Cree XP-G2 LED is now officially official
Well, it looks like we jumped the gun a day early with the preliminary announcement of the XP-G2, the successor to the venerable XP-G. Cree has let loose the datasheets for the new LED today, so we can fill in a few gaps in what we know it the little light source Read More
XP-G2 is Cree’s update to the venerable XP-G LED
Cree is about to officially anounce the XP-G2, the successor to the long time favorite XP-G. Some of the details are still up in the air, but the big changes here are increases in efficiency, putting it on par with the XM-L for lumens per watt at higher color temperatures. Forward voltages don’t seem to Read More
Cree XT-E Royal Blue Gets a spec bump, now up to 5 watts each
Rejoice DIY LED builders! Cree, in their mighty engineering prowess has seen fit to give their popular XT-E royal blue LED a spec bump recetly, letting you squeeze even more from an already powerful LED. This update puts the XT-E royal blue on par with the newer XT-E white with a maximum current of 1500mA Read More
More details on the forthcoming Maxspect Mazarra X
With the new Maxspect Mazarra X being snuck into Reefstock recently, and Mr. Saltwater Tank doing a brief video clip on it, we assume there are many of you who are really itching to find out more information about this upcoming fixture. Well, we have details. The Mazarra X is basically an upgraded Mazarra S, Read More
Cree XT-E Royal Blue Has a New Buddy
Cree has just announced what we have been anticipating for a while now; the XT-E white. While it’s not besting the XP-G in terms of overall output (it’s close) and efficiency, The XT-E white will bring some of the same features that the XB-D did. The XT-E white is using the same silicon carbide technology Read More
New Cree XB-D LED Set to Lower Product Costs
The Cree XB-D LED just announced today is being released into the wild to start bringing high quality and high output LED fixtures down to a price range that will start to compete with the many budget fixtures that are currently on the market. How Cree is accomplishing this increased performance per dollar in the Read More
The Cree XT-E Royal Blue LED Explained
You may have begun to notice Cree XT-E blue LEDs being included on some newer aquariums lights and unlike previous advancements, this generation of LEDs is designed for more than simple brightness and efficiency gains. The Cree XT-E royal blue LED has been around for a little bit now, and is starting to get attention Read More
Modular LED makes it easy to be a DIY demon
Modular LED is taking the pain out of putting together DIY LED aquarium lights. DIY has always been a huge component in the hobby and many people have been doing their own Frankenstein rigs of LED lights. Anyone that’s put together a DIY system will tell you the cost, time and knowledge to do it Read More
Cree announces new higher performance Royal Blue LED with the XLamp XTE
The Cree Royal Blue XTE LED is a specially designed diode from Cree which delivers a very strong output of blue light at 445 nm and optimized for use in remote phosphor LED applications. Remote phosphor LEDs are those which have a coating of phosphors somewhat removed from the LED light itself – all white Read More
Cree shatters LED theoretical maximum efficiency of 200 lumens per watt in the lab
Today Cree announced that they have trounced previous luminous efficiency records of Light Emitting Diodes with 231 lumens per watt being produced by a single-die component. The record-setting efficient LED has a color temperature of 4500K, the results were produced at room temperature and the LED was running at 350mA, or about one watt. Back Read More