Everything about Dimmer
Engineering device
A dimmer is a device connected to a light fixture and used to lower the brightness of the light. By changing the voltage waveform applied to the lamp, it is possible to lower the intensity of the light output. Although variable-voltage devices are used for various purposes, the term dimmer is generally reserved for those intended to control light output from resistive incandescent, halogen, and compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). More specialized equipment is needed to dim fluorescent, mercury-vapor, solid-state, and other arc lighting. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: DimmerA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A multi-network model of Parkinson’s disease tremor: exploring the finger-dimmer-switch theory and role of dopamine in thalamic self-inhibitionInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Dead People I Have KnownThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Seedling Establishment: A Dimmer Switch-Regulated Process between Dark and Light SignalingCited 155 times
- Go sideways: Track lightingA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Electrical ballastA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A rheostat that is used to vary the intensity of a domestic electric light
Noun A switch used to select between the low and high headlamp beam on a road vehicle. (usually as "dimmer switch", primarily in North America; elsewhere "dipswitch" or "dipper switch")
Adjective comparative form of dim: more dim
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Seedling Establishment: A Dimmer Switch-Regulated Process between Dark and Light Signaling
Graded regulation of cellular quiescence depth between proliferation and senescence by a lysosomal dimmer switch
Regulation of Light Harvesting in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: The C-Terminus of LHCSR Is the Knob of a Dimmer Switch
Elucidating Si−Si Dimmer Vibration from the Size-Dependent Raman Shift of Nanosolid Si
Riboswitch function: Flipping the switch or tuning the dimmer?
Possible existence of the Ep-Lp and Ep-Eiso correlations for short gamma-ray bursts with a factor 5–100 dimmer than those for long gamma-ray bursts
Chloramultilide A, a highly complex sesquiterpenoid dimmer from Chloranthus multistachys
Decoupling transcription factor expression and activity enables dimmer switch gene regulation
🆕 Influential since 2022
A multi-network model of Parkinson’s disease tremor: exploring the finger-dimmer-switch theory and role of dopamine in thalamic self-inhibition
Hilbert transform analysis of the mouse scotopic electroretinogram reveals two distinct bursts of oscillatory potentials with progressively dimmer flashes
35‐1: Invited Paper: Smart Pixelated Dimmer for High Ambient Contrast AR Displays
The Light Switch and the Dimmer: Qualitative Observations to Improve Diagnostic Lacrimal Irrigation
The dimmer switch in epigenetics: How DNA methylation encodes gene activity over time
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Dead People I Have KnownShayne Carter · 2019
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