What is LED flicker - and how to prevent it

What is LED flicker - and how to prevent it

Flicker, a repetitive switching on and off of a light source, is becoming a problem with the increasing popularity of LED lighting. Never a factor for incandescent bulbs, flicker can affect human health as well as a number of day-to-day applications.

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In the latest post on Engineers' Insight, Andy Hutton investigates what causes LED flicker, how to measure it, and what can be done to prevent it.

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