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Intelligent lighting is the ability to reduce the
amount of light and/or energy used so that
only the right amount of light is delivered
exactly where it is needed. Digitally controlled
lighting using microcontrollers (MCUs)
allows developers to take advantage of the
unique characteristics of LEDs and other
light sources to develop effi cient, scalable
and fl exible designs for intelligent lighting.
With digital control, designers can scale and
easily adjust designs to multiple applications,
maximizing reuse and decreasing design
time. A digital approach also allows many
hardware features, such as soft startup, delay
and PWM phase shifting, to be implemented
in software, eliminating extra components,
cost and complexity. TI’s communications
and control solutions are for both wired and
wireless systems supporting a wide selection of
communication standards.
Texas Instruments offers a broad suite of
microcontroller solutions for your LED and
other lighting design and control needs as well
as demonstration platforms and development
kits. The table to the left is a sample of what is
available now. For more information on these
and new products throughout the year, visit
www.ti.com/mculighting.
Microcontrollers for
Advanced Lighting Solutions
Key benefi ts
• Support for industry-standard communi-
cations: Power line communications (PLC),
DALI, DMX512, ZigBee
®
, 6LoWPAN, and
many others
• Design fl exibility and scalability for maximum
reuse of designs and cost management
• High-effi ciency control of LEDs and other
light sources
• Intelligent lighting management enables
smarter light fi xtures to handle lumen
maintenance to improve reliability and
lifetime of LEDs
• Power supply integration through digital
power for an adaptable, full-system design
with fewer components
• Accelerated development with extensive
array of evaluation tools and kits
Solution/Protocol Product Tool/Kit For more info
DALI MSP430™ MCU/
Piccolo™
(C2000™ MCU)
TPS62660 LED-338 EVM
TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT
www.ti.com/daliappnote
DMX512 MSP430 MCU/
Stellaris
®
/
Piccolo (C2000
MCU)
DMX512 apps note
Third-party design
TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT
MSP430 – Demo code and
reference design is available
upon request at www.ti.com/
technicalsupport ;
Stellaris – Available through
third-party Golden IC
Technology Co., Ltd.
[e-mail]
Power line
communication
C2000 MCUs TMDSPLCKIT-V3
TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT
www.ti.com/plc
ZigBee
®
/ 802.15.4 MSP430F54xxA MSP430F5438 Experimenter’s Board www.ti.com/msp430f5438
6LoWPAN CC430
(MSP430 MCU +
Low-Power RF)
Third-party design Available through third-party
Sensinode,
www.sensinode.com/EN/
contact
Digital power Piccolo
(C2000 MCU)
TMDSDCDCLEDKIT
TMDSRGBLEDKIT
TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT
www.ti.com/led_devkit
www.ti.com/rgb_led
www.ti.com/tool/
tmdsiacledcomkit
Digital signal control
(with many PWMs)
Stellaris LM4F Evaluation kit with up to 40 PWM
outputs
www.ti.com/cortexm4f
Control, sensing and
dimming solutions
MSP430 MCU Development and evaluation kits www.ti.com/msp430
TI’s MCU lighting solutions give designers effi cient, fl exible and
scalable intelligent lighting management and control
Create intelligent lighting products with Piccolo MCUs:
• Independent dimming of 6 LED strings
• Communications support including:
DALI, DMX512, and Power Line
Communications (PLC)
• Intelligent MCU control of power stage,
lighting, and communications
• Full AC mains-powered reference design
Piccolo AC LED Lighting & Communications Kit
TMDSIACLEDCOMKIT