Z-RAY LED SPECS
THE BEST RGBW LED ON THE MARKET
Z-RAY uses the Cree XLamp XM-L Color Gen 2 High Density LED - because it's the best!
To summarise the reviews, "(it's) praised for their high lumen output and excellent colour mixing capabilities in a compact 5mm x 5mm package. (it's) well-suited for applications requiring precise colour control and efficient colour mixing, such as colour-changing, stage lighting, and architectural lighting".
However there's more to getting the optimum performance out of a LED! Good LED performance also requires high current delivery, fast switching, and excellent heat-dissipation - high performance and excellent reliability don't come without those 3 things.
That high current delivery is explained in-depth in the following section of technical specifications, but to summarise, current delivery is optimally matched, and based on a high frequency PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) - ensuring excellent compatibility with video cameras.
Finally, what at first glance looks like a plain black mounting, is in fact a huge plate of aluminium to ensure that the LED always runs cool - ensuring the best possible power/brightness trade-off (yes, light output decreases with rising temperature), the most consistent colour rendition (temperature affects the colour output unequally), and above all maximises the overall reliability.
Rather than cherry-pick a few details of the LED, Think Radio publishes the full data sheet for the LED, exactly as used by electronics engineers to produce optimal designs.
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