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LED Design Tips

Useful tips for designers using Luminus LED products.

  • Compliance - Does Luminus have EPREL Registrations?
  • Compliance - Does Luminus Have LM-80 Reports?
  • Compliance - Does Luminus have RoHS and REACH Declarations?
  • Data Analysis - I have a graph. How do I convert it to an Excel File I can use to make Calculations?
  • Electrical - Can I add reference lines to Spice plot panes?
  • Electrical - Can I use really short pulses and really high currents to drive Luminus LEDs?
  • Electrical - How do I insert a diode file into LTspice?
  • Electrical - How do I simulate an LED pulse in Spice?
  • Electrical - How do I sweep an LED IV curve in Spice?
  • Electrical - What is Current Hogging in Series Parallel Designs?
  • Electrical - What kind of DC Power Supply do I use to Drive Luminus LEDs?
  • Electrical – Can I calculate LED lumens with Spice?
  • Electrical – Can I model temperature dependent LED IV characteristics with Spice?
  • Electrical – Can I simulate a set of LED IV curves that have a single Vf bin in Spice?
  • Electrical – How do I extract Spice IV parameters from an LED datasheet?
  • Horticulture - How do I relate PPF to PPFD and DLI?
  • Mounting and Installation - How to Design an MCPCB for Your Application.
  • Mounting and Installing - Mounting Recommendations for Luminus High Power Chip on Board Devices.
  • Mounting and Installing - Should I use a metal core printed circuit board (MCPCB) with my SMD Luminus LED components?
  • Mounting and Installing - What is the center pad of the Luminus LED used for and how do I best design around it?
  • Mounting and Installing - What size screw and torque should I use for a Luminus core board product with a compressible TIM?
  • Mounting and Installing - Why Do Core Boards Have Electrically Active Substrates? Which are Common Cathode (-)? Which are Common Anode (+)?
  • Optical - How do I calculate CIEx and CIEy from an SPD?
  • Optical - How do I use the Luminus Horticulture Calculator to Generate the PPF distribution I want?
  • Optical - What do the Radiation Plots in LED datasheets mean and how do I calculate Lux?
  • Optical - Why does the polar plot for my Luminus LED ray file have a dip or peak at the apex position?
  • Optical – How do I calculate lux from an LED datasheet?
  • Reliability - How Are LEDs Damaged by Electrical Stress? What Causes LED Electrical Damage?
  • Reliability - What Are ESD Immunity Classification Levels (HBM and CDM)?
  • Reliability - What Are the Models for System Electrical Overstress and Stress Damage? How Do the LED EOS and ESD Component Models Compare?
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