Almost every micro-based project that I have designed in the past 25 years has had a flashing LED, originally as a “health” indicator, but the feature has expanded to use as a status indicator where ...

Megapixel photographic capabilities are included in today’s mobile phones. Since rich lighting is crucial for yielding good photographic performance, and often, the light available for taking a ...

In the cellular handset market, the inclusion of high pixel count imagers integrated into the handset is almost standard. As the resolution of these imagers increases, the need for brighter flash ...

Austriamicrosystems AG, a designer and manufacturer of analog integrated circuits (ICs), has unveiled a smart 1-A charge pump for flash LEDs in camera phones. Extending the company's lighting IC ...

You know how it is. You’ve got that new project running, and while it doesn’t consume much power, it also doesn’t give much indication of whether it’s functioning or just sitting there with a dead ...