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The last "LED & Lighting Design Forum" June 2012
Williams F1 Conference Centre, Nr Oxford
Programme
8-45 to 10-00 Registration
Coffee & pastries, time to network & visit exhibitor area.
Morning Program – Ayrton Senna Suite
10-15 to 10-30
- Welcome & Introduction
Paul Barwick Event & Technical Manager Motiv8 Solutions
10-30 to 10-50
- Bright Ideas in LED Driving: LEDs need to be protected from electrical transients, short circuits and high temperatures. Historically, this level of protection had to be added externally. This presentation discusses advancements in process and technology that means these protection features can be included in LED driver ICs.
Tony Armstrong. Director Product Marketing.
Linear Technology Corporation
10-50 to 11-10
· Power LED Design-In Considerations:What important factors need to be considered when designing a Power LED light engine. Aspects of Photometry, Radiometry, Correlated Colour temperature, Colour Rendering Index all need to considered as well as Thermal and Optical constraints. Why use Power LEDS?This presentation will discuss all of these issues and more and will give an in-depth technical appreciation of all the key parameters of LED light engine design.
Dr Roland Schulz. Applications Manager. OSRAM SSL
11-10 to 11-40 Coffee break (Piers Courage Suite)
11-40 to 12-00
· PCB technologies for LED & Photovoltaic Applications: This presentation will give details of the techniques and technologies available for the thermal management of LED and Photovoltaic applications.
Les Round. Technical Sales Director. Spirit Circuits.
12-00 to 12-20
- Understanding Power Control for Biodynamic Lighting; Geoff’s presentation will review what is required to properly implement variable colour temperature driver control systems for the latest LED lighting fixtures. A brief overview of why Biodynamic lighting is so important and what some of the pitfalls may be will be discussed.
Dr Geoff Archenhold, Founder and CEO Integrated System Technologies Ltd.
12-20 to 1-40 Buffet lunch ( Piers Courage Suite)
and tour of the F1 Williams Car collection
Afternoon Workshops Programme
Workshop Room 1.
Hosted by Rutronik
1-40 to 2-30
· A Quality of Light:
What is the true nature of light and colour? This informative workshop will discuss the relevance of Spectral Power Distribution, Colour Matching (SDCM) and give an in-sight into how CCT and CRI can influence perception of light systems. Latest high quality / high CRI LED products from OSRAM will also be reviewed.
Colin Beale. Technical Sales Manager.OSRAM Optosemiconductors.
2-35 to 3-25
· BIntelligent Lighting & Control Solutions:The workshop willlook at a number of key areas such as colour control, communication, DALI and thermal management supported by development tools and reference designs.
Jason Wellman. Business Development Manager.Microchip Technology.
3.25 to 3-40 Coffee break (Piers Courage Suite)
3-40 to 4-30
· C The "Smart" in smart lighting
Advanced dedicated lighting microcontroller & GUI design tool solutions enable easy and cost efficient intelligent lighting system development & implementationincluding the world's 1st Wireless DALI demo! Alex Zaretsky. Senior Engineer, Smart Energy Solution Marketing. Renesas
Workshop room 2:
1-40 to 2-30
· D Bright Ideas for LED driving:
The workshop will be showcasing the latest from Linear Technology Corporation on buck, boost and buck-boost LED architectures. All power levels will be demonstrated from the low current monolithic solutions and the single package Micromodule series to the high brightness LED drivers suitable for automotive applications. The workshop will also highlight the effects of switching frequency on solution size and efficiency as well as the problems and benefits associated with analogue and digital dimming.
Simon Bramble. Field Applications Engineer.Linear Technology Corporation.
2-35 to 3-25
- E Cost effective selection of PCB materials and technologies for LED Lighting applications.The workshop will review circuit designs and layouts with a view to obtain the optimum thermal performance and material utilisation. Material selection criteria will be discussed so that an informed choice can be made based on performance versus cost. A range of PCB technologies will be demonstrated as solutions for the more thermally demanding applications (e.g. high density or high reliability products).
Spirit Circuits will be introducing Cambridge Nanotherm’s ‘new generation’ of high performance IMS.
