Monday, August 31, 2009
The BER Months Are Here..Merry Christmas!
This is like one of my most informal post. And I just can't help but publish it. :)Today is the first day of the work week,the first day of the month,and the first among the BER months :)In short, Christmas is around the corner! :)And with that, let me be the first one to greet you aMerryChristmas!Haha! Gift ko! :)
Road Map for Commercial TV 2009-2013
The TV has been launched by Samsung for its edge lit back light technology in end 2008, They are enjoying great market acceptance and success, as they could sell 500,000 sets in less than three months.
LG is the next flowerer that is using different technology, the direct back lit has a theory that it can have 2D local dimming and should have a better dynamic contrast, but the draw back is higher cost as A 55” TV is using typical 3,360 LED in 240 segments each with 14 LEDs.
Sharp is the No. 1 largest production of LCD TV in Japan and Sharp would make a larger promotion in the overseas market for their RGB Direct back light unit LCD TV, I am sure that they will start the mass production on LED with larger volume by end of the year, we ill see more Aquos LCD TV with RBG lack light unit in 2010 Q1. However rte manufacturing cost of Sharp TV in Japan is high. They might have to open other Asian factories for the assembly of TV in order that they stay competitive with the Korean Giants.
More players are coming soon as Philips will launch 40, 46 and 52” LED TV.
JVC Will launch 32” LED TV weight just 5 kgf, after Sharp has Launched RGB Direct BL TV for Hi End Model, they will implement on more lower end Aquos Model. Sharp should Increase LED production or OEM their LED for BLU by Nov. 2009.
Sony will move on with full spectrum supply of back lit variety such as CCFL, HCFL, edge lit LCD TV and RGB back lit unit LCD TV with his LED suppier from Japan and Osram.
China Hisense has produced LED back light TV for Russian market and this may be the next low cost phase of Mass production of LCD TV in the price range of $1,000-1,200 for size of 42” in 2010.
Vizio will launch their 55” TV in September 2009 for North American market, surprisingly that they can sell at a price of $2,000.. That should be LED edge lit back lit TV manufacturing in China.
By Q3 2010, we ca see that these Three countries Korea, Japan and China will be launching their LCD TV with tough price competition and each of them are doing their best in emulation of the others. Korea Samsung has been unloading some of their production to their subcon, LG has announced selected Flextronics for manufacturing their 19, 22, 26, 32 and 37” TV , not sure if this world 2nd largest EMS can be offer for more larger size TV then in their Mexico factory.
On the other hand, not sure if Panasonic would till produce their Plasma TV panel, as from the basic physics, a plasma TV is actually perform better than LCD in terms of colour natural reproduction and faster flash rate. However, better performance may no be the only supporting reason for a product to be survive in the commercial market, Like Sony Betamax is much better in performance and JVC VHS, however that Sony has to admit that the publicity is going for VHS, they have to close their production in 1988.
So I guess that Panasonic will increase their LCD TV volume and at same time further reduce the Plasma TV number by end 2010.
JVC Will launch 32” LED TV weight just 5 kgf, after Sharp has Launched RGB Direct BL TV for Hi End Model, they will implement on more lower end Aquos Model. Sharp should Increase LED production or OEM their LED for BLU by Nov. 2009.
Sony will move on with full spectrum supply of back lit variety such as CCFL, HCFL, edge lit LCD TV and RGB back lit unit LCD TV with his LED suppier from Japan and Osram.
China Hisense has produced LED back light TV for Russian market and this may be the next low cost phase of Mass production of LCD TV in the price range of $1,000-1,200 for size of 42” in 2010.
Vizio will launch their 55” TV in September 2009 for North American market, surprisingly that they can sell at a price of $2,000.. That should be LED edge lit back lit TV manufacturing in China.
By Q3 2010, we ca see that these Three countries Korea, Japan and China will be launching their LCD TV with tough price competition and each of them are doing their best in emulation of the others. Korea Samsung has been unloading some of their production to their subcon, LG has announced selected Flextronics for manufacturing their 19, 22, 26, 32 and 37” TV , not sure if this world 2nd largest EMS can be offer for more larger size TV then in their Mexico factory.
On the other hand, not sure if Panasonic would till produce their Plasma TV panel, as from the basic physics, a plasma TV is actually perform better than LCD in terms of colour natural reproduction and faster flash rate. However, better performance may no be the only supporting reason for a product to be survive in the commercial market, Like Sony Betamax is much better in performance and JVC VHS, however that Sony has to admit that the publicity is going for VHS, they have to close their production in 1988.
So I guess that Panasonic will increase their LCD TV volume and at same time further reduce the Plasma TV number by end 2010.
On the other Hand, OLED TV will not be popular until 2015 as they ahve to solve the low production yield and short life time issues, especially for larger panel size.
As for myself I may like to buy a Sharp Aquos RGB direct back Lit TV , I am looking for a bigger price erosion by Q2 2010 until I can afford one. Then, now it is selling at $18,000.00!
As for myself I may like to buy a Sharp Aquos RGB direct back Lit TV , I am looking for a bigger price erosion by Q2 2010 until I can afford one. Then, now it is selling at $18,000.00!
SM Manila Wi-Fi-ized
First was SM Marikina, SM The Block followed, and so on. Now, SM Manila joins the list of SM Malls to be connected online. Also included are The Podium, SM North Edsa, SM Megamall, Megamall Foodcourt, Southmall Las Pinas, Bacoor, and now SM Manila.SM Manila today has its lower ground floor covered and the whole mall is expected to be fully connected by the end of September 2009.In terms of speed
Sunday, August 30, 2009
White Light Glitter LED Necklace
3 AG13 battery cell included, not a bad idea for attending ball or dinners!
$2.67
Quiq Lite Pro
Perfect Light angle for you night vision
Clip On
Adjustable view angle
Conseallable in uniform
Quid Lite Pro will not affect your night vision the normal flashlight
US$23.00
Available at http://ledgadgets.net/
PowerFlare
Repalce Chemical Warning Flares
Perfect for Road Site Emergencies
Use CR123 or Rechargeable
Lit up for 20 hours
10 User Programable Flash pattern
Trend of LED Manufacturing
Trend of Package Size
The Trend is going for high performance Ceramic base small footprint LED at 3mmx 3mm. Cree Xlamp is 3.45mm x 3.45mm, Not sure if Lumileds Rebel will set a new standard in future. Rebel package size is 3.62mm x4.61mm. Oslon of Osram 3 mm x 3mm x 1.6 mm (Smallest).
Trend of Wafer Size
The 6” wafer was recently been an hot topics and seems that many US, Japanese and European LED players are ready to go for it. As the large wafer will definite produce more LED and at lower cost of 30% estimated!
The industry requires the equipment suppliers to synchronize with the LED Development. We have been saying the front end is developing faster than the back end. I think that is true.
Trend of Package
Traditionally that individual company has it own design and that has been gone through 10 years market test. There are so many people who partly are copy cats and partly are LED makers with good performance chip. Though the thermal performance may not as good as the original but they are selling much cheaper, so the market has been segregated into two sectors: one is high end that has strength on output and thermal performance and naturally higher in price, the other is the rest major users that may not require higher thermal performance but the cost is just 40% or less than the original. So thee two market segments have been well defined now. The ratio is about 80:20. For those High End Packages from EU and USA, if the cost is not able to further driven down to an intermediate level, they will be facing tough competitons for Similar package made by Taiwanese and Chinese.
So many of these companies are focusing for new development on ceramic small foot print LED.
Trend of the Material
The use of larger panel of Ceramic Substrates has a better cost advantage as the larger the panel say form 4” to 6 there is an added cost but not in direct proportional to the area of the material. The advantage of larger than has a more significant saving on the machine utilization time as output indexing does lower the output of the unit. More saving will be the Process time for Silicone Liquid mounding as typical mould time is in 5-10 mins, and if the LED panel is 4” would be saving a lot of time for the Machine by comparing with 2” which has only 25% of the LED of 4” Panel.
