Electronics360: "An Irreverent Look at the LED Industry"

Rodriguez asks: "LED lighting is a combination of optics, semiconductors, thermal management and power supplies. Where does one go to become sufficiently educated in knowledge of four disciplines?"

Many astronomy students are exposed to the fundamentals of those disciplines. Hire a person with a BS in Physics with a minor in Astronomy. A 1-week course in LED basics would cover 90% of anything else they need to know.

I have LED's I've had on constantly since I bought them, I don't even know how many hours, but I've never had one burn out and it's been years....I've never heard of an LED fixture starting a fire, could you provide some examples?....I don't see that LED lighting is any more complicated than fluorescent...The high powered LED lights that I've seen have cooling systems built in, maybe they should include high limit temp devices like heaters...In any case widespread expertise is going to take time, but I have no doubt it will become just as ubiquitous as other lighting types in time....