Integrated Circuits and Devices

Founded in 1974 by Federico Faggin, the inventor of the world's first microprocessor, ZiLOG builds semiconductor products that enable design engineers to break through the barriers to creativity and innovation in embedded design.

ZiLOG - Application Specific SoC - https://www.zilog.com/

ZiLOG is the inventor of the award-winning Z80 and Z8 microchip architectures that have been embedded in over a billion end-use devices worldwide.



 "Companies get more innovative products to market faster because ZiLOG products and design tools help them turn their imagination into consumer appliances, remote controls, vending machines, telecommunications controllers, home automation systems, spacecraft instrumentation, industrial automation systems, and thousands of other products." - Zilog


ZNEO Z16F Series Development Kit

Evaluate and create your ZNEO Z16F Series MCU product solution. The development platform includes Zilog's Developer Studio II (ZDS II) Integrated Development Environment as well as a complete suite of ZNEO Z16F microcontroller architecture software tools. ZDSII provides an enviroment that streamlines code compilation and development.



The image is from - Zilog Z80 microprocessor family

Zilog Worldwide U.S. Headquarters
1590 Buckeye Drive Milpitas, CA 95035-7418, USA.

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LED on SMD ceramic package with silicon resin with lens, high efficient lighsource at small dimensions. Color temperature (typ.): 6500 K, ThinGaN Technology.

LUW CN5M - OSRAM Opto Semiconductors



(delabs Notes - Product link above is close to the older blog post and image)

Some Specifications

• Color of Emission - ultrawhite
• Luminous Flux 18.000 .. 35.500 (mlm)
• Luminous Intensity typ. 34000 (mcd)
• Forward voltage typ. 3.6 V
• Optical efficiency 73 lm/W
• Thermal resistance 30 K/W

Specs at IF = 140 mA

From OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

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Designed with Seoul Semiconductor's own phosphor and packaging technology. The P4 emits 240 lm at 1A. Luminous efficacy of 100 lm/W @ 350 mA at the maximum, with only a single die. Z-Power series is designed for high current operation and high flux output applications.

Z-POWER LED Series

Z-Power LED's thermal management perform exceeds other power LED solutions. It incorporates state of the art SMD design and Thermal emission material. Z Power LED is ideal light sources for general illumination applications, custom designed solutions, automotive large LCD backlights.



" Why constant current?  - LED is the component that allows current through itself according to input voltage. In other words, it is close to voltage control component. General LED, especially Z-POWER LED must be driven by constant current. There are two main reasons. Firstly, LED is an optical device. How much luminous flux we can get from LED is very important. Generally luminous flux is closely related to driving current. It is easy to recognize and control optical characteristics by current constant. Secondly, LED is more sensitive to voltage than current."

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd is a Korean company manufacturing LED devices. The company is producing LED packages in two plants in Ansan, Korea.

Seoul Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
1B-25, 727, Wonsi-dong, Danwon-gu, Ansan-city, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 425-851

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These are high-voltage, high-current Darlington transistor arrays. Each consists of seven NPN Darlington pairs that feature high-voltage outputs with common-cathode clamp diodes for switching inductive loads.

The collector-current rating of a single Darlington pair is 500 mA. The Darlington pairs can be paralleled for higher current capability. Applications include relay drivers, hammer drivers, lamp drivers, display drivers (LED and gas discharge), line drivers, and logic buffers.

ULN2003A - Darlington Transistor Drivers Arrays

The ULx2004A devices have a 10.5-kΩ series base resistor to allow operation directly from CMOS devices that use supply voltages of 6 V to 15 V. 



delabs Notes

The output logic of your embedded system port bit (one pin) goes high  it can drive a drive a ULN2003A. - The output of this is open collector and can operate relays or lamps.

It is not a good idea to heat the ULN2003A chip too much. Keep the return paths of these to a separate but linked ground as they carry more current.

If you are running short of ports in the Embedded System. Latch the Output by using 74HCT373. There may be logic level comparability issues, check your Embedded System Supply. There may be ground loop problems if you design the PCB without understanding current paths.

Use ULN to drive PNP Transistor and things like a Motor, Solenoid, Large Relay or Lamps; when current needs become more like 1 amp.

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LUXEON Rebel LEDs are designed for a wide range of lighting applications and available in specifi Correlated Color Temperatures (CCT) and Color Rendering Index (CRI) combinations, flux and CCT combinations and even specified efficacy.

LUXEON Rebel White - Philips Lumileds



Electrical Characteristics at 350 mA for LUXEON Rebel - Thermal Pad Temperature = 25ºC
Part No - LXM3-PW71

• Nominal CCT - 3000K
• Typical CRI - 85
• Typical Luminous Flux - 77 lm
• Forward Voltage Vf - Typ - 3.00 V
• Color Temperature - CCT - 3045K
• Typical Viewing Angle - 120 Degrees

Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) - The phrase use to describe the temperature at which a Planckian Black Body Radiator and an illumination source's appear to match, usually specified in Kelvin (K).

CRI or Color Rendering Index - The calculated rendered color of an object. The higher the CRI (based upon a 0-100 scale), the more natural the colors appear. Natural outdoor light has a CRI of 100. Common lighting sources have a large range of CRI.

Flux - The sum of all the lumens (lm) emitted by a source (see lumen).

From - Philips Lumileds Lighting Company

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