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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2006-) | Subject: TPS62260LED
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2008
Design kit creates radio-controlled
lighting
RF remote-controlled lighting is beneficial in applications like building automation control networks because it allows for upgrading facilities to LED lighting.
A novel wireless remote control RGB LED design kit provides a fully supported platform to design new and exciting colour lighting innovations for consumer, commercial, professional and architectural applications Opening up new possibilities for low-power lighting design, the TPS62260LED board controls the colour and brightness of a lamp or runs an automatic colour light animation program
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designers generate colour with the three Osram high-brightness LEDs (red, green and blue).
An MSP430F2131 ultra-low-power microcontroller controls the brightness of each LED with constant current generated by three TPS62260 LED drivers, one for each LED.
The design module is also pin compatible with TI's TPS62240 buck convertors for lower-current LED applications, such as indoor ambient lighting, and the TPS62290 