In part 1, we explored the need for a high intensity flash in medium to low light conditions to ensure good pictures from 2-megapixel (and greater) camera phones. The battery presents the system ...

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 ...

National Semiconductor Corp., has introduced what is claimed to be the industry's first high-side light-emitting diode (LED) driver that enables dual LED operation for the camera flash function in ...

Cell Phones are Becoming the ultimate consumer all-in-one portable appliance, producing digital-still camera-quality pictures, supplying WiFi/Web access and delivering high-quality audio. As customers ...

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 ...

The iPhone 14 Pro has a new segmented Adaptive True Tone flash that can adapt to a camera's focal length. Here's how a small change helps photography. The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max received ...

Android 14 Developer Preview 2 includes a “Flash notifications” function that will let Pixel owners emulate the long-lost notification LED in the upcoming build. One of the most notable features that ...

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 ...