Trend of process
There is a need for high thermal performance on LED as to minimize the thermal drift, as this drift causes instability of the colour Wave Length, and Efficacy. Now 85% of the LED is now manufactured by Epoxy process, and there are numerous ways for trying to define itself for a better process. Solder is one of them and through studies that there will be more benefit by using Solder.
Let's watch out for a couple of years for a better die bonding process that can provide better, cheaper and brighter LED. The End users will be beneficiary.
The Trend is going for high performance Ceramic base small footprint LED at 3mmx 3mm. Cree Xlamp is 3.45mm x 3.45mm, Not sure if Lumileds Rebel will set a new standard in future. Rebel package size is 3.62mm x4.61mm. Oslon of Osram 3 mm x 3mm x 1.6 mm (Smallest).
Trend of Wafer Size
The 6” wafer was recently been an hot topics and seems that many US, Japanese and European LED players are ready to go for it. As the large wafer will definite produce more LED and at lower cost of 30% estimated!
The industry requires the equipment suppliers to synchronize with the LED Development. We have been saying the front end is developing faster than the back end. I think that is true.
Trend of Package
Traditionally that individual company has it own design and that has been gone through 10 years market test. There are so many people who partly are copy cats and partly are LED makers with good performance chip. Though the thermal performance may not as good as the original but they are selling much cheaper, so the market has been segregated into two sectors: one is high end that has strength on output and thermal performance and naturally higher in price, the other is the rest major users that may not require higher thermal performance but the cost is just 40% or less than the original. So thee two market segments have been well defined now. The ratio is about 80:20. For those High End Packages from EU and USA, if the cost is not able to further driven down to an intermediate level, they will be facing tough competitons for Similar package made by Taiwanese and Chinese.
So many of these companies are focusing for new development on ceramic small foot print LED.
Trend of the Material
The use of larger panel of Ceramic Substrates has a better cost advantage as the larger the panel say form 4” to 6 there is an added cost but not in direct proportional to the area of the material. The advantage of larger than has a more significant saving on the machine utilization time as output indexing does lower the output of the unit. More saving will be the Process time for Silicone Liquid mounding as typical mould time is in 5-10 mins, and if the LED panel is 4” would be saving a lot of time for the Machine by comparing with 2” which has only 25% of the LED of 4” Panel.
Trend of process
There is a need for high thermal performance on LED as to minimize the thermal drift, as this drift causes instability of the colour Wave Length, and Efficacy. Now 85% of the LED is now manufactured by Epoxy process, and there are numerous ways for trying to define itself for a better process. Solder is one of them and through studies that there will be more benefit by using Solder.
Let's watch out for a couple of years for a better die bonding process that can provide better, cheaper and brighter LED. The End users will be beneficiary.
Cream-O Love = Mac Book Air
Cream-O is giving away a Mac Book Air laptop for lovers of Cream-Oholics who would be able to make an awesome video showing their Cream-O moment in an online contest.Cream-O, the ultimate chocolate cookie fix, invites you to showcase your creativity in “Cream-Oholics Unleashed.” It is a wacky online video contest that offers the chance to win top-of-the-line gadgets. Check details here.A sleek
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Great moments in urban planning
Municipal engineers finally did something right.
For two years now, I've had a car in Brantford. For two years, I've regularly driven to the Price Chopper at the corner of Icomm and Clarence - and sometimes the Wendy's, or something else that would cause me to be on this route.
I speak of driving eastbound on Icomm, and turning left onto Clarence. A conservative estimate tells me I've made this turn fifty times. Each time, I've noticed the fourth notch on the traffic light - where one would expect to find a left-turn arrow for an advanced green.
Never, not once in my many times making this turn, has that arrow ever lit up. Not when there are cars wanting to turn left both ways onto Clarence, not when there are cars wanting to turn my way onto Clarence but only go straight down Icomm from the other direction, not when all cars at the intersection are on my side of Clarence. I've seen every possible combination, and not once has that advance green come up.
Until yesterday.
I was in Brantford to tame the mighty jungle (no lion was sleeping, but there was a persistent stray cat). Needing more yard waste bags, I headed for Price Chopper. Waiting at the aforementioned intersection, contemplating if I'd be able to make the turn before the car a good distance down Icomm hit the intersection...suddenly, I realized what was going on.
I had an advance green.
And I was thrilled.
--Ryan
For two years now, I've had a car in Brantford. For two years, I've regularly driven to the Price Chopper at the corner of Icomm and Clarence - and sometimes the Wendy's, or something else that would cause me to be on this route.
I speak of driving eastbound on Icomm, and turning left onto Clarence. A conservative estimate tells me I've made this turn fifty times. Each time, I've noticed the fourth notch on the traffic light - where one would expect to find a left-turn arrow for an advanced green.
Never, not once in my many times making this turn, has that arrow ever lit up. Not when there are cars wanting to turn left both ways onto Clarence, not when there are cars wanting to turn my way onto Clarence but only go straight down Icomm from the other direction, not when all cars at the intersection are on my side of Clarence. I've seen every possible combination, and not once has that advance green come up.
Until yesterday.
I was in Brantford to tame the mighty jungle (no lion was sleeping, but there was a persistent stray cat). Needing more yard waste bags, I headed for Price Chopper. Waiting at the aforementioned intersection, contemplating if I'd be able to make the turn before the car a good distance down Icomm hit the intersection...suddenly, I realized what was going on.
I had an advance green.
And I was thrilled.
--Ryan
New Oslon LX LED from Osram
Osram has made the Debut of Flat Oslon LX as latest product in the hot Back Light Unit Market.
The Smallest 1 W OSLON LX LEDs pack almost 80% of their light into the light guide. This small foot print ceramic Base 3x3x1.6mm LED is made for backlighting LCD displays, the two white versions provide strong light 75 lm or 90 lm at 350 mA that can be very efficiently injected into thin light guides 2-4mm.
The integrated polynomial lens with a beam angle of 125° is designed to achieve injection efficiency into the light guide of almost 80%.
The OSLON LX is available for two color spaces. The multi-white version (High Color Gamut White) covers 100% of the sRGB color space and has a typical light output of 75 lm. The ultra-white version of the LED covers 80% of the sRGB color space and is a little brighter, with a typical light output of 90 lm. This enabling them to achieve the required brightness level with fewer LEDs and with up to 30% savings in costs. '
We are would not be surprised to see these three Musketeers Cree, Lumileds and Osram will possible collaborate and set an industrial standard for 3x3mm LED package LED with super low cost solution for tomorrow lighting world!
Feverip
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
This is the "chick" flour sack wrap. To be used as a swaddling blanket for a baby, a lightweight blanket or oversized burp cloth. This can also be used as a hand towel in the kitchen. The dimensions of this cloth are 34X39 inches.
This is the "swine" flour sack wrap. The dimensions of this cloth are 28X32 inches.
"Swine Standoff" pillow cover measures 18X18 inches and is the perfect throw pillow for a chair, sofa or bed!
High School Test
High School Exit Exam...!! (Passing requires 4 correct answers)
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass. Check your answers below
1) 116 years
2) Ecuador
3) Sheep and Horses
4) November
5) Squirrel fur
6) Dogs
7) Albert
8) Crimson
9) New Zealand
10) Orange
What do you mean, you failed? Me, too. (And if you try to tell me you passed, you lie!)
feverip
1) How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
2) Which country makes Panama hats?
3) From which animal do we get cat gut?
4) In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5) What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6) The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7) What was King George VI's first name?
8) What color is a purple finch?
9) Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10) What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
Remember, you need 4 correct answers to pass. Check your answers below
1) 116 years
2) Ecuador
3) Sheep and Horses
4) November
5) Squirrel fur
6) Dogs
7) Albert
8) Crimson
9) New Zealand
10) Orange
What do you mean, you failed? Me, too. (And if you try to tell me you passed, you lie!)
feverip
Swine Standoff
Been a week!!!! I am really slacking on the blogging front!!! I am waiting for the dew to dry and I am going to go outside and photograph my latest painting (pillow)..."swine standoff." My friend Margeaux has agreed to sew canvas pillow covers for me to paint. The first one I have finished is the one I will have photographed today. It is a 20X20 pillow cover. She is also making me a few that are 18X18 and one that is 12X16-perfect baby pillow size. I am really hoping that these will be a hit!!! The idea is you can throw he anywhere-chair/ sofa/ bed/ crib. I haven't some up with a price yet but I will keep ya posted!!!
I have also painted a few cotton flour sacks that are the perfect size and weight for a swaddling blanket/ lightweight cover for the stroller/ or a burp cloth throw. No children...... you could use these as decorative kitchen towels. If any spills should occur, they are very fast drying because of how thin they are! Pictures on the way... nap time can't come soon enough!!!!!
What are the obstacles for LED becoming truly general lighting?
Strategies Unlimited believes the LED lighting market will grow by 28% from 2008 to 2012, but many challenges remain.
As the LED lighting market grows beyond single color and color-changing applications into general illumination applications such as residential, commercial and off-grid applications, and ultimately into outdoor area applications, it is forecast to exceed $5 billion in 2012, corresponding to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28% from 2008 to 2012.
That looks very promising but I think that there are still a lot of obstacles for preventing this promising adoption number to come true!
First, the LED efficiency is just around 26% with the best LED chip we have, still 74% of the energy will be inevitably converted to heat energy so there we can see that all LED direct replacement light bulb comes with a heat sink which may the cost higher and looks clumsy. Of course they are better design like Parathom and Master LED from Osram and Philips respectively.
2nd challenge is that say one of the world largest CFL and LED maker Osram has 50 factories. Amongst them, two of them are for LED, rest of them is CFL and incandescent light fixture, Does these two factories will be promoted by their top management for expansion and force the other 48 factories to lose market share and close in the end.
The LED replacement fixture is far less bright as the Traditional energy saving lamp. I am using LED fixture at home, but My study place is still a single Energy Lamp as it is brighter. So not until a LED of efficacy of 200 lm/watt is launched, the LED replacement lamp will not be as popular as these CFL are today!
In recent years, LED technology has made impressive performance gains, which in turn have improved the efficacy of LED lighting fixtures. In the forecast period 2008-2012, white LED fixtures will make gains in market share as the best commercially available high-performance white LEDs move beyond luminous efficacies of 100 l/W.
Another way of being a obstacle is that how to prevent theft of the Expensive LED in the office or factory, a reasonable good quality LED lamp is valued $30-60 and that is a tempting for people who might risk stealing the LED light whenever that is an opportunity for using it at his house!
So only the new building that has a ne fixture that come with special design to prevent the light bulb to be easily been removed would reduce or prevent them to be “Lost”! Means that the market for LED directly replacement bulb would be much smaller than we expect...
The LED directly replace for CFL is still expensive, well 5 years ago it is 80 times more expensive than energy Light bulb. Now that is 10-15 times more expensive, not until it is 3-5 times more expensive, the popularity of the LED direct replacement bulbs will not be Popular!
The angle of light emission of LED light bulb is till narrow as comparing with the energy light bulb which is practically 360 degrees. LED is around 80-120 Degrees with larger the emission angle, the less the average light output.
However, this will be only the beginning for the ultimate replacement of conventional light sources, including high-efficiency fluorescent and HID fixtures. However, many challenges face the LED industry to accomplish that goal, all of which are discussed in a new report released by Strategies Unlimited.
“LED lighting Fixtures – Market Analysis and Forecast” provides a detailed assessment of the market drivers and challenges faced by the LED lighting fixture industry in penetrating the general illumination market. It provides application analyses and forecasts for nine lighting market segments through 2012.
Let's work harder for achieving the goal!
feverip
As the LED lighting market grows beyond single color and color-changing applications into general illumination applications such as residential, commercial and off-grid applications, and ultimately into outdoor area applications, it is forecast to exceed $5 billion in 2012, corresponding to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28% from 2008 to 2012.
That looks very promising but I think that there are still a lot of obstacles for preventing this promising adoption number to come true!
First, the LED efficiency is just around 26% with the best LED chip we have, still 74% of the energy will be inevitably converted to heat energy so there we can see that all LED direct replacement light bulb comes with a heat sink which may the cost higher and looks clumsy. Of course they are better design like Parathom and Master LED from Osram and Philips respectively.
2nd challenge is that say one of the world largest CFL and LED maker Osram has 50 factories. Amongst them, two of them are for LED, rest of them is CFL and incandescent light fixture, Does these two factories will be promoted by their top management for expansion and force the other 48 factories to lose market share and close in the end.
The LED replacement fixture is far less bright as the Traditional energy saving lamp. I am using LED fixture at home, but My study place is still a single Energy Lamp as it is brighter. So not until a LED of efficacy of 200 lm/watt is launched, the LED replacement lamp will not be as popular as these CFL are today!
In recent years, LED technology has made impressive performance gains, which in turn have improved the efficacy of LED lighting fixtures. In the forecast period 2008-2012, white LED fixtures will make gains in market share as the best commercially available high-performance white LEDs move beyond luminous efficacies of 100 l/W.
Another way of being a obstacle is that how to prevent theft of the Expensive LED in the office or factory, a reasonable good quality LED lamp is valued $30-60 and that is a tempting for people who might risk stealing the LED light whenever that is an opportunity for using it at his house!
So only the new building that has a ne fixture that come with special design to prevent the light bulb to be easily been removed would reduce or prevent them to be “Lost”! Means that the market for LED directly replacement bulb would be much smaller than we expect...
The LED directly replace for CFL is still expensive, well 5 years ago it is 80 times more expensive than energy Light bulb. Now that is 10-15 times more expensive, not until it is 3-5 times more expensive, the popularity of the LED direct replacement bulbs will not be Popular!
The angle of light emission of LED light bulb is till narrow as comparing with the energy light bulb which is practically 360 degrees. LED is around 80-120 Degrees with larger the emission angle, the less the average light output.
However, this will be only the beginning for the ultimate replacement of conventional light sources, including high-efficiency fluorescent and HID fixtures. However, many challenges face the LED industry to accomplish that goal, all of which are discussed in a new report released by Strategies Unlimited.
“LED lighting Fixtures – Market Analysis and Forecast” provides a detailed assessment of the market drivers and challenges faced by the LED lighting fixture industry in penetrating the general illumination market. It provides application analyses and forecasts for nine lighting market segments through 2012.
Let's work harder for achieving the goal!
feverip
Dynamic Contrast of LCD TV with LED BLU
Dynamic Contrast of LCD TV, LCD-screens comprises a backlight unit which is permanently emitting light and an LCD-panel in front of it which modulates transmission of light with respect to intensity and chromaticity. In order to increase the contrast of such LCD-screens the backlight can be (globally) dimmed when the image to be displayed is dark (i.e. not comprising high intensity image data) while the image data is numerically corrected and adapted to the reduced backlight intensity.
In such a way the dark regions in dark images can be improved and the contrast between subsequent frames can be substantially increased. Also the contrast within one frame can be expanded intentionally depending on the histogram of the image (some sporadic highlights in an image may be cut or suppressed). There is quite some digital signal processing required for implementation of the dynamic contrast control technique in a way that is pleasing to the human visual system (e.g no flicker effects must be induced).
