It’s easy to see why LEDs largely won out over neon bulbs for pilot light applications. But for all the practical utility of LEDs, they’re found largely lacking in at least one regard over their older ...

You’ve got an apparently simple design requirement on your latest AC-line powered project: provide a distinctly illuminated indicator to show that the unit is plugged into the line and that power is ...

When you think of neon, you might think of neon signs or the tenth element, a noble gas. But there was a time when neon bulbs like the venerable NE-2 were the 555 of their day, with a seemingly ...

Miniature, ruggedized and designed for applications requiring operation directly from 110/220 Vac, these neon lamps provide brightness levels of up to 5 mcd. Measuring from 3.2 mm to 6 mm in diameter, ...

The neon glow lamp tester is a staple in every electronics hobbyist’s lab. Here’s how to build one right in your own home. You may wonder what’s so cool about the “historical” neon glow lamp. For ...

They’re not kidding when they say they’ll leave the light on for you. A long-forgotten neon lamp that was switched on during the Great Depression and left burning for about 77 years has been ...

Inspired by the neon works of artists like Dan Flavin, London’s Minimalux has created a simple box-shaped lamp that creates the look of neon lighting—long thin slits of light—without that buzzing ...

Developed as a low-maintenance alternative to neon and incandescent lighting, the Light Stix integrate high-brightness LEDs into a mountable plastic tube. Reported advantages to this approach include ...