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Recent flashlight-related technology news posted to FlashlightNews, including new LED and electronics announcements, lighting research, and other related items

SUNNYVALE, Ca. - The diversified technology company 3M is including OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' LEDs in its new micro projectors, which can be connected to mobile phones and cameras.

ATLANTA, Ga. - Call2Recycle®, the only free rechargeable battery and cell phone collection program in North America, today announced that Battery Pack Rebuilders LLC has recycled more than 7.5 tons (15,000 pounds) of rechargeable batteries since joining the Call2Recycle program in 2005.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. - mPhase Technologies, Inc. reported today that it has been granted a United States patent for its concept for a battery that is safer for the environment. mPhase's "greener" battery technology could potentially help to reduce the harmful residual chemicals in a battery once it has reached the end of its life and is discarded.

SUNNYVALE, Ca. - OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed an LED that offers high efficiency, excellent color rendering and a pleasant warm white light. The prototype is the first to offer the three important properties that together are essential for general illumination applications, namely a color temperature of 3000 K, a color rendering index of 82 and an efficiency of 104 lm/W.

SUNNYVALE, Ca. - The SFH 5712 from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors is a low-voltage digital ambient light sensor that converts light intensity to digital signal output capable of direct I2C interface, detecting ambient brightness in the same way the human eye does.

KIRKLAND, Wa. - Orb Optronix announced today its new family of advanced LED characterization systems. The ETOfamily of LED Characterization Systems, also known as ETO, is capable of measuring the complete electrical, thermal and optical characteristics of LEDs.

HSINCHU, Taiwan - Epistar has developed a technology to reach high CRI and high efficacy for warm white LED to replace the low efficacy incandescent light bulbs. Efficacy and color rendering index (CRI) are the two major performance merits in the lighting industry using white light LED...

PALM DESERT, Ca. - In a move that brings powerful new technology to mobile lighting, LUXIM teamed with Sandia National Labs, The Boeing Company, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and others to develop a new Mobile Lighting Platform featuring LUXIM's Light Emitting Plasma™ (LEP™) technology.

SUWANEE, Ga. - The MFR-2200 Series Soldering and Rework Systems provide a high power, flexible solution for production soldering, touch-up soldering and SMD rework. SmartHeat® responds to the load, delivering the energy required for each connection, while protecting sensitive components and substrates from damage.

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Recognizing the increase application of LED in mobile devices, Edison Opto offers three types of compact SMT packaged LED for camera flash application including, Flash2016 (2.0x1.6x0.8mm), PLCC-3528 and PLCC-5050.

NEWBURYPORT, Ma. - LEDs measured on the test bench can produce different photometric and color results in actual operation mounted on the PC board. Also measuring slight color and flux differences between discrete LEDs mounted in a module is not possible with typical LED measurement set-ups.

DURHAM, N.C. - Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, is redefining expectations of lighting-class LEDs with the addition of new 100+ lumen XLamp® XP-C LEDs to the company's line of XLamp LEDs. This addition shifts Cree's entire XLamp portfolio of lighting-class LEDs into the 100+ lumen range, at 350 mA.

LOS ANGELES, Ca. - Solarmer Energy, Inc., a leading developer of plastic solar panels, has done it again, breaking the plastic solar cell world record for a second consecutive time. Solarmer announced today their champion plastic solar cell efficiency of 7.6%, certified by the Newport Corporation's Technology and Applications Center's Photovoltaic (TAC-PV) Lab.

MONTREAL, Canada - Aimtec continues to expand its AC/DC product line with the addition of the 40 watt, AMExx40-MAZ, series of converters featuring output currents as high as 8A.

MILPITAS, Ca. - Linear Technology announces the LT3743, a synchronous step-down DC/DC converter designed to deliver constant current to drive high current LEDs. The device's 5.5V to 36V input voltage range makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications...

SAN JOSE, Ca. - Philips Lumileds announced today that it is the first power LED manufacturer to publicly publish LM-80 test report data for use by luminaire manufacturers evaluating the merits of using different LEDs in their solid-state lighting solutions.

DURHAM, N.C. - Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, extends its lighting-class LED leadership into PLCC LEDs with the commercial availability of the new XLamp® MX-6 LED. The MX-6 LED offers the performance and reliability that customers expect from Cree XLamp LEDs with enhanced light uniformity and low power consumption.

REGENSBURG, Germany - The OLED prototypes that OSRAM Opto Semiconductors has developed as part of a research project are large transparent light sources only a few hundred micrometers thick. Thanks to new technology these organic light emitting diodes do not need separate encapsulation and can be made incredibly thin in any layout.

MANSFIELD, Tx. - Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it is the first distributor to stock OSRAM Opto Semiconductors' OSLON SX LED series.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

FT. WORTH, Tx. - Allied Electronics has released its 2010 Allied Catalog, featuring over 13,000 new products and more technical information and product photos than ever before.

MONTREAL, Canada - Aimtec's newest family of high efficiency (up to 89%), DC/DC converters, AM15C-Z and AM15CW-Z, provide a high power density of 37.5W/in3 in an ultra compact package (1" x 1"), a real estate savings of up to 50% compared to other standard 15 watt converters in the market.

PENANG, Malaysia - DLL is sampling a high performance chip-on-board LED array engine capable of 3000 lumens on a 56mmx56mm heat spreader with very small temperature gradient between the die junction and the substrate.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. - mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) announced today that their Phase II STTR Grant was renewed by the U.S. Army. The two year grant was initially awarded in September 2008 for the amount of $750,000.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, has expanded its offering of MIL QPL products with switch mode power supply capacitors that meet MIL PRF 49470 specifications.

SYCAMORE, Il. - The new IDEAL Digital Light Meter (61-686) precisely measures incandescent, fluorescent, metal halide, high-pressure sodium and halogen lamp output, yet carries an MSRP of only $139 (U.S.), or about 25% less than competitive light meters with similar feature-sets.

MONTREAL, Canada - Aimtec expands its 1 watt product offering with the addition of two new series featuring continuous output short circuit protection - a critical safety feature that protects the load circuit and the converter from dangerously high current levels.

NEWBURY PARK, Ca. - Opto Diode Corporation, a leading supplier of standard and custom infrared and visible LEDs and high performance photodetectors, introduces a new 99 Die LED array product line. The family of products features excellent thermal conductivity, a 110-degree beam angle and a wide range of wavelengths from 405 nm to 870 nm.