Les Rounds. Technical Sales Director. Spirit Circuits.
3-25 to 3-40 Coffee break (Piers Courage Suite)
3-40 to 4-30
- FLIghting the way for Wireless Controls:
With lighting controls demanding more from today’s designers ZigBee is rapidly becoming the technology of choice for Commercial lighting. Silicon Labs supplies the world largest deployed ZigBee stack in the market and combined with the optimised module from Telegesis the ETRX357 ZigBee module enables a shortened development cycle and quick time to market. Silicon Labs will present the EM357, high performance, integrated Zigbee/802.15.4 system-on-chip and it’s associated development tools.
Telegesis will present their latest module ETRX357 Zigbee to DALI controller and Site Survey Tool ZHAN
Oliver Kruger Senior Field Applications Engineer. Silicon Labs.
Shoaib Javed R&D Manager. Telegesis
Exhibitors
Arrow Electronics, Linear Technology, EBV, Bridgelux, Telegesis, Silicon Labs, Renesas, Sunpower Technology, Universal Science, Osram, Microchip, Rutronik, Spirit Circuits, Cambridge Nanotherm, Outsource Electronics, Mouser, Intelligent LED Solutions. Integrated System Technologies, ON Semiconductor, Yokogawa Measurement Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor.
For further information on the Venue visitwww.williamsf1conferences.com and for up to date information on the Fortronic Wireless Forum visitwww.fortronicuk.com
The Fortronic Power & Power Management Forum
23 October 2012
Programme
8-30 to 9-45 Registration
Coffee & pastries, time to network & visit exhibitor area.
Plenary Technical Presentations– Ayrton Senna Suite
9-45 Welcome and Introduction – Paul Barwick.Technical ManagerMotiv8
10-00 Three approaches to Power:
A number of approaches to power have been developed over the years. Centralised power,
distributed power and intermediate bus architecture are still appropriate ways to power
electronic equipment. The presentation will be looking at the advantages and limitations
of each of these.
Marco Panniza. European Applications Manager. Vicor Power
10-20 LDO s More than meets the eye:
The presentation will cover topics such as voltage accuracy, PSRR, drop-out voltage and
transient response and discuss how to interpret the datasheet and the influence of external
factors. How PSRR changes with frequency and it’s degradation as you approach the LDO’s
drop-out voltage.
Gary Church. Applications Engineer. Texas Instruments
10-40 Board level power design considerations:
The presentation looks at some of the driving factors that impact customer power designs
and the tools and products that are available to overcome them. Future trends and product
directions are also considered.
Alastair Boyd. Country Manager. Linear Technology
11-00 to 11-30 Coffee break – served in the Piers Courage suite
11-30 Critical thermal issues in power supply design
James Stratford.CEO. Universal Science.
11-50 Point of load application in 4 easy steps.
Peter van Erkel. Field Applications Engineer GE Energy Power Electronics.
12-10 Very low power analogue for power applications.
The presentation will givean insight into the cross-technology behind very low offset parts, which leverage memory,
for example. It will also introduce some of Microchip’s market leading low power analogue parts with nA quiescent
current specifications
Ashfaq Juna Analogue Applications Engineer. Microchip
12-30 to 2-00 Buffet lunch (served in the Piers Courage suite)
Afternoon Programme of Workshops
2-00 to 5-00 Workshops are run in parallel in 3 separate rooms that can accommodate up to 50 people per room.
Workshop Room 1
2-00 Techniques to achieve ultra-wide input range and long hold-up time for isolated DC/DC converters.
The RUW15 series, a new product introduction from Murata Power Solutions has a 10:1 input range and
programmable hold-up time from any input voltage.
Paul Lee. Director of Business Development. Murata Power Solutions
2-50 to 3-10 Coffee break served in Piers Courage Suite
3-10 Digital Power; No more compromises
“Digital Power” is a phrase that has become more common but what does it offer? In this session we will
look at the different meanings of digital power followed by a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages
of pure digital control. We will also look at a two different implementations of a digital control loop, namely a
dedicated digital PSU controller and an MCU based approach
Anthony Middleton & Graham Church. Applications Engineers. Texas Instruments
4-00 Critical thermal Issues in power supply design.
