Vive La Résolution!
High resolution LED dimming is becoming commonplace. Unfortunately more bits don’t guarantee smooth fades. Here’s why.
Dimming Curve Abuse
Dimming curves can improve linearity, synchronize light output of disparate fixtures, compensate for non-linear inputs, or concentrate precise control over a narrow range. What they cannot do is everything at once. Trying to solve every aspect of lighting control with a dimming curve is a futile abuse of the mechanism.
Introducing Lumiglide™
Lumiglide is an improved method for LED dimming, utilizing signal processing techniques designed to accommodate the human visual system.
Dimming Backgrounder
Incandescent lamps have had a near-monopoly on illumination for a century so it’s not surprising that lighting control equipment has closely tracked the needs of hot tungsten over the same period. However LEDs have different requirements. Dimming incandescent lamps is...