APA ELECTRONIC

APA ELECTRONIC

Digitally controlled RGB/RGBW LEDs and smart-lighting solutions

About the manufacturer

APA Electronic Co., Ltd. is a Taiwanese manufacturer specializing in LED technology. Established in 1974, the company has decades of experience in developing and manufacturing lighting solutions for industrial and commercial customers.

One of APA Electronic’s key areas of expertise is LED packages with integrated control electronics. The manufacturer develops families such as APA-102, APA-104 and APA-109, enabling individual control of the color and brightness of successive light points. The company holds patents relating to integrated LED solutions in multiple countries and also develops LED strips, smart-lighting systems and DMX display solutions.

APA Electronic products are designed for compact RGB and RGBW systems where dynamic effects, animations and pixel-level control are important. Integrating the control circuitry into the LED package reduces the number of external components needed to build a light module.

Applications

Digitally controlled APA Electronic LEDs are used in projects where light provides functional, informational or decorative effects. Typical applications include:

• individually addressable LED strips and modules
• illuminated advertising, displays and digital signage
• decorative lighting for interiors, furniture and architecture
• gaming electronics – lighting for cases, keyboards and accessories
• IoT and smart-home products using color for status indication
• displays, information boards and multimedia installations
• stage lighting and special effects requiring dynamic color changes

APA-ELECTRONIC products available from Maritex

The APA-ELECTRONIC range available from Maritex focuses on digitally controlled RGB and RGBW LEDs for smart lighting modules and systems.

Available product groups include:

• APA-104 digitally controlled RGB LEDs
• APA-109 RGBW LEDs
• LEDs in popular 5050 SMD packages
• compact SMD versions including 2020
• integrated-driver LEDs for individually addressable light points

Available products include APA-104-4RGB and APA-104-6-12V as well as RGBW variants from the APA-109 family. Individual versions differ in supply voltage, current consumption, package, viewing angle and color characteristics, allowing designers to match the LED to strips, advertising modules and dynamically illuminated devices.

Key selection criteria include supply voltage, control method, package type, RGB or RGBW configuration, current consumption, luminous intensity and the thermal requirements of the complete module.