James Stratford CEO of Universal Science.
Workshop room 2
2-00 Power Supplies – Not for the faint hearted!
Linear Technology will be demonstrating some of their evaluation boards of their latest µModule power products
and their wide range of ultra-low power Ics targeted for energy harvesting applications that provide high energy conversion
to regulated voltages or to charge batteries and super capacitor storage elements.µModule power products are complete
power management solutions integrating the DC/DC controller, power transistors, input and output capacitors, compensation
components and inductor within a compact, IC-like form factor. µModule power product family simplifies the design and layout
of your next point of load regulator, battery charger or LED driver solution.
Mark Meywes. LTC Field Applications Engineer. Arrow Electronics Linear Technology
2-50 to 3-10 Coffee break – served in the Piers Courage Suite
3-10 ISM RF Power; RF Power Supply Solutions for Industrial, Scientificand Medical Applications.
The workshop will highlight issues in developing RF amplifiers for ISM applications such as Plasma, CO2 Lasers,
Scientific Instrumentation etc and to present strategies and methodologies to achieve stable high performance solutions.
Brian Wilkinson. Applications Manager HRG. Microsemi Hosted byRichardson RDPD
4-00 Power Modules; Simplifying power system design.
Intersil will be introducing their ever expanding portfolio of highly integrated POL DC/DC Power Modules in an innovative QFN style package.
The power module family integrates most of the components required to build a DC/DC power supply into a single chip that offers reduced
design cycle time, lower cost and PCB space savings. There will be a demonstration of the PowerNavigator™ software which allows simple
configuration and monitoring of multiple Digital-DC devices using a PC with a USB interface, making it easy to change all features and functions
of your digital power supply design using a simple graphical user interface.
Nattorn Pongratananukul. Applications Engineer and Tim Lok. Marketing Manager Power Modules Intersil
Hosted by Avnet Memec
Workshop Room 3
2-00 Delivering the next generation Energy Efficient SMPS solution
This workshop will include the following product highlights:
· ♦ Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes (GEN 5 SiC) - New
· ♦ CoolMOS P6 variant - New
· ♦ An introduction to C7 CoolMOS family - New
Excel Regidor. Global Product Manager MOSFETs Infineon Hosted byRutronik
2-50 to 3-10 Coffe break – served in Piers Courage Suite
3-10 Presenting LinkSwitch-HP
LinkSwitch-HP ICs enable the design of medium power auxiliary power supplies of 30 W
that use only 36 components - instead of the more than 50 which are required using a traditional,
secondary-side control approach.
Alessandro Squeri. Director of Sales. Power Integrations Hosted by Avnet Abacus
4-00 Integrate all of your power management functions into a single re-programmable device.
Using the free PACDesigner software Lattice will show you how to design with the PowerManagerII integrated Analogue
and Digital devices to implement common power management functions including:
♦ 6 Supply Voltage Supervisor, Reset-Generator and Watchdog Timer.
· ♦ Multiple Supply Sequencing and Monitoring- Power Up – Power Down.
· ♦ Hot Swap Controller with Soft Start
· ♦ Margining & Trimming
Complete designs are implemented and simulated with programming files ready to download to target or evaluation boards.
Adam Clarkson Area Technical Mgr. Lattice Semiconductor
Exhibitors
ACAl BFi, AVNET Abacus, Sunpower Technology, Rutronik, Universal Science, LineaOutsource Electronics,Arrow Electronics, Avnet Memec,
Lattice Semiconductors,Murata Power Solutions, MSC Gleichmann,Campbell Collins, TTI. ,
Texas Instruments, Richardson RFPD, Solid State Supplies. CODICO
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Supporting Manufacturers:
Vicor Power, Microchip, Infineon, Linear Technology,Power Intergrations, Microsemi, GE Energy, Intersil.
