interoperable LED drivers and modules
The Module-Driver Interface Special Interest Group (MD-SIG), a lighting-industry consortium, has published its LEDset specifications. LEDset provides the lighting market with a standardized, multi-vendor, electrical interface for LED systems, which simplifies the process of matching LED modules with
4 min readFLIR Systems Acquires Armasight, Inc. for $41 Million
FLIR Systems has acquired Armasight, Inc., a leading developer of precision sporting, hunting, and military optics products, for approximately $41 million in cash. Armasight, based in San Francisco, is a global leader in night vision, thermal, and daylight imaging products for hunters, outdoor en
2 min readHua Hong Semiconductor shipped more than half a billion LED driver chips in 2015
Due to the increased use of LED lamps both in the developed as well as developing world, the demand for LED driver Ics continue to grow in 2016. China-based chipmaker Hua Hong Semiconductor is bullish on the market opportunity and has already shipped more than 600 million chips using its ultra-high
2 min readThermal imaging camera core with built-in video processing chip
Boson, a new thermal imaging camera core from FLIR Systems is powered with low-power multi-core vision processor Myriad 2 Vision Processing Unit (VPU) from Movidius running FLIR XIR expandable infrared video processing architecture. With this chip on-board, Boson gets artificial intelligence based
2 min readA higher speed and higher resolution DLP chipset from TI
The new DLP9000X, a higher speed and higher resolution chipset for 3D printing and lithography applications from TI consists of DLP9000X digital micromirror device (DMD) and the newly available DLPC910 controller. TI says the pair offers developers more than five times the speed at continuous
3 min readLED Flicker mitigating new 2 MP CMOS image sensor for automotive
Toshiba has developed LED Flicker mitigating new 2-megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor for automotive cameras. The CSA02M00PB is expected to be available in Sample shipments from March, 2016. The new 2MP sensor minimizes image flicker caused by LED light sources and enhance accuracy of image sensing.
2 min readNew applications expands growth for image sensor market in 2015
Mobile Phone and consumer cameras are no more that bigger market for image sensors, there is a wider market opportunity coming up for image sensors. Body worn cameras is one such opportunity fast emerging for image sensor market. Gesture control through image sensing is also another opportunity, but
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