You know how it is. You’ve got that new project running, and while it doesn’t consume much power, it also doesn’t give much indication of whether it’s functioning or just sitting there with a dead ...

Almost every micro-based project that I have designed in the past 25 years has had a flashing LED, originally as a “health” indicator, but the feature has expanded to use as a status indicator where ...

The LM3554 drives one or two high-current LEDs for flash applications in handheld devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, and portable scanners. Traditional LED flash drivers sink current from a ...

Analogic Tech has announced the AAT1282 – 2A flash LED driver IC capable of delivering high intensity light from White LEDs (WLEDs). Combining a high frequency boost converter with fixed input current ...

Flash driver IC supports 5-megapixel camera applications in cellular handsets The MAX8834 is a 1.5A white-LED (WLED) flash driver IC in a tiny, 5mm2 wafer-level package (WLP). This device integrates ...

In the cellular handset market, the inclusion of high pixel count imagers integrated into the handset is almost standard. As the resolution of these imagers increases, the need for brighter flash ...