LED technology] reduces maintenance costs

Phil Dewsbury, product line director for AnalogicTech, said "As engineers add new functionality to entry-level cell phones and other portable systems, they often integrate larger displays into their designs. By providing the required compliance voltage to forward bias the LED high bay lighting as well as a means to control and set the desired current for both common anode and common cathode configurations with 4 LEDs, these new additions to our extensive LED driver product portfolio offer portable system designers improved design flexibility, high power efficiency, lower component count, and multiple current control options in a space-saving package."

As part of the program, nine LEDway streetlights replaced older, less efficient fixtures in downtown Raleigh. The installation is another step in Raleigh’s “LED City” initiative, a joint government/industry effort to evaluate, deploy and promote municipal LED lighting technology. Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker said “I am very excited that Progress Energy is moving forward with LED streetlights.” He noted this is good for everyone –LED technology] reduces maintenance costs, it reduces energy usage, it produces clearer light.”

The test program allows Progress Energy, the city of Raleigh and industry partners to test LED street lighting in a realistic environment subject to the actual daily conditions under which these lights typically operate.LEDway luminaires use 40 to 60 percent less energy than traditional streetlight sources such as high-pressure sodium (HPS).180W led flood lights also offers more than 100,000 hours of delivered lumens, extending the life of the fixture to more than 23 years – four times longer than HPS with no maintenance costs.