Systems and methods for optimized single button control of a lighting module including preset memory and hold control

A method for selecting a mode/color on a lighting module, comprising:

• receiving a first actuation of a button;
• responsive to the first actuation, turning a lighting device associated with the lighting module on to display a first mode/color;
• detecting that the button remains actuated;
• displaying with the lighting device a plurality of modes/colors in a timed sequence, such that each mode/color of the plurality of modes/colors is displayed for a preset time period;
• detecting that the button is not actuated;
• displaying a selected mode/color of the plurality of modes/colors that was displayed when the button was not actuated;
• and
• wherein the selected mode/color is remembered based on the detecting that the button is released when the lighting module is shut off, such that the selected mode/color is activated upon turning the lighting module on, regardless of the time the lighting device was extinguished.

A lighting module comprising:

• a light source;
• a button
• a microprocessor configured to execute stored instructions to:
• emit light of a first color if the button is actuated for a first predetermined time period;
• emit light of the first color for a predetermined interval and emit light of a second color for the predetermined interval in a cyclic fashion if the button is actuated for a second predetermined time period that is longer than the first predetermined time period;
• maintaining the light emitted from the light source at the first color and a first mode after the first predetermined time period or maintaining the light emitted from the light source at the second color and the first mode after the second predetermined time period;
• change the first mode to a second mode if the button is actuated for a third predetermined time period to;
• turn the light source off of the button is actuated for a fourth predetermined time period;
• and
• wherein a mode/color of light emitted from the light source at an end of the fourth predetermined time period defines a remembered color and/or mode, regardless of the time the lighting source was extinguished.