The contrast within individual frames (simultaneous contrast) can be increased when the backlight can be locally dimmed. This can be achieved with backlight units that are realized with arrays of LEDs. High-dynamic-range (HDR) LCDs are using that technique in order to realize (static) contrast values in the range of CR > 100,000.
When we go to the electronic shop, there is no surprise to see that they have more than 1,000,000:1 and even 2,000,000:1 Contrast in some of the spec sheet of the latest LED Back lit TV, so in the common paper specification comparison, Does a 300,000:1 Contrast is 100 times better than the 3,000:1, of course, the answer is yes. When we compare then precisely, we can see that there is difference of say some 10 times by our naked eye comparison.
Similarly, this phenomenon ressembly the human ear sensitivity. It is useful and accurate to express perceived loudness in the logarithmic decibel (dB) scale; a change of 1 dB, which corresponds to a 25.9% change in power level, is considered to be the smallest change in sound power level perceivable by the average human ear under idealized test conditions. An increase/decrease of 3 dB corresponds to a doubling/halving of power and distance of average perceivability. An '84 dB' source "speaker" would require a 400-watt amplifier to produce the same audio energy as a '90 dB' source being driven by a 100-watt amplifier.
The CCFL TV is actually hard to have the same amount of Light intensity of LED. So the LED has a high bright side as intensity is higher and the LED can have 2D local dimming as f they are Direct back light that can turn off the back light such that absolute darkness can be made possible, so the paper specification will be many times better.
In fact we can see the difference of the picture, however if you have no intention to scrutinize the TV picture quality, you may not easily see the big difference, also especially in Electronics Store of Hong Kong, they are used to put illumination lights as many as they can. As They believe that a brighter shop will attract more visitors and customers This is a Common Environmental Problem as on the other hand, they turn the air con to a very low temperature such as to offset the immense heat generated by the Lights! Bad Practice!
Since the shops ambient light is so bright that is a draw back for the visitor to distinguish the dynamic contrast of two different TV when they try to choose, so the best is to make a darker demo room for display the TVs such that we can really can see and find out the big difference in contrast.
feverip
Flextronics Selected by LG Electronics to Manufacture Assorted LCD TV Products
Flextronics (Nasdaq: FLEX ) today announced that it was chosen by LG Electronics (LGE) to manufacture 19, 22, 26, 32, and 37-inch LCD TVs at its Juarez, Mexico facility for distribution to the North and South American markets.
By collaborating with Flextronics, LG will be able to expand its product portfolio and cost effective access to these key markets," said Didier Chenneveau, Chief Supply Chain Officer at LG Electronics.
In addition to its Juarez, Mexico facility, Flextronics' Doumen and Brazil facilities will also provide services to support this business.
With The Assistance of Flextronics, LG can focus at Higher end LED LCD TV 40" or above with LED backlit technology, that is one of the way to debut his largest Korean Rival Samsung.
LG is the world 2nd largest LCD TV maker after Samsung.
About Flextronics
Headquartered in Singapore, Flextronics is world's 2nd Largest Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. There are factories in China, with the largest one in Doumen Zhuhai that has over 40,000 staff.
feverip
By collaborating with Flextronics, LG will be able to expand its product portfolio and cost effective access to these key markets," said Didier Chenneveau, Chief Supply Chain Officer at LG Electronics.
In addition to its Juarez, Mexico facility, Flextronics' Doumen and Brazil facilities will also provide services to support this business.
With The Assistance of Flextronics, LG can focus at Higher end LED LCD TV 40" or above with LED backlit technology, that is one of the way to debut his largest Korean Rival Samsung.
LG is the world 2nd largest LCD TV maker after Samsung.
About Flextronics
Headquartered in Singapore, Flextronics is world's 2nd Largest Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. There are factories in China, with the largest one in Doumen Zhuhai that has over 40,000 staff.
feverip
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
MMA Philippi ne Local Council Launched
Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and Internet and Mobile Marketing Assocaition of hte Philippines (IMMAP) partners to launch MMA Philippine Local Council today, August 26 at the SMX, Mall of Asia, Pasay.From about 1M mobile subscribers in 1996 to 70M in 2008, mobile marketing offers tremendous opportunity for growth even including more advanced Bluetooth marketing. This is getting more
Boomerang Awards 2009 Winners Announced
Right after the Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit, the Boomerang Awards followed with the announcement of the finalists and awarding of winners.And without further adieu, the winners are:Best Cyber Boomerang Awards CategoryPalistuhanby Proximity Philippines(Gold)Marlboro Levelsby Arc Worldwide Philippines, CO., Inc(Silver)Honda Jazz: The Fun Utility Vehicle by Honda Cars Inc(Bronze)Best Mobile
IMMAP Summit Day 1
This is my first time to attend IMMAP's Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit. I got my free delegate pass for this prestigious conference through a blog entry I wrote for a contest together with Regnard.Held at SMX, Mall of Asia earlier, the event was opened with a speech from IMMAP president Arthur Policarpio. It also had huge international and local names for speakers including Sandra Puno from
Goodyear Philippines Roadshow: “Goodyear Pa Rin!”
Goodyear in the Philippines just celebrated its 111 years of safety innovation with their first “Goodyear Pa Rin!” nationwide roadshow at the SM Mall of Asia over the weekend of Aug 21-23.The three-day event featured activities such as Ride and Drive clinics, car displays, and Women with Drive sessions conducted by Goodyear’s top racing endorsers and a Ride and Drive by the Tuason Racing
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Challenge on LED Die Bonder Equipment
The trend for 1W LED is going to chip scale packaging, and like those major available production in the market, the size of the LED Package is in the range of 3 to 4mm. The material is ceramic substrates, and most of them ate epoxy or Flux Eutectic, process.
There are a lot of challenge and see who can manage this entire factor for a successful launch of such a product in the competitive market. There is no perfect process, however to be a pedigree of LED in the market, firstly we should have a stable supply of LED with high efficacy; as if you are a chip design would be a pre-requisite.
Cost and performance are neighborhood but there is always dilemma when cost is a prioritized factor, as we know the ceramic substrate is quite an expensive item for 4” panel is over few tenth of dollars, all depends on how may LED you can put onto this panel, the larger the panel may be having bigger advantage. The cost as a 6” Panel may be additional 15% more expansive than a 4” panel. So if one can manage to use larger panel would be able to drive down the BOM cost lower by a significant amount.
Easy to talk but hard to achieve, a bigger panel will inevitable bring in certain problem such as die bonder constrain as most of the Die bonder is not able to handle 4” wide panel easily.
Warppage of panel is 3X more with 2X larger in size, the average best panel we can get in the market will be having 0.3%-0.5% the width of warppage with size over 4”.
There is a challenge to take care f the warppage.
The package is gong to be thinner and thinner, the thickness of ceramic panel varies from 0.1mm to 1mm. for LED substrates, and the thickness is running between 0.2mm-0.4mm. The thinner the substrates will have higher challenge on the bonding equipment, as the bonding machine should not create any damages or scratches on the thin panel.
And the machine should be able to have up down anvil block or other method to handle the whole panel without damaging it. As we know that the panel is not flat, naturally the die bonding process and glue dispensing process should have an auto height searching function. The force control of the bond head has to be consistent and not to over drive the dies and in certain cases we have to have certain Bond line thickness >5 microns for epoxy process.
High Silver Epoxy is usually have more than 70% of the silver flakes and the carriers will be less in volumes, the epoxy will be viscous, typical visocity will be in the range of 22,000-40,000 CPS. Such kind of thick epoxy will significantly lower down the UPH , this bottle neck for UPH will have to be solved either by increasing the speed of the dispensing process or double the number of epoxy stage. The Later is seems easier as increasing the speed of Dispensing will have adverse effect on the glue size and volume.