Further information on the Venue can be found at www.williamsf1conferences.com
Great success for the second edition of
Fortronic RF & Wireless Design Forum.
| The Fortronic UK RF and Wireless Design Forum was held at the prestigious Williams F1 Conference Centre near Oxford on 26th June 2012 and featured the latest products from a wide range of RF and Wireless manufacturers and distributors. |
Comments from delegates |
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Excellent Technical speakers and demos in workshops - Jerry Roberton - Malden Electronics Well presented , excellent - Steve Braithwaite - Ash Wireless Inspirational - Quintin Macmorland - Quma Systems |
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Over 100 design engineers heard speakers from EnOcean, Agilent, Atmel, TÜV SÜD, Lantronix and the University of Reading. From energy harvesting and wireless modules to the latest dynamic current characterisation technology from Agilent to conformance considerations when designing RF and wireless products, the programme had something for everyone. Stephen Gould from the School of Systems Engineering at the University of Reading, completed the morning session by presenting his final year project with a low cost wireless system for measuring and controlling energy usage in the home. Delegates were able to choose from 9 workshops taking place throughout the afternoon with each workshop lasting around an hour. Speakers from TI, ATMEL, Adeunis RF, Laird Technologies, Microchip, Avago, Nordic Semiconductors, Fastrax and Telit Wireless Solutions were able to offer solutions covering all areas of the wireless spectrum including Bluetooth, Zigbee, Wifi, ISM band to 4G, with Fastrax demonstrating their latest GPS offerings including the IT600 GNSS receiver module. As delegates cannot attend all the workshops Fortronic ensure they can download presentations they have missed. All sponsors supporting the Forum have a tabletop exhibition in the networking area offering demonstrations and discussion, both Murata and LPRS chose the event as the ideal opportunity to launch new products to engineers. Bluetooth Low Energy was a hot topic at the Forum and Murata were there to show their LBCA2ZZVZE Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) module LPRS chose the Forum as the launch pad for their Connect2 Development Kit for eRA Wireless Modules, David Schmider, Technical Director at LPRS commented “Real engineers with real applications are hard to find but Fortronic bring them to us. Fortronic was the perfect forum for us to meet new people and launch our new ‘Connect2’ development platform for easyRadio.” Praise from delegates was really positive across the board. Jerry Roberton from Malden Electronics stating that the “speakers and the demonstrations were excellent.” Quinten Moreland of Quma Systems declaring that the presentations were “inspirational” and Steve Braithwaite, CEO of Ash Wireless stating that the day was “well presented, excellent” Chris Osborn observed that with the feedback and praise we have received from sponsors and delegates so far we have had no hesitation in confirming that a full programme of events will be held throughout 2013. I would also like to thank our sponsors for the great amount of work and preparation they put in to help make these events so successful. Our next Forum on 23 October 2012 is focussing on Power & Power Management is already 50% booked and as we only allow 20 sponsors to be involved with the Forums places are filling f |
The organisation and content of the event was excellent 10 out of 10 |
LED&Lighting Design Fortronic - 27th March 2012
8-30 to 9-45 Registration
Coffee & pastries, time to network & visit exhibitor area.
Morning Program – Ayrton Senna Suite
10-00 to 12-30
• Diversity in Lighting
Introducing microcontrollers into lighting applications to meet major market trends, such as higher intelligence, lower cost, less energy use, higher efficacy and longer life as well as providing unique opportunities to create cutting-edge features such as visible light communication, IP- bulbs, remote device management and wireless DALI.
Steve Norman. RENESAS. Manager Smart Energy.
• Designing with Tertiary Optics in mind
Novel Light Shaping Diffusers (LSD) design
Duncan Cooper. Sales Manager Photonics Group ACAL Bfi
• Why thermal management for hi powered LEDs
James Stratford CEO Universal Science
• Why the Future of Solid-State Lighting Needs Next Generation Power Electronics.
Dr Geoff Archenhold, Founder and CEO Integrated System Design
Continued;
• Why design lighting solutions using LED Arrays
• Array vs single emitter
• Key parameters for a successful design
• ECO system
• Future
Tom Van Den Bussche. Director Marketing EMEA. Bridgelux Inc.
12-30 to 2-30 Buffet lunch (served in the Piers Courage suite)
Afternoon Workshops Programme
2-30 to 5-30 50 minute long Workshops run in parallel in 3 separate rooms that can accommodate up to 50 people per room.