Lighting: General

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Design Considerations

Texas Instruments provides a broad portfolio of high-performance products for your LED general lighting design needs. From RF and power management (including AC/DC, Power Factor Correction, DC/DC and linear power conversion) to DSPs and ultra-low-power MCUs, TI has products to differentiate your design. And, TI's local support and applications expertise can help you get to market faster.

Precision channel-to-channel and chip-to-chip accuracy to create the best hue and luminance in your RGB message boards and video displays
Small footprint, highest efficiency, programmable LED or OLED backlight controllers
Blinking low-power LEDs to act as indicators in an automotive display or in a casino game
Controllers to power and dim high brightness white or RGB LEDs for architectural luminaries and portable lighting
Powering arrays of HB LEDs off an AC source for use in street lighting and replacing high-intensity discharge (HID) lamps
Highly integrated ZigBee™ transceivers and SoC solutions for wireless lighting control and home automation

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100W Offline AC to DC LED Current Driver with Power Factor Correction

19 Watt AC Input LED Driver Reference Design

TMS320C2000™ Controller Digital Power Software Library

Application Notes

Most useful technical documents for Lighting: General

MSP430 Interface to TPS60250 via I2C Master Software (HTM 9 KB) 2273 views
01 May 2008 Read Abstract
Programming Fun Lights With TI's TCA6507 (HTM 8 KB) 3455 views
30 Nov 2007 Read Abstract
Driving a WLED does not always require 4 V (PDF 134 KB) 3456 views
12 Oct 2007
White Light LED Driver With Gradual Dimming (Rev. A) (HTM 8 KB) 3606 views
10 Jan 2007 Read Abstract
TLC5940 PWM dimming provides superior color quality in LED video displays (PDF 215 KB) 5038 views
18 Apr 2006
TPS60230 WLED Charge Pump (HTM 8 KB) 1657 views
09 Nov 2005 Read Abstract
Single Cell TPS61041 LED Driver (HTM 8 KB) 2381 views
09 Jun 2003 Read Abstract

Reference Designs

Description	Part #	Company
19 Watt AC Input LED Driver Reference Design	PMP3155	Texas Instruments

Selection and Solution Guides

Most useful technical documents for Lighting: General

Selection Guides

Power Management Selection Guide (Rev. H) (PDF 4.83 MB) 136366 views
11 Apr 2008
LED Drivers Catalog (PDF 1.03 MB) 14066 views
21 Aug 2007

Tools and Software

Name	Part #	Company	Software/Tool Type
C2000 DC/DC Developer's Kit	TMDSDCDC8KIT	Texas Instruments	Development Boards/EVMs
TPS62260LED-338 Evaluation Module	TPS62260LED-338	Texas Instruments	Development Boards/EVMs

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