PowerWise® Design University

POWER 105 - Lighting

POWER 105 - Lighting



Objective: To enable engineers to determine a design's key requirements for lighting and choose the right lighting products for the application. This course will teach the options for backlighting, flash lighting and fun lighting; LED technology and National's product solutions for lighting.

Length: 150 minutes

Published Date: May 26, 06

Step(s) to complete

  1. Complete the suggested assignments
  2. Complete the online test to receive a certificate from Bob Pease

About the Instructor: Ajay Padgaonkar is the Technical Marketing Manager in the Portable Power Systems Division. One of his responsibilities is preparing, reviewing, and presenting technical material in support of the broad market promotion for the division. Before joining National in 1998, Ajay worked at Intel, Microchip and Texas Instruments. Ajay holds a BSEE from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Notre Dame and M.B.A. from Arizona State University.


Suggested Assignments

Complete the course below

Lighting Course

This course is a complete on-line learning environment.  Inside you will find the following chapters:

  1. Overview of lighting issues
  2. LED technology
  3. Boost Regulators
  4. Driving LED
  5. LED driver efficiency

When you are finished with this course, take the mastery test (click on the Test Yourself button). When you pass the mastery test, you will receive a special certificate from our Dean of Education.

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