Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's ...

Lights are an integral part of any home. With lighting being some of the important components in any home, users might be tempted to spice things up a little bit. Smart home systems are only now ...

Despite the Republican party’s best, yet misguided efforts, incandescent bulbs are on their way out. Energy-efficient lighting like CFLs and LEDs are fast becoming the norm, and it was only a matter ...

The lighting industry has relied on the incandescentbulb for more than a century, and,over the last 50 years, the phase dimmer hasbecome the main dimming control. Standardforward-phase, or TRIAC ...

Lutron’s Caséta Wireless is one of our favorite smart lighting solutions, but all the buttons, icons, and LED dots on its in-wall dimmer can look pretty geeky. Homeowners desiring a more understated ...

Dimming has been a constant challenge of LED lighting for years and digital dimmers are particularly problematic. Power is an issue, for example. With digital technology the MPU needs approximately 20 ...

Dimming LEDs is an important feature in many of today’s solid state lighting applications. While many implementations for dimming LEDs in the market today rely on PWM modulation of the LED driving ...