Smart lighting, Dialog Semiconductor launches smarteXite platform
In recent years, with the hot-selling concept of the Internet of Things, the level of attention paid to smart lighting has also risen. According to a report released by market research firm Transparency Market Research (TMR), the smart lighting market is expected to be worth 33.23 billion pounds (348.9 billion yuan) by 2020. It is predicted that the LED lighting market will grow by more than 30% from 2013 to 2029. In the face of such a big market, the giants in the industry have launched plans for smart lighting, in order to seize the opportunity in the next smart lighting blue sea.
Dialog Semiconductor is one of the best. With years of technology accumulation, Dialog has an excellent product line in the fields of wireless connectivity, LED solid-state lighting, etc., especially after the acquisition of the US company iWatt, it has strengthened its own mixed-signal power management and PMIC business, through technology integration. Innovation creates an LED solid-state lighting solution that meets global lighting energy standards. This has laid a solid foundation for the entry of its intelligent lighting business.
Hubie Notohamiprodjo, currently Director of Solid State Lighting Product Marketing, Dialog Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
The smart lighting we usually say refers to wireless control of lights through wireless connections such as Bluetooth, WIFI or Zigbee. Dialog's recently launched intelligent lighting solution iW6401 was developed based on Bluetooth 4.0. According to Hubie, director of marketing for solid-state lighting products at Dialog Semiconductor, this product has the low power consumption and high reliability of Bluetooth itself. According to the test, the minimum power consumption of the transceiver can reach 5mA, and in the case of sleep mode. Up to 5nA. In addition, as the world's first fully programmable digital LED control chip, the iW6401 not only has a leading cost advantage, but also has a flexible transformation method. This is also the most advantageous feature of the iW6401.
Powerful smarteXite technology platform
smarteXite is Dialog Semiconductor's next-generation technology platform that enables a new generation of highly flexible, programmable LED driver ICs for smart lighting applications. In addition, because smarteXite is based on fully configurable logic, it is the first LED driver technology that easily and directly supports wireless connectivity, light sensor control and can be easily integrated into lighting control systems.
smarteXite provides ultimate flexibility
As the first device in the smarteXite series, the iW6041 can support multiple dimming interfaces. According to Hubie, these dimming methods are not only through a simple mains switch for digital dimming and button-switch based dimming, but also The latest Ledontron digital dimming protocol. All of these dimming curves can be configured through memory for the best end-user lighting experience, Hubie emphasizes.
With the standard C digital interface, the iW6401 based on the smarteXite platform can be used as a powerful front-end system for wireless communication modules such as Bluetooth, WIFI or Zigbee. It also directly connects sensors for color and proximity sensing.
According to Hubie, the iW6401 also combines Dialog's strength in configurable power management solutions with cutting-edge digital signal processing. This makes it the world's first programmable AC/DC LED tube driver IC. This makes it easy for engineers to complete and configure the lamp design through software.
Unique programmable calibration
According to our understanding, many LED bulbs cannot be calibrated for brightness, color, etc. after being assembled, which will cause some LEDs to be eliminated and waste. The Dialog's iW6401's unique digital calibration technology allows OTP programming in the finished product chain at different stages of the product, calibrating the LEDs, and using diagnostic functions to achieve complete manufacturing process control, with final production stage calibration for ultimate precision. Light output.
OTP programming can be done in different stages of the finished product chain
According to Hubie, in addition to the driver chip after the correction and factory pre-configuration, Dialog can also be programmed online during the test of the driver electronics module, through the ICT change program, to achieve the purpose of calibration. In addition, after the product is assembled, the bulb brightness can also be adjusted according to customer specifications during the bulb function test after bulb assembly.
"Dialog will provide a calibrated power reference design box that allows the lamp chip to use this decoded input signal to adjust the lumen size and fine-tune it in this way, which is the only product on the market that can do this," Hubie stressed.
Excellent Ledotron dimming
We are familiar with LED dimming methods such as thyristor dimming, switch switching dimming and PWM dimming. As a well-known lighting manufacturer, Dialog has its own advantages in dimming technology, including: extensive dimming technology capabilities, the latest digital control and processing technology, wide-area dimming range, and lowest standby power consumption. Flexible programmable, digital fault protection and programmable thermal derating.
In pursuit of dimming technology, Dialog introduces a dimming method called Ledotron in its products. To replace the traditional dimming.
The basic working principle of Ledotron
Ledotron is the brand name of Osram and Instar for the new digital dimming technology, DLT (Digital Loadside Transmission). DLT is a new dimming control mode, plug-and-play dimmer, which is used to replace and extend the phase-cut dimming technology. This is a digitally addressable multi-channel protocol that supports group addressing, adjustable white light and color control. It not only solves all the problems of the phase-cut dimmer, but it can also be modified to standardize in IEC62756. Open standards, no authorization required.
Borrowing this dimming technology not only solves all the compatibility problems of the phase-cut dimmer, but also has the advantages of high power efficiency, no audio noise, no flash, etc., and it is much higher than the traditional phase-cut dimmer. Efficiency, the ability to connect any number of bulbs (limited only by total power) is also popular in the market. This dimming method allows the cable between the dimmer and the Guangyuan to be up to 100 meters long. All of the above advantages are destined to revolutionize the new round of dimming in the future.
Since it is said to be intelligent lighting, it is necessary to have intelligent control of the lighting equipment. Speaking of this, it can be said that the rapid development of smart phones has helped the rise of smart lighting, because the current practice on the market is to develop control devices on smartphones. But for some vendors, the cost of developing these software investments is too great. Dialog takes this into account and provides a complete solution that users can develop with their open APIs.
Every advancement in technology will bring new convenience to people's lives. What kind of convenience will Dialog bring to the smart lighting brought by this technology? Let us be full of expectations and wait for the coming of change.
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