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DOE Grant awarded to Spire to Develop LED Based Solar Simulator 2010-06-29
Spire Corporation, an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as the recipient of a Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop a light emitting diode (LED) based solar simulator.
“Our simulators are used by most major module manufacturers throughout the world and numerous international testing facilities, so we continuously strive to improve and advance the technology.”
.Spire is a major producer of solar simulators using pulsed light lamp light sources; this project will develop a next generation solar simulator, based on LED technology. An LED based system could provide advantages of accuracy, reliability, versatility and cost. Spectral, intensity and spatial uniformity variations could be achieved easily with system software and control electronics.
“We’re pleased that DOE selected Spire for this grant,” said Roger G. Little, Chairman and CEO of Spire Corporation. “Our simulators are used by most major module manufacturers throughout the world and numerous international testing facilities, so we continuously strive to improve and advance the technology.”
DOMINANT Opto Technologies equips Haima`s SUV 2010-06-29
High efficient LEDs from DOMINANT Opto Technologies are upgrading the exterior illumination of Haima’s first SUV.
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integrate multiple signal lamp functions and serve as visual indicators informing other motorists and pedestrians of the driver’s actions and/or intentions. Unlike the single point incandescent bulbs, several LEDs acting in conjunction providing the required intensity for the combined Stop and Tail lamp functions. The tail lamp light is equipped with 12 amber Power DomiLEDs and 6 amber Primax for the brake light. The tail lamp requires a lower intensity and needs to be regulated at a lower average power in comparison to the brake light function. Due to the very short switch-on time of LEDs compared to formerly used bulbs such LED brake lights are extending the reaction time for the following motorists helping them to avoid accidents.
LEDs are solid-state light sources designed not only to efficiently produce light but also to deliver solutions that provide opportunities for styling differentiation and modularity while optimizing mechanical and electrical efficiency.
Haima’s engineers team has opted LED light sources for their design choosing Power DomiLED and Primax. Decisive factors for their decision have been the low power consumption, high functionality and the extremely small size being a crucial benefit for automobile designers replacing traditional light sources with LEDs in automotive applications where limited space is essential.
Website:
http://www.dominant-semi.com
CFP MSA Releases Updated Hardware and Firmware Documents 2010-06-29
Avago Technologies, Finisar Corporation, Opnext, Inc. and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. today announced that Revision 1.4 of the CFP Multi-Source Agreement (MSA) hardware and firmware specification documents is now available on the CFP MSA website at: www.
cfp-msa.org. In addition, the three companies, which founded the CFP MSA and first
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