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US 2010/0060194 A1Published application
External microcontroller for led lighting fixture, led lighting fixture with internal controller, and led lighting system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsKevin Furry, Charles Sommerville, Eric Peak
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Abstract
An LED lighting system (10) includes an LED lighting fixture (12) having at least one LED (14) and an external microcontroller (22, 28) for converting incoming lighting control data formatted according to the DMX512 standard to pulse-width modulated lighting control signals for input to the LED (14). The external microcontroller (22, 28) is preferably located inside a cable connector (20) adapted for releasably connecting a power cable (18) to the LED lighting fixture (12).
Claims10
An LED lighting system comprising:
- an LED lighting fixture comprising at least one LED;
- an external microcontroller for converting lighting control data to lighting control signals for input to the lighting fixture;
- a cable for supplying lighting control data to the microcontroller;
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- a cable connector for releasably connecting the cable to the LED lighting fixture wherein the external microcontroller is located inside the cable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.