Intelligent LED: from Home Furnishing to commercial and agricultural

Rapid application of LED is a huge change in the next few years, household lighting, commerce and daily life of the people will see. In fact, LED lighting system can be connected to completely change the overall indoor people experience.

In 2008 the United States Department of energy (DOE) held a contest to promote the manufacturers of lighting equipment, light emitting diode (LED) technology innovation LED technology progress is the largest since Edison's first invention patents since the field of lighting.

At that time, the market only a few LED bulbs can replace incandescent bulbs to major technical reform to accelerate the popularization of the LED lighting market. DOE's mission is to promote competition and promote LED products manufacturers need to progress. Since 2008, LED lighting costs have dropped 85%, now Frost & Sullivan in 2020 is expected to LED market share will exceed 80%.

Rapid application of LED is a huge change in the next few years, household lighting, commerce and daily life of the people will see. In fact, the Internet LED lighting system is about to completely change the overall indoor people experience.

According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Americans now almost 90% of the time to stay indoors. That is to say most of the time people are under artificial light. The first 140 years since the advent of electrical lighting, people not too demanding on the lamp. When we needed to open it, only this.

Intelligent LED as lamp opens up another section of the course. Of course, energy efficiency and long service life is the obvious advantage of LED, but also in the market play a great role in. But the lamp lighting device is extremely advanced, including LED and RF integrated receiver MCU. The wireless device lights will be connected to each other, forming a larger network, provide more advantages besides saving energy.

With the advent of Internet lighting system, excessive lighting will soon become the past. People will no longer need lampshade, lamp and other household fixtures to light scattering is not necessary. LED small size, can be subtle, unobtrusive way will be integrated into the surrounding environment in the lamp: when the lamp is off, I can hardly see it.

For example, table surface emitting, instead of using the lamp. The LED is equipped with a wireless connection and a sensor, so we are actually a small computer network installation at home. Imagine, in the middle of the night from the bed and drink a cup of water, you do not need to splinters, bleary eyed bedside lamp open, corridor lamp lights up gradually, illuminate the road. When you walked into the kitchen, and the kitchen corridor lights dim the lights gradually brighter, the user does not need to illuminate the road ahead, the switch in the dark.

Home Furnishing experience obviously benefited from LED lighting. Of course, LED also brought other convenience, such as when you get home from work when the lights automatically turn on, or when you are on holiday lights according to the periodic opening and closing. Residential users can also benefit from simple voice control and automation division. For example, you can talk to the bulb, Alexa will be extended to each room availability.

Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of Internet Home Furnishing lighting is to let people have a good sleep. The Internet LED can be adjusted continuously in the daytime, reproduce the sun and change the color of the natural path. When our body clock can be used to copy / shading the circadian rhythm of natural light signal, the body can be adjusted according to the time of day. Research shows that getting the right amount of light to sleep every night by 45 minutes at the appropriate time, and receive less interference. No need to set the alarm clock, you can make the bedroom lights in the near wake time specified when the light gradually through the program instructions. The lights will start on time and melatonin will wake you up. Exposure to natural light can promote sleep, improve productivity and improve mood. Natural light should be used for medical treatment, and even have a positive impact on the patient's recovery. Install the appropriate lighting system at home can prevent damage to the circadian cycle, and the overall health of the people have a great influence.

Figure: LED lighting can be through a variety of ways to make indoor agriculture benefit. (source: Pixabay)

In addition to Home Furnishing applications, many industry also benefited from the interconnection of lighting system. Indoor cultivation is a new industry has benefited from the interconnection in the lighting system, the income is 4000 times the traditional outdoor planting. Lighting scheme programming with special requirements for production, plant personnel can maximize output and minimize energy consumption. Unlike traditional LED lamps produce as much heat, so it can be placed near the place where plants with uniform coverage. Water is better than traditional indoor farm farm, and minimize the use of herbicides, pesticides or preservatives, so more and more popular. Another advantage is to build indoor planting facilities from the market is very close, so that the products can not only shorten the transportation distance, saving fuel and can provide more fresh products.

In the retail and business environment, the integration of analysis tools and cloud services, location services and personalized beacon can be achieved. High-end lighting buildings and retail environment including temperature and light sensor, which can dynamically adjust the drive current, and control the lights in the life cycle energy consumption. This property ensures that the brightness and maintain a consistent from beginning to end quality awareness, and prolong the life of LED. The external or internal light sensors provided by sampling and measurement of ambient light to collect sunlight, resulting in variable dark and can dynamically adjust the daily lighting all day long. In addition to energy saving, imitation of natural light cycle and is also beneficial to provide comfortable experience.

With the deployment of intelligent LED to more and more people living and working places, these new large-scale interconnected lighting platform will greatly improve our lives. LED lighting technology has the advantages of energy saving, agricultural income and important health protection and many other advantages to be developed, it will change our indoor experience.

Source: EDN electronic technology design

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