Latest NXP News in Lighting Technology
Subscribe, Introductory Issue, January 2012
Contents: New Products Technology News Educational Tools Product Training Resources
NEW LITERATURE

R_10018 Smart Lighting: a bright idea whose time has come
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NXP GreenChip iCFL and iSSL smart lighting solutions
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GreenChip Lighting Solutions Selection Guide
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EVENTS!

Lightfair International
May 9 - 11, 2012
Las Vegas, NV
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Scandinavian
Electronics Event

April 17 - 19
Kistamässan,
Kista Science City
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6th European ZigBee Developers’ Conference
June 27 - 28, 2012
Munich, Germany
June 28: NXP is presenting the "Wireless Control Systems for Smart Lighting" session
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BOARDS AVAILABLE

SSL21082DB1063-SSL21082 reference design
This SSL21082 reference design targets high efficiency (> 90 %) and high power factor (> 0.9) with very low system cost.
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New Products

UBA20271T

NXP GreenChip lighting driver ICs UBA2026x and UBA2027x

NXP’s UBA2026x and UBA2027x driver IC families offer a range of simple, compact solutions for creating next-generation dimmable CFLs that meet and exceed the latest SuperCFL specification. These ICs are dedicated for this purpose with special circuits to allow deep dimming while staying flicker free in combination with a boost function for shorter run-up time. Product information pages: UBA20260, UBA20261, UBA20262, UBA20270, UBA20271, UBA20272.


Technology News

Compact fluorescent using NXP UBA2211 driver IC

Ningbo Baishi Achieves World’s First EU Stage 5 CFL Qualification for Energy-Efficient Lighting

Eindhoven, Netherlands and Shanghai, China, March 19, 2012 — NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that China-based Ningbo Baishi Electric Co., Ltd. is the world’s first CFL manufacturer to pass Stage 5 of the EU Ecodesign requirements for non-directional household lamps, which go into effect on September 1, 2013. Ningbo Baishi, which supplies fluorescent bulbs as well as LED lamps to major retailers worldwide, is using NXP’s high-efficiency CFL driver ICs in all of its compact fluorescents. The T4 2U non-dimmable CFL from Ningbo Baishi, which uses the NXP UBA2211 driver based on GreenChip™ technology, has been certified as meeting and exceeding the second level of functionality of the EU Ecodesign requirements (Stage 5), which include longer lifetime, and very high switching cycles and lumen maintenance before failure...

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Educational Tools

Product Training Module:

DigiKey PTM: UBA2027x and UBA2026x CFL Controller Family
Flourescent-Ballasts Training Module

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Resources: