For 40 years, Moon International has been envisioning, creating and implementing original and productive retail spaces. Their team of innovative designers is always looking for new and more efficient ways to backlight their beautiful signs. They know that LED lighting is more than just a trend – LEDs use a considerably smaller amount of power to output light, and last far longer than conventional bulbs, even compact fluorescents which is very important in the retail grocery trade they serve. In addition, their small and flexible shapes allow for a wider range of applications than could normally be achieved with other forms of lighting. 

Newark’s Greg Fell had been calling on Moon for a number of years, so, when an opportunity came up for LEDs, Greg helped them choose VCC for their interior cabinet lighting project. They selected VCC’s one watt starboard LED with heat sink. VCC unique method of light delivery options helped provide a suitable solution for a complicated design.

MOON’s customer required a multiple of LED’s wired together to back light a display cabinet, with little
ventilation. VCC all in one LED and heat sink package made MOON’s design become reality, requiring just soldering the LED to the Starboard heat sink and then using double sided tape gave an easy functional solution for MOON. VCC starboard 1Watt LED’s are available in multiple colors.

Let us help you find the right VCC product for your design issue.

Solid-state lighting is taking over more of the lighting market every day. The advantages across a number of disciplines from decorative lighting to street lighting and production signaling make solid-state lighting the wisest choice for most any lighting challenge. There are a number of reasons for this huge markets recent growth and continuing expansion.

If you are beginning a new project, consider the benefits of using solid-state (LED) lighting in your design:

• The very name solid-state belies one it’s the biggest advantages. With no moving parts, the resistance to shock and vibration is substantial. A bump or short drop is unlikely to damage solid-state devices.
• No electrical filaments or toxic gases. Electrical filaments found with incandescent lights can easily be broken and are also subject to evaporation giving them a very short life cycle. Fluorescent lights contain toxic gases that may provide a longer life cycle but also pose a greater environmental threat.
• LED lighting provides substantial energy savings and in turn financial savings. An LED uses 90% of the power it produces allowing for brighter lighting that is also cool to the touch since only 10% of the power is lost to heat dissipation.
• Lighting flexibility is increased enormously when LEDs are implemented. Flexible and effective lighting can be achieved with the use of lightpipes. There is no longer a need to have wiring and fixtures in confined spaces whether it is for lighting or communication purposes.
• With the proper circuitry, color, intensity, signaling can be easily controlled. Using PCB or PLC programming, a virtually endless number of effects can be achieved.
• Solid-state lighting allows for variety in packaging and sizing. If space is limited, as it usually is, solid-state lighting can be implemented in a number of sizes and mounting positions. In a few inches of space you can provide the lighting for an entire control panel interface. The reduced heat generation allows flexibility as well since solid-state lighting can be mounted closer to other components.

VCC Optoelectronics is a leader in LED design and specializes in LED signaling. When you are designing your next project, contact our experts to provide you with the latest details and design innovations in the LED field. We are also happy to assist you in selecting the correct components to achieve the ultimate benefit in both energy and cost by selecting a component that is best suited for your project type.