Electronic Design

IC Circuit Adapts LED Lights to Triac-Based Dimmers

Fairchild Semiconductor introduced the FL7730 single-stage primary side regulation (PSR) controller with power factor correction (PFC) for triac and analog dimming compatibility. The FL7730 circuit is ...
Electronic Design

Dimming techniques for LED drivers

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, ...
EDN

Low-Cost Electric Range Control Using a Triac

This application note will describe a low-cost microcontroller-based replacement for the mechanical thermostat which eliminates these drawbacks. The PIC10F204, Microchip’s 6-pin PICmicro® ...
EDN

LED Dimmer Triacs and Quadracs

Robust switching performance for AC line based LED dimmer applications: The Littelfuse Q6008LH1LED and Q6012LH1LED Series of AlternistorTriac and Q6008LTH1LED and Q6012LTH1LED Series of QUADRAC ...