Theoretically, Govee’s New Solar-Powered String Lights Will Never Run Out of Power

The solar-powered outdoor lights promise "truly colorful lighting" in an otherwise limited category. Smart outdoor string ...

Govee’s new colorful outdoor lights are its first with solar power

Govee announced its first solar-powered lights today. They include a 6W panel with an integrated 4,800mAh battery that can be ...
CNX Software

LightInk – An ESP32-based, solar-powered E-ink smartwatch with up to 10 months of battery life

Daniel Ansorregui has developed LightInk, an open-source solar-powered E-ink watch inspired by 90s solar digital watches. It ...
Hackaday

KernelUNO, An OS For The Arduino Uno

If you were to point to a single device responsible for much of Hackaday’s early success, it might be the Arduino Uno. The ...
Hackaday

Analog Circuitry Lets You Blow This LED Out

LED candles are neat, but they’re very suboptimal for wish-making: you can’t blow them out. Unless you take the circuit from ...
The New York Times

The Best Smart Outdoor Lighting for Backyards, Pathways, and More

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Megan Wollerton Following a new round of testing, we have added a number of ...
IEEE

A High-Efficiency Single-Inductor Multiple-Output Buck-Type LED Driver With Average Current Correction Technique

Abstract: The state-of-the-art topology of a single-inductor multiple-output light emission diode (LED) driver employs time-multiplexing (TM) control multiple parallel LED strings. The TM control ...
IEEE

A Scalable N-Color LED Driver Using Single Inductor Multiple Current Output Topology

Abstract: Constant current sources are required to drive multiple color LED strings and the LED drivers that drive these LED lighting systems should provide multiple constant currents from a single dc ...