Let’s be honest about it: the interior lights currently installed in our cars are pretty much useless, simply because finding something dropped on the floor at night is still impossible without ...

OSIRE® E3731i intelligent RGB LED enables creation of dynamic color and motion effects across hundreds of LEDs The intelligent RGBi uses a new and license-free Open System Protocol for communication ...

This circuit is much more modest, but certainly still worth the effort. It provides a high quality interior light delay. This is a feature that is included as standard with most modern cars, although ...

Not so long ago, car interior lighting consisted of central and side headliner lights, complemented by low-level ambient lighting located mainly in the cockpit area. Now we are seeing LEDs in a ...

Automotive interior lighting does not suffer from the lifetime issues that can justify light emitting diodes (LEDs) in other applications. Power consumption usually is not an issue either, although ...

Contrary to popular belief, it is not illegal to drive with interior lights on anywhere in the United States. Nevertheless, it is recommended that you keep your dome lights off when driving at night ...

I was waiting for my son to finish soccer practice in a Mercedes-Benz S 580 a few weeks ago as the sun set, happily ensconced in a sea of buttery leather. As dusk settled in, the interior of the car ...

This is because the interior light can cause glare off the car windows and reduce the driver’s night vision. Bolt said to compare overhead lights inside a car to those in a building. If you look out ...

Virtually everyone has a childhood memory of being scolded for turning on a light inside the family car while it was in motion. Some parents, perhaps in attempting to control their fidgety kids, may ...

When you were a kid, your parents may have told you to turn off the lights inside the car while they were driving because it's illegal. While there may be good reasons to keep the interior lights off ...