Diodes has introduced a 36V low-drop linear driver for strings of LEDs, with 5kV ESD protection on the input and output current adjustable up to 100mA. The company describes AL5819, as it is known, as ...

The mystery of adding LED lights to a modern BMW with CAN Bus (Controller Area Network) electrical system is easy to resolve. The “smart” CAN Bus smells a rat when you pop in an LED brake light or ...

LT3478 and LT3478-1, two 40V, 4.5A dc-dc converters designed to drive high-current LEDs at constant current. Their 2.8V to 36V input range suits them for a variety of applications, including ...

Lighting a string of LEDs at a constant brightness requires driving it with a regulated current. A boost converter is commonly used to step up the voltage to a level high enough to bias the LEDs on ...

This article is excerpted from Section 21 of “Analog Circuit Design: Volume 3 – The Design Note Collection,” (ISBN: 978-0-12-800001-4), edited by Bob Dobkin and John Hamburger of Linear Technology ...