For the latest design approach for manufacturing consideration, Silicone liquid molding process is used, in order to have an aligned fudicial mark align as the molding machine alignment method, the Die bonder should have a similar way for Vision inspection method as the moulding machine, That will require a Global alignment of the whole panel, so there will be requiring the die bonder o have a vision system that cab snap images on the fudicial mark at the four edges of the panel.
In order to maximize the number of LED on the panel, the epoxy has to be dispensing exactly the right amount for the dies, too much of the epoxy will bridge the adjacent circuitry and or creating EOD. That is an important process as it is required to be fast, accuracy, and evenly dispensing on the whole panel with high consistency.
Another challenge is bonding accuracy, when more number so dies is place don the panel, the placement accuracy will be shrinked to a narrow range of +/-20 microns or even smaller and die rotation to a range of +/-1 deg.
As overall summary, the die bonding process requires certain equipment which is
-Placement accuracy +/-20 microns
-Die rotation angle +/-1 deg
-Bonding area is 4” wide or more
-Introduce no scratches or damages on the thin crackers
-Able to detect the bonding level at epoxy and bonding stage
-Able to perform global alignment other than the multi-point vision alignment
-UPH 8,000 or more
Such a sophisticated machine is inevitably expensive, glad to know that ASM AD838 series has a cost effective solution on this!
feverip
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Philips SpotOn
This tiny Motion Sensor SpotOn would be a nice corridor Lighting.
Motion Sensor detection and will be off in 15-20 Seconds automatically.
It took me one minute to install!
Power by Three AAA battery cells. HKD$98.00 (US$12.60)
Friday, August 21, 2009
Ceramic Base Package LED
There are numerous types of LED which was made with Ceramic as base material.With the Consideration of high Thermal Conductivity 180 W/m/K and 4.8 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion ppm/K which matches with the Blue LED Die material InGaN. As we know that the thermal performance of a LED is crucial in keeping the LED “Cool”.
Take for an instance, referring to the Data Sheet of Rebel; reducing the junction temperature from 135 deg C to 130 Deg C of Rebel will be able to increase the life time of 18,000 hours!
Silicon bas material probably is the best substrate material as Silicon’s Thermal Conductivity is 168 W/m/K and 4.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion ppm/K which are even better than AlN for die matching. Silicon Substrates might be the best base material for CTE matching.
There is always debatable that G2G Gold to Gold may be the better in term of heat transfer capability than Direct Eutectic. There is less LED guys practice in control the Bond line thickens of Silver epoxy as that is not easy for a small LED chip 0.3mmX 0.3mm or even 1mmx1mm. Some of the requirements include the control the BLT to be more than 5 microns and less than 10 microns that is already tough!
At the same time to control good die placement accuracy typically at a range of +/-20 microns and die rotation angel to be within +/-1 deg for same a LED chip of 1mmx1mm.
Is easy with some of the best LED die bonders in the market. The Challenge is how to ensure the solder has a consistence and high BLT. How to ensure that there is no overflow of the solder material onto the adjustment circuitry as the LED footprint is going to smaller and smaller.
How about Soft solder and Direct Eutectic process. Solder has a good CTE matching as we can control a thicker Bond Line thickness on Solder and may be too expensive for similar thickness for Direct Eutectic process.
There is novel process being discussed is to apply Soft solder as the bonding material for LED chip. As Soft solder is excellent in CTE with Copper as substrate material as Copper Thermal Conductivity is 300 and his CTE is 18 which is too high for LED chip material, so if we can have a successful thick bond line thickness such as to act as good cushion for the In GaN to Copper, may this is the futuristic perfect die bonding process. Some of the major LED companies are working closely with the bonder equipment supplier to develop this kind of process.
From the attached picture a few example of LED is displayed, they have a similar characteristic, Small footprint 3 mm x3 mm, thin as 2 mm, Dome lens and ceramic substrates. From the about packages shown, the major players has their own 1W LED package that has similar package size, more or less a standard has been formed. That is a good to the SSL industrial followers to apply the LED on their SSL display panel and or lamp fixtures.
I am interesting to see what will be the next successful package that can replaced the current one with the following outperforming factors in Cost, Thermal conductivity, and performance!
22 Aug 2009 1100 am
Take for an instance, referring to the Data Sheet of Rebel; reducing the junction temperature from 135 deg C to 130 Deg C of Rebel will be able to increase the life time of 18,000 hours!
Silicon bas material probably is the best substrate material as Silicon’s Thermal Conductivity is 168 W/m/K and 4.2 Coefficient of Thermal Expansion ppm/K which are even better than AlN for die matching. Silicon Substrates might be the best base material for CTE matching.
There is always debatable that G2G Gold to Gold may be the better in term of heat transfer capability than Direct Eutectic. There is less LED guys practice in control the Bond line thickens of Silver epoxy as that is not easy for a small LED chip 0.3mmX 0.3mm or even 1mmx1mm. Some of the requirements include the control the BLT to be more than 5 microns and less than 10 microns that is already tough!
At the same time to control good die placement accuracy typically at a range of +/-20 microns and die rotation angel to be within +/-1 deg for same a LED chip of 1mmx1mm.
Is easy with some of the best LED die bonders in the market. The Challenge is how to ensure the solder has a consistence and high BLT. How to ensure that there is no overflow of the solder material onto the adjustment circuitry as the LED footprint is going to smaller and smaller.
How about Soft solder and Direct Eutectic process. Solder has a good CTE matching as we can control a thicker Bond Line thickness on Solder and may be too expensive for similar thickness for Direct Eutectic process.
There is novel process being discussed is to apply Soft solder as the bonding material for LED chip. As Soft solder is excellent in CTE with Copper as substrate material as Copper Thermal Conductivity is 300 and his CTE is 18 which is too high for LED chip material, so if we can have a successful thick bond line thickness such as to act as good cushion for the In GaN to Copper, may this is the futuristic perfect die bonding process. Some of the major LED companies are working closely with the bonder equipment supplier to develop this kind of process.
From the attached picture a few example of LED is displayed, they have a similar characteristic, Small footprint 3 mm x3 mm, thin as 2 mm, Dome lens and ceramic substrates. From the about packages shown, the major players has their own 1W LED package that has similar package size, more or less a standard has been formed. That is a good to the SSL industrial followers to apply the LED on their SSL display panel and or lamp fixtures.
I am interesting to see what will be the next successful package that can replaced the current one with the following outperforming factors in Cost, Thermal conductivity, and performance!
22 Aug 2009 1100 am
Multiple choice
"Fernando! I have a question for you, por favor!"
"What is it, Raul? Ask quick, it's almost siesta time."
"I will give you three choices, Fernando. What is the greatest outcome of the CSI Effect?"
"The what?"
"The CSI Effect, hombre. Is it:
a) An increase in the number of people studying criminology, particularly forensic investigation, as CSI has gained in popularity;
b) An increase in the standards of evidence, as juries now expect prosecutors to provide them with CSI-style evidence even though such evidence is rare and quite expensive;
or c) A phenomenon in which every bad pun is followed by a Roger Daltrey scream?"
"C."
"Si."
YEEEEAAAAHHHH!
"What is it, Raul? Ask quick, it's almost siesta time."
"I will give you three choices, Fernando. What is the greatest outcome of the CSI Effect?"
"The what?"
"The CSI Effect, hombre. Is it:
a) An increase in the number of people studying criminology, particularly forensic investigation, as CSI has gained in popularity;
b) An increase in the standards of evidence, as juries now expect prosecutors to provide them with CSI-style evidence even though such evidence is rare and quite expensive;
or c) A phenomenon in which every bad pun is followed by a Roger Daltrey scream?"
"C."
"Si."
YEEEEAAAAHHHH!
LED City
Cree, an U.S.-based Light Emitting Diode company and the City of Raleigh Durham, the anchor city in a rapidly growing metro area, announced a joint city-wide initiative to test, deploy and promote LED technology focused on a variety of general lighting applications on Feb., 2007.
