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US 10,314,132 B1Granted
Universal wireless luminaire controller and method of use
AssigneeCalifornia Eastern Laboratories, Inc.
InventorDavid E. Wilde
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling a universal wireless luminaire. The method includes controlling a separate memory device, a radio, a relay for switching power to a luminaire, two zero to ten volt luminaire control outputs, a tunable white temperature luminaire control output, a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter, and a hardware switch with a single microcontroller.
Claims20
A wireless luminaire control device, comprising:
- a single microcontroller;
- a separate memory device coupled to the single microcontroller, the separate memory device containing instructions for operation of the single microcontroller;
- a radio coupled to the single microcontroller for communication with a second wireless luminaire control device;
- a relay coupled to the single microcontroller for switching power for a luminaire;
- a first microcontroller pulse width modulated output coupled to a first zero to ten volt driver interface to provide a first control signal for the luminaire;
- a second microcontroller pulse width modulated output coupled to a second zero to ten volt driver interface to provide a color temperature control signal for the luminaire;
- a third microcontroller pulse width modulated output coupled to a tunable white temperature control interface to provide a color control signal for the luminaire;
- a fourth microcontroller pulse width modulated output actuating a first MOSFET coupled to a first colored LED array and actuating a second MOSFET coupled to a second colored LED array through a logic inverter gate;
- an interface coupled to a universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter to output a control signal for the luminaire in a digital lighting control protocol;
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- a hardware switch that causes the single microcontroller to execute instructions to join a wireless network when the hardware switch is actuated.
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A method of controlling a universal wireless luminaire, comprising:
- controlling a separate memory device, a radio, a relay for switching power to an LED luminaire, two zero to ten volt luminaire control outputs, a tunable white temperature luminaire control output, a DALI signal output, constant current driver output color control, and a hardware switch with a single microcontroller;
- the separate memory device downloading operational instructions to the single microcontroller when the single microcontroller and separate memory are energized;
- the radio receiving a control signal from a remote wireless luminaire control device;
- the relay switching power to the luminaire;
- and the hardware switch alternately energizing and de-energizing the universal wireless luminaire when the hardware switch is actuated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.