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4 By Paul Golata, Mouser Electronics Wisdom is being able to employ knowledge skillfully. TE Connectivity (TE) is a wise choice for providing electromechanical products to integrate with your electronic lighting solutions. This article discusses specific electrome- chanical components that might be considered in any lighting design and provides insight to how they can be integrated together to provide the brightest, longest lasting, and most robust energy efficient solution for continuous lighting. Leading electronic component suppliers including Texas Instruments, Microchip, and ON Semiconductor have introduced a variety of innovative products that allow AC/DC, DC/DC, or direct AC linear LED lighting power solutions for a wide variety of LED illumination applications. Enabling Smart Solutions Solid-state lighting has taken over applications ranging from street lights and outdoor luminaries to every aspect of indoor lighting as well. Whether creating new systems or enhancing an existing one, design engineers need electronic components that can be seamlessly integrated into larger solutions. Until recently, most advances have been focused on Optical (O) and Electronic (E) improvements—or simply O&E. For example, we've seen developments in optical properties of LEDs including their output wavelengths, as well as advances in providing consistent and tight correlated color temperatures (CCT), lumen output (lm), and efficacy (lm/W). In addition to optimizing optical parameters, designs have focused on developing efficient electronic drivers to operate and control the LEDs and LED arrays. The third component of smart solutions—mechanical (M)—has evolved primarily in the areas of heat dissipation, and mounting and accessibility considerations. With the advent of smart lighting for offices and industrial applications, there is a need to further standardize and consolidate technological gains. This need to provide seamless integration compels all future oriented designs to focus on M+O&E—or MOE. Connectors: Because Every Connection Counts™ Connectors are necessary coupling devices joining the mechanical realm to the electronic realm. Because every connection counts, the highly engineered connectors in TE's expansive portfolio reliably transmit data, power, and signal in the harshest environments, under the most extreme uses. Going a step further, these products offer a higher level of integration by providing a solderless connection to array and Chip-on-Board (CoB) LEDs. Similarly, other components provide power filtering and switching as required. Receptacles provide an electromechanical object and space to contain electronic lighting components. And modules take it a step further and integrate all electromechanical products, less power supply, into one assembly. The following are some of the newest products from TE that are enabling cutting edge, intelligent lighting solutions: BUCHANAN WireMate Poke-In Connectors BUCHANAN WireMate Poke-In Connectors are surface mount poke-in connectors for LED lighting applications. These 1-, 2-, or 3-position connectors feature either 400VAC or 600VAC voltage and can handle 5A, 6A, or 9A current. The series features a -40°C to +125°C operating temperature range. SlimSeal™ Sealed Lighting Connectors TE's SlimSeal connectors provide low power, sealed solutions for free hanging, wire-to-wire interconnects and for robust, stable, electrical and mechanical wire-to-board connections used in solid state lighting (Figure 1). The SlimSeal connector maintains an IP67 seal rating—making it suitable for indoor and outdoor residential, commercial, and architectural applica- tions that are exposed to wet environments. Key features include UV-resis- tant wire-to-wire and wire-to-board configurations, SMT and thru-hole headers, positive integral latching, and pre-assembled seals. The polarized connector—available in two, three and four positions—accepts 18 through 24 AWG stranded wire. Wisdom and Brilliance: TE Connectivity™ Enabling Smart and Intelligent Electromechanical and Electronic Lighting Solutions

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