Optoelectronics

Wireless control enables users to operate several LEDs

15th July 2014
Siobhan O'Gorman
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Wireless control of LEDs from smartphones and tablets has been introduced by MAZeT. This allows users to control the colour, colour temperature and brightness of several light boxes at the same time, depending on the wireless connection. 

No colour differences in the same colour on all light boxes are discernible to the human eye. There are also no differences when the operating conditions change or LEDs of different types or bins are used. A True Colour sensor from the JENCOLOR series ensures a constant colour scheme. Current wireless transmission technology and Android-based operating software complement this. MAZeT offers the electronics and control systems for luminaire manufacturers and system integrators as series-manufactured OEM modules.

For the sensor-based colour control for multi-channel LEDs, each lighting unit receives its target value from a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth. The sensor measures the current LED-light and transmits the colour value to the microcontroller of the box. The micro-controller compares the current value with the value of the target and calculates the LED driver signals. This process is so quick that visually it is imperceptible. The colour adjustment appears to be completely flicker-free. So with just a tap on the colour triangle on a smartphone or tablet, all the light units display exactly the same under the same light or run synchronously in the scenario. Colour uniformity is thus guaranteed across all units and within a unit for its lifetime.

The system consists of simple standard components that are not especially focused on stability. Only the sensor in the system controller possesses the stability to endure without drift for the lifetime of the unit. The 'closed-loop' with the sensor perceives all disruptions in the lighting system that affect the colour or brightness as quasi-independent factors. Drifts of the LEDs and of the driver, mechanical tolerances of the optics and of the mechanics are perceived as spectral shifts of the light and are adjusted according to the target colour. The electronics work so quickly that the adjustment is flicker-free, i.e. with no visible effect.

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