Comments on: Dispatches from the front lines of an LED Lighting Rally http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/ Cree and LED lighting are starting a revolution Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:34:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Patrick http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Patrick Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:16:17 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-136 I think you folks should do a night rally, bringing flashlights equipped with Cree LEDs to illuminate your signs and stuff. People will see these bright spots as if everyone has huge lanterns or something, but when they come closer, they will see that all of that light is coming from a tiny little flashlight! Only downside is that bright light can be distracting to drivers, so perhaps find a spot where pedestrian traffic is more common than automobile traffic. Just a thought =) I think you folks should do a night rally, bringing flashlights equipped with Cree LEDs to illuminate your signs and stuff. People will see these bright spots as if everyone has huge lanterns or something, but when they come closer, they will see that all of that light is coming from a tiny little flashlight! Only downside is that bright light can be distracting to drivers, so perhaps find a spot where pedestrian traffic is more common than automobile traffic. Just a thought =)

]]> By: Ginny Skalski http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-135 Ginny Skalski Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-135 Erhan, I'm glad you enjoyed the Rally. Any chance you got some good photos? I still haven't tracked down anyone who has pics. Erhan,
I’m glad you enjoyed the Rally. Any chance you got some good photos? I still haven’t tracked down anyone who has pics.

]]> By: Erhan Dikel http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Erhan Dikel Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:08:23 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-134 I was one of the 100+ people and we were all excited! It was a big suprise for us. Thank you all.. I was one of the 100+ people and we were all excited! It was a big suprise for us. Thank you all..

]]> By: Ginny Skalski http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Ginny Skalski Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:34:11 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-133 Patrick, I love your enthusiasm, but at this time I can't hook you up with a sample. But thanks for making us smile even bigger. Your enthusiasm is much appreciated and has not gone unnoticed. Rich, We're so glad you could join in the rally! Thanks for coming out and being part of the LED Lighting Revolution! Patrick,
I love your enthusiasm, but at this time I can’t hook you up with a sample. But thanks for making us smile even bigger. Your enthusiasm is much appreciated and has not gone unnoticed.

Rich,
We’re so glad you could join in the rally! Thanks for coming out and being part of the LED Lighting Revolution!

]]> By: WRAL Tweetup offered inside look into the newsroom – Solid State Blog http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-120 WRAL Tweetup offered inside look into the newsroom – Solid State Blog Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:36:18 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-120 [...] means the LED Lighting Revolution really is gaining momentum, from a street corner of Raleigh, NC to a Tweetup at WRAL. Cree’s Ice Skating Tweetup has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 9. If [...] [...] means the LED Lighting Revolution really is gaining momentum, from a street corner of Raleigh, NC to a Tweetup at WRAL. Cree’s Ice Skating Tweetup has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 9. If [...]

]]> By: Rich Gibson http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Rich Gibson Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:20:25 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-107 What a great event... you guys are the best! On behalf of bystanders everywhere, I thank you for persuading me join your rally, carry a sign and promote better living through LEDs. I especially enjoyed the facial expressions on the crowd as they passed by. I'm convinced LEDs are here to stay, and I look forward to tracking Cree's progress as you eradicate from our planet the cursed existence of outmoded lighting technologies. B-R-A-V-O! What a great event… you guys are the best! On behalf of bystanders everywhere, I thank you for persuading me join your rally, carry a sign and promote better living through LEDs. I especially enjoyed the facial expressions on the crowd as they passed by.

I’m convinced LEDs are here to stay, and I look forward to tracking Cree’s progress as you eradicate from our planet the cursed existence of outmoded lighting technologies.
B-R-A-V-O!

]]> By: WRAL Tweetup offered inside look into the newsroom « Cree LED Revolution Blog http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-101 WRAL Tweetup offered inside look into the newsroom « Cree LED Revolution Blog Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:02:01 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-101 [...] means the LED Lighting Revolution really is gaining momentum, from a street corner of Raleigh, NC to a Tweetup at WRAL. Cree’s Ice Skating Tweetup has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 9. If [...] [...] means the LED Lighting Revolution really is gaining momentum, from a street corner of Raleigh, NC to a Tweetup at WRAL. Cree’s Ice Skating Tweetup has been rescheduled to Tuesday, Feb. 9. If [...]

]]> By: Patrick http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Patrick Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:24:24 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-95 I heard recently that Cree broke the 200lm/W barrier with an LED that had an efficiency of 208lm/W. As I read, I couldn't help but think, "so what? They were probably driving a high-end xp-g die at 10mA to get that efficiency." No news there, we all know the XP-G is a great breakthrough in reducing the droop in efficiency past a certain power. The larger area of the die coupled with most likely a more accurate or somehow more improved doping technique leads to higher efficiency. I don't know why they were reporting that. -BUT- Further down in the press release, it states that the test involved an LED putting out 208 Lumens at a 1W drive current of 350mA!!!!!! I don't put a lot of exclamation points for spam, this is big! This means that Cree has a white LED producing around twice what latest generation XR-E and XP-E were producing! Not to mention most white LEDs have a Vf of about 3.2-3.4V, while this new lab LED has a Vf of about 2.9V!!!!! (again with the exclamation points) Anyways, this is big news hidden in a normal looking announcement. I can't wait for a resulting product to hit the market. Any way you could hook up an enthusiastic kid with a sample, Ginny? ;-) I heard recently that Cree broke the 200lm/W barrier with an LED that had an efficiency of 208lm/W. As I read, I couldn’t help but think, “so what? They were probably driving a high-end xp-g die at 10mA to get that efficiency.”
No news there, we all know the XP-G is a great breakthrough in reducing the droop in efficiency past a certain power. The larger area of the die coupled with most likely a more accurate or somehow more improved doping technique leads to higher efficiency. I don’t know why they were reporting that.

-BUT-

Further down in the press release, it states that the test involved an LED putting out 208 Lumens at a 1W drive current of 350mA!!!!!! I don’t put a lot of exclamation points for spam, this is big! This means that Cree has a white LED producing around twice what latest generation XR-E and XP-E were producing! Not to mention most white LEDs have a Vf of about 3.2-3.4V, while this new lab LED has a Vf of about 2.9V!!!!! (again with the exclamation points)

Anyways, this is big news hidden in a normal looking announcement. I can’t wait for a resulting product to hit the market. Any way you could hook up an enthusiastic kid with a sample, Ginny? ;-)

]]> By: Ginny Skalski http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Ginny Skalski Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:34:35 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-93 Ashley Sue, We would've loved to have you, but I understand how pesky projects can be when you're trying to make plans. It was very neat to see the conference attendees smile at us and take pictures. I hope we can have another one on a larger scale!! Ashley Sue,
We would’ve loved to have you, but I understand how pesky projects can be when you’re trying to make plans. It was very neat to see the conference attendees smile at us and take pictures. I hope we can have another one on a larger scale!!

]]> By: Ashley Sue Allen http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/2010/02/04/dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-an-led-lighting-rally/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Ashley Sue Allen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:32:12 +0000 http://www.creeledrevolution.com/blog/?p=201#comment-91 I am SO proud of you all for doing this, and SO envious I couldn't attend! I never committed because I thought I might get harrangled into a work project, and alas... but PLEASE, LET'S HOLD MORE! We have to really get momentum behind this, surprise people and get them talking LED, Baby! I am SO proud of you all for doing this, and SO envious I couldn’t attend! I never committed because I thought I might get harrangled into a work project, and alas… but PLEASE, LET’S HOLD MORE! We have to really get momentum behind this, surprise people and get them talking LED, Baby!

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