As mobile phones, PDAs and other handheld devices continue to upgrade the performance of built-in cameras, many of the companies building these devices look for ways to make better use of white LEDs ...

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 ...

Aiming at LED camera flashes, Micrel has introduced a 1.2A boost converter and LED driver. Consistent with use in phones and tablets, it comes in a 1.3×1.3mm 9pin chip-scale package and runs at 4MHz ...

Analog Devices Inc. introduces the ADP1650 1500-mA white LED driver, the latest addition to the company's power management portfolio and its inductive-based flash driver class of devices. The ADP1650 ...

Diodes Incorporated has announced the AL3644, a dual-channel flash LED driver designed to support camera flash and torch functionality. Its features include independently controlled output currents ...

This reference design presents Z8 Encore! XP microcontroller used as a LED flashlight controller. The reference design uses Zilog’s Z8F082A microcontroller to control the power and functional modes of ...

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 ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s latest market research report on the global handset flash LED modules market provides an analysis of the most important trends expected to impact the market ...

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are low-voltage light sources that require a constant DC voltage or current to operate optimally. Because they operate on a low-voltage DC power supply, they easily adapt ...

If you want to take a picture of something fast, and we mean really fast, you need to have a suitably rapid flash to illuminate it. A standard camera flash might be good enough to help capture kids ...