The “LED City” initiative is designed to create a “living laboratory” to deliver the economic, environmental and usage benefits of LED lighting to the residents of Raleigh. The first project is focused on validating both the cost savings and technology capabilities of LEDs through an installation of LED lighting in the City’s Municipal Building parking deck.
Both Cree and Raleigh public officials expect the initiative to serve as a model for other cities that are considering implementing energy-efficient infrastructures. Now there a more than 10 LED cities including City of Toronto, Tian Jin of China, Torraca of Italy, and Gwang Ju of Korea are some of the Cities participating in this programme. The LED City is a way to promote using more effcient energy to reduce CO2 emission.
Besides, Some of the Asian country are the pioneers of supporting s Greener world by employing LED in the Cities, Singapore and Japan, a pedigree of environmental supporting countries, has been using close to 100% LED in the Traffic display and Traffic light, China has been intensively using LED for the traffic light and Traffic signage, where as Hong Kong is running backwards, there is close to 0% of LED on the traffic Light.
I am afraid that Hong Kong might be the last City to change LED for the traffic light in Asia.
On the other hand, HK Electric Lamma Power Station at Lamma Island has a total Capacity 3735MW. In 2008, power station’s coal fired unit generated approx. 83% of electricity where gas fired unit generated 17%. Hong Kong is not advance at all in term of Green Power utlization!
Every day, tons of sinter ashes are being generated and that would degrade the quality of air!
feverip
Widgets, Widgets and more Widgets…
A quick look at our site this week will reveal that Samsung is excited about the possibilities offered by widgets in a mobile context.
Firstly , we released the Beta version of our Samsung Mobile Widget SDK. This is housed in a separate forum on Samsung Mobile Innovator. This area is aimed at both mobile and web developers and is dedicated to Samsung’s widget implementation on the touch Wiz UI. Whether you are a web developer looking to target mobile devices, or a mobile developer keen to explore widgets, we are sure you will find our area useful. Access it at the link below.
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/platform.main.do?platformId=12
Media interest in this is already quite high with articles published in Engadget Mobile, Information Week, CNET and MobileCrunch.
Next, to coincide with the SDK launch we invited our Californian-based members who like caffeine and coding to pull an all-nighter with Samsung Mobile in San Francisco at our first Widget Developer Camp. There are some great prizes up for grabs ($5k each individual category and $20k Best in Show, plus a trip to CTIA to show off your widget), just remember you need to be a CA-local. For more details see our micro-site.
https://samsungwireless.com/devcamp/
And finally, due to demand from our members, Samsung IQ has been extended for two weeks. This means that the competition remains open until Friday 28th August 2009, giving developers more time to build their Samsung Mobile Widgets and refine their work. For full details, click the link below.
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/tech/view.do?boardName=technology&messageId=39101
The message clearly - if you’re interested in this technology that combines HTML, CSS and Javascript to create cool UIs there has never been a better time to start coding.
Firstly , we released the Beta version of our Samsung Mobile Widget SDK. This is housed in a separate forum on Samsung Mobile Innovator. This area is aimed at both mobile and web developers and is dedicated to Samsung’s widget implementation on the touch Wiz UI. Whether you are a web developer looking to target mobile devices, or a mobile developer keen to explore widgets, we are sure you will find our area useful. Access it at the link below.
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/platform.main.do?platformId=12
Media interest in this is already quite high with articles published in Engadget Mobile, Information Week, CNET and MobileCrunch.
Next, to coincide with the SDK launch we invited our Californian-based members who like caffeine and coding to pull an all-nighter with Samsung Mobile in San Francisco at our first Widget Developer Camp. There are some great prizes up for grabs ($5k each individual category and $20k Best in Show, plus a trip to CTIA to show off your widget), just remember you need to be a CA-local. For more details see our micro-site.
https://samsungwireless.com/devcamp/
And finally, due to demand from our members, Samsung IQ has been extended for two weeks. This means that the competition remains open until Friday 28th August 2009, giving developers more time to build their Samsung Mobile Widgets and refine their work. For full details, click the link below.
http://innovator.samsungmobile.com/bbs/tech/view.do?boardName=technology&messageId=39101
The message clearly - if you’re interested in this technology that combines HTML, CSS and Javascript to create cool UIs there has never been a better time to start coding.
Philippine Blog Awards 2009 All Set
This year's Philippine Blog Awards 2009 is made bigger and better! From last PBA's one location and awarding night, they are bringing it to the other two major islands of the country making the awards nights truly nationwide."The Philippine Blog Awards is a yearly event that aims to give recognition to outstandings blogs in but not limited to the Filipino Blogging Community. The Philippine Blog
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Ninoy Aquino Day: Araw ng Dilaw
A few weeks after the passing and burial of Cory Aquino, the Philippines commemorates tomorrow - August 21, the sacrifice of another Aquino - Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino, Jr.This year marks the 26th anniversary of Ninoy Aquino's assassination back in August 21, 1983 when he was shot in the head upon returning to Philippine soil amidst heated political turmoil.Although, the results of the case remain
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
New Tote Bag Photos-Must See!!!
"Zig Zag" hand painted 13X13X3 tote bag. The perfect beach bag or library bag!!! I use mine to tote everything from headphones and water bottles to the gym, as well as my son's snack and diapers! Throw it in the wash and let air dry for best results. Hot iron if sensitive to wrinkling!!!!
"Tree Frog Jump" is a 13X13X3 hand painted tote bag.
"Elephant Stampede" is a hand painted 13X13X3 tote bag.
"Trio of Apples" hand painted 13X13X3 tote bag.
Pair o' Cherry hand painted tote 13X13X3. Perfect for you or your precious little girl!
Ok, so I finally took some more pictures of my most recent hand painted totes. Boy, it is H-O-T outside today. August heat in South Carolina is brutal, but I thought the lighting was best outside to capture the crisp color of each bag. They are all over the board as far as designs go! I am always trying to think of something new to do. As you know, I am always open for suggestions, after all, custom pieces are kind of my thing!!!! Hope you like what you see....
LED for Honda Automotives
Osram Presentation Material at LED show
Automotive has been intensively using LED since 1999. Nowadays, there are 300-350 LED in a car, a Maybach is even using 528 LEDs. The use of LED brings along a lot of advantage like Saftey as LED turn on in juts 2 ns and Incandescnet may need 300 ms which is many times slower. LED is power saving vesus the use of incandescent light bulbs. If all Signal function of standard incandescent lamp were replaced with LED, the power consumption will be reduced from 206W to 40W. The lower Electrical consumption created reduction of 237 grams of CO2 emission for a distance of 100KM when comparing with Incandescent options.
Take for an instance, assume 200 hours of Brake operstion, 220 hours of tail signal and 75 hours of turning signal operation per year, A median Vehicle age of 9.7 years using Joule LED will cut 400 Kg of CO2 emission over the life of the vehicle. The lower wattage reduces the drag on the electrical system, which translates into small but measurable fuel saving. An Equivalent of an approxiamtely 20 Litre of gas will be saved a year too.
RCL Rear Combination lamps are almost LED for certain Mid range and Hi End Car. The only challenge is the Hi beam Head lamp as it has to generate as much as a few thousandy Lumen of white light under the high temperture of engine compartment. European Cars such as Audi R8, Q7 is using Philips. Mercedes Benz is consider to use LED hi Beam head lamp. DRL (day light running lamp) is Osram Gold Dragons.
On the other hand Japanese car is yet not going LED Hi beam LED head lamp until recent car show that Honda is using a conservative way of Multi LED to form the hi beam head lamp. This is not the first Example as Cadillac Escalade Platinum has been using Osram Ostar LED as the Hi and Low beam Head lamp seince end 2007.
Japanese is used to be a leader in LED design and Efficacy 12 year go, however now they have been overtaken by US and European players in term so Efficacy and design. Has been overtaken Japan as an average, except Nichia is still the world 2nd Highest Efficacy in LED emission at 145 Lm/Watt.
Recently Honda car such as CR-Z Concept, FCX Clarity and Insight Concept car has been reviewed with extensive use of LED as interior and exterior decorative LED, function LED and Signaling, As the Automotive forward lamp, they use Multi LED module. My comment on the LED layout is Gorgeous! I am looking forward that these Concept cars will be commercially available soon in Hong Kong.
feverip
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Mea culpa
When I did my last batch of music reviews, I said the following about Animal Collective:
Some Uighur pointed out in the comments that they were actually quite excellent live. I didn't believe him. Then I found this:
Weird? Even by Letterman's standards, yes.
Good? More like awesome. Especially the vocals on the "when the sun goes down we'll go out again" bridge.
I was wrong. I admit my mistake.
--Ryan
I have absolutely zero interest in ever seeing them live
Some Uighur pointed out in the comments that they were actually quite excellent live. I didn't believe him. Then I found this:
Weird? Even by Letterman's standards, yes.
Good? More like awesome. Especially the vocals on the "when the sun goes down we'll go out again" bridge.
I was wrong. I admit my mistake.
--Ryan
Digital & Essential: The 3rd Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit 2009
With the theme "Digital Delivers," Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP) organizes this year's Internet and Mobile Marketing Summit for the third time. It shall be held on August 25-26, 2009 at SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia, Manila, Philippines.Digitally Cost-EffectiveIn this times of global recession and belt-tightening, the marketing budget continues to
Monday, August 17, 2009
LED Head Lamp shall be the future illumination light source
Since 2002, LEDs have developed rapidly due to their use in mobile phones. With the improvement of LED luminescence technology, LEDs no longer rely on the mobile phone industry. They now enter the semiconductor lighting era. But due to limited Efficacy, still we have to wait for a while before that kind of higher efficacy LED 200Lm/Watt can be invented for more applications other than automotive illumination. The Auto production was low in the past three quarters, until government subsidizing the replacement of old vehicles, Ford has announced that they will have to increase their production from 490K units to 570 K unit in the fourth quarters. This may have a positive sign of the early recovery of auto industry.
There are almost 300-350 LED in a car and Auto LED has a much tougher requirement on reliability. Naturally the sales price of the LED for Auto is higher than other application.
Currently, brake lights are the main LED application for vehicles. The market penetration rate was 53% in 2007; the figure will increase to 85% by 2011. In addition, the penetration rate of vehicle LED taillights was close to 15%, and the figure is expected to reach 38% by 2011.
Moreover, the Cadillac Escalade was the first car in the world to adopt LEDs both in its high beam and low beam lights, signifying that LEDs have entered the headlight era. Taiwan Everlight will also start the mass production of LED headlights as early as Q3 2008; their main client is China DongFeng Motor Corporation. Audi R8 with a production volume of 20 units day, hand made with the best technician who is selected from all Audi technicians.
I did see front high beam head lamp light up, with two Snow White LED beam, with the Osram DRL LED surrounding it. That light up appearance has a stunning technological outfit of powerful muscle car dressed in a fine German tuxedo. That was eye catching when it moved gracefully and slowly from the Convention Centre towards central.
Audi R8 Hi beam LED was a masterpiece of Lumileds using its TTFC Lumiramic technology, I am wondering that this might be given precedence over all other LED type in the High Power Illumination LED development.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Get Hooked
My two year old just moved into a big boy bed about two weeks ago and I am just starting to get it all together! The painting hanging above his bed was one of my very first blue chickadee creations! I have always loved this one!
This is my latest "get hooked" tote bag I painted a week or so ago and I have since used it everyday as a carryall for my son's things. This tote has been the perfect size (13X13X3) for throwing a quick snack/ diaper/ wipes in and hit the road!
beach day sunday
So today marks the first day of my blog! I remember not so long ago having no idea what a blog was or why anyone would care to read about what someone else does with their day!!! I mean don't we all have better and more important things going on in our lives???
So, here I am now, starting to blog....hard to believe!!! After some thought, I decided this would actually be a great way to share pictures of my most recent artwork from blue chickadee! I really want friends and family to see what I am doing and this will make me be more vigilant about taking pictures of my work as I go. I love painting, I mean I really do, but sometimes, I have to admit, it does fall on the back burner for me. After struggling with a very high energy, temper tantrum throwing, adorable two and half year old all day, sometimes I just want to lie down with a good mag and turn on Bravo for a few hours!!!
For those of you who know me, you know it is going to take me a while to figure out how to post pics of my work, but please bear with me!!!! I will figure it out...I am bound and determined to this myself without having to ask my husband for help. I hope things go well and will be updating soon!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
More like Blue Gays
(Bad pun? Yeah. Hard to resist, though.)This past weekend, the Toronto Blue Jays held a 'Back2Back' weekend - a reunion for players and coaches from the 1992 and 1993 World Series-winning Jays teams.
They also let Alex Rios, a popular and competent player, leave for another team in exchange for literally nothing.
These two events showcased an astoundingly clear example of the wholesale change in how the Toronto Blue Jays approach winning over the past fifteen years.
Once upon a time, the Blue Jays were the best team in baseball. And, rich with the money of every Canadian who drank Labatts, they also had the biggest payroll in baseball. When they needed a new whatever, they could go out and buy it.
Now, the Blue Jays cannot afford to outspend the rest of baseball, so they must find a way to build a strong team without breaking the bank.
This is understandable. The Yankees and Red Sox are spending ridiculous amounts of money on the best players, and Rogers is gouging my pockets enough - I don't want to see my cable bill being raised to pay for a starting pitcher who doesn't work out.
But just for fun, I'm going to take two problems faced by the 1992 Jays, and two problems faced by today's Jays. I will tell you what the relevant team did, and what the irrelevant team would have done.
(Conclusion: while obviously the 1992 strategies won't always work now, because the Jays *can't* outspend the rest of baseball, there's a happy medium far closer to their end of the spectrum.)
PROBLEM THE FIRST
The Setup: The 1991 Blue Jays had eight solid starters. Unfortunately, the ninth - primarily the DH position, although it rotated a bit - could never quite be filled. And with Mookie Wilson gone, there was no longer a bona fide starter to take up the mantle.
The Solution (1992): Sign Dave Winfield. He's willing to DH most of the time, he's somebody fans can get behind, and he's one of the best hitters in the game.
The Solution (2009): Well...you don't really need to spend the money, you should be able to fill the hole from within. Maybe Rance Mulliniks will bounce back into shape. If he doesn't, odds are good that at least one of Derek Bell and Jeff Kent will prove ready to hit major league pitching. Worst case scenario, you have to rely on Pat Tabler or Ed Sprague a little more than you'd like. Five possibilities for one spot? That's a lot! Hell, most of those guys can play third - let's trade Kelly Gruber!
PROBLEM THE SECOND
The Setup: The 1992 Jays aren't getting the starting pitching performances that a world champion needs. Jack Morris, Juan Guzman, and Jimmy Key provide a solid top three, and Todd Stottlemyre's okay when necessary, but there's not much to go on past that.
The Solution (1992): Thanks to signing Dave Winfield, we're left with the problem of Jeff Kent - a talented player who we just don't have room for. Let's trade him for one of the best pitchers in the game, David Cone!
The Solution (2009): Whaddaya mean no other options? Dave Stieb could be back by the playoffs. David Wells wasn't doing *that* bad, but if you insist on a replacement, we've got Pat Hentgen, Doug Linton, those guys. Maybe Mike Timlin could be stretched into a starter. We're fine!
PROBLEM THE THIRD
The Setup: The 2009 Jays have one of the best pitchers in baseball - Roy Halladay. But his contract ends in 2010, and retaining him - if it's even possible - will be very expensive. His trade value is at its peak right now. What to do?
The Solution (1992): Well, you don't have a good enough team to seriously contend in either 2009 or 2010, and if you sign Halladay past that it'll tie up too much money to improve what needs improve him. So trade him. Get the best deal you can - young players who *will* be good in the majors but haven't had the chance to jack up their value with a track record.
The Solution (2009): Yeah, we might win, but it'll be at the cost of all the fans who won't accept a winning team if it means we got rid of their favourite player. Let's keep him and the fans' goodwill.
PROBLEM THE FOURTH
The Setup: Much like in 1992, the Jays are one player short of a bona fide starting nine. Also like 1992, all the defensive positions are represented - so literally any major-league-caliber hitter would work.
The Solution (1992): You might be surprised by this, but we think you should ride it out. You won't contend this year, so don't part with any of your prospects. Wait until the off-season, then find a decent hitter on the free agent market. It's not what we'd do in our situation, but given your financial standing, it makes the most sense. Bautista, Millar, Inglett - they're not good enough for a contending team, but they're good enough for now.
The Solution (2009): Damn right they're good enough for now. And why waste three of them on one spot? Let's get rid of Alex Rios so only one of them has to sit at a time!
The Rebuttal (1992): That makes no sense. Rios is a better player than any of them. Beyond that, Rios is a *good* player, who you could actually get something for if you wanted to. Beyond THAT, your last decision was on the basis of fan loyalty - and the fans love Rios. Either you were lying then or you're lying now, which is it?
The Rebuttal (2009): It's not a lie if we know the truth.
--Ryan
Osram Parathom A55 Classic A LED bulb
Colored PARATHOM CLASSIC A can replace the application of a colored incandescent lamp up to 25W.
Features
- Very low power consumption
- Very long lamp life
- Colored types with proven OSRAM LEDs: Advanced Power TOPLED® and 6-lead MULTILED® (blue, green, red, yellow, color changing)
- Low heat
- Shockproof and vibration
-proof thanks to LED technology and plastic casing
- Classic incandescent bulb design
- Suitable for use indoors and out
- Efficient generation of colored light (blue, green, red, yellow) - In the color changing variant: synchronized color changing lamps with very smooth color transitions (2-min cycle) - Can also be used in strings of party lights
Product characteristics warm white PARATHOM CLASSIC A
Wattage: about 2W Base: E27 Lamp life: up to 25,000 hours Light color: warm white Not suitable for use with dimmers.
Product characteristics warm white PARATHOM CLASSIC A
Wattage: about 2W Base: E27 Lamp life: up to 25,000 hours Light color: warm white Not suitable for use with dimmers.
Comparing with Philips MasterLED bulb
Price of Parathom Classic A LED bulb is £14.99 Vs Philips MasterLED 7W £34.38!
Price of Parathom Classic A LED bulb is £14.99 Vs Philips MasterLED 7W £34.38!
Comparing with Osram DULUX SUPERSTAR CLASSIC A 7W/827 CFL. Life tme 10,000 hours.
Only £13.28
So, I will prefered to buy MasterLED as the life time is 50K hours at 7W. Then Osram Parathom Classic A55 LED bulb and last the DULUX CFL almost the same price of A55 but with only 10,000 hours Life time!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
How Does the CCFL and RGB direct LED back light unit look like?
The top one is the CCFL LCD back light unit which is thick and it contains certain percenetage of mecury.
Second picture is Sony HCFL (Hot Cathode Florenscent Lamp) which is claimed to have less 40% power consumption than CCFL.
The Third one is the Edge Lit Back lit unit. It illustrates the design of the edge lit LED whcih has two high bright led column on the lift and right vertical Edges of the LED panel.
The Fourth picture is the Sony RGB LED matrix or direct RBG Back lit unit, each module consists of 4 LED, Red, Blue and Two Green, since the Green LED is not as efficient as RED and Blue, we have to use two pieces of Green LEDs.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
"Biggest Loser Asia" taps Fitness First for Live Auditions in the Philippines
Fitness First will host the upcoming launch of the Biggest Loser Asia which is coming to Asia for the first time. One of its objectives is to help change the lives of people around the world towards the positive direction.Live screen test auditions for participants who want to be part of the show will be held in Fitness First gyms around Asia. In the Philippines, live screen test auditions will
Lights, Internal-Web-Cam, Action.... i8910 HD DevPack 1.0 has arrived
After several alpha and beta versions we have now released v1.0 of our industry leading DevPack for the i8910 HD. It has been in beta for the last few weeks while we sorted out some issues with the web-cam functionality. Previously you could only use this with an external webcam, but we have now resolved this issue so it works just as well with your internal camera.
Add to this advanced GSensor emulation, full support for the Samsung Mobile Widget framework and an interface optimized for a small laptop screen and we think we've given developers the best SDK experience around. Download today and try for yourself (http://bit.ly/i8910HDdevPack).
Add to this advanced GSensor emulation, full support for the Samsung Mobile Widget framework and an interface optimized for a small laptop screen and we think we've given developers the best SDK experience around. Download today and try for yourself (http://bit.ly/i8910HDdevPack).
Sunday, August 9, 2009
G.I. JOE: Rise of the Cobra - Cartoonish But Cool
G.I. JOE: Rise of The Cobra is your typical out-of-the-comic action adventure film who brings the story to the movie screen. But don't worry, you won't be disappointed.It would most probably satisfy what most of the audience would expect out of G.I. Joe movie - a highly fictionalized story and a lot of CGIs; but still enjoyable to watch.The best part for me would be the Paris urban road chase.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Etiquette
During a good manners and etiquette class being held for young children, the teacher says to her students:"If you were courting a well educated young girl from a prominent family and during a dinner for two you needed to go to the toilet, what would you say to her?"
Mike replies: "Wait a minute, I'm going for a piss."The teacher says: "That would be very rude and improper on your part.
"Charlie replies: "I'm sorry I need to go to the toilet, I'll be back in a minute."The teacher says: "That's much better but to mention the word ''toilet'' during a meal, is unpleasant."
And Little Johnny says: "My dear, please excuse me for a moment. I have to go shake hands with a personal friend, whom, I hope to be able to introduce to you after dinner. "
from henny
Mike replies: "Wait a minute, I'm going for a piss."The teacher says: "That would be very rude and improper on your part.
"Charlie replies: "I'm sorry I need to go to the toilet, I'll be back in a minute."The teacher says: "That's much better but to mention the word ''toilet'' during a meal, is unpleasant."
And Little Johnny says: "My dear, please excuse me for a moment. I have to go shake hands with a personal friend, whom, I hope to be able to introduce to you after dinner. "
from henny
Friday, August 7, 2009
World First Water Cooling LED bulb
These Hydralux-4 bulbs are really nice, and the 360 degree lighting acts similarly to a small incandescent light bulb. This is pretty revolutionary in the industry as most LED bulbs are directional. As most of the LED bulb is unidirectional with limited light coverage.
Eternaleds Inc. has introduced the world's first liquid-cooled LED light bulb, the HydraLux-4, that gives true 360 degree light to finally allow consumers to maintain that "high-end" look, while getting the superior energy efficiency of LEDs. The Eternaleds Hydralux-4 LED Light bulb consumes 4W to provide the light equivalent of 25W incandescents with a lifetime of 35,000 hours.
Features:
Long Lasting at 35,000 hours.
Fully-dimmable.
Outdoor-approved.
Cool to the touch. The HydraLux-4 runs cool!
Don't know if the water will be heated up gradually and Oxidizing the component of the LED and associated circuit. Also water may absorbs some of the light emission. How Reliable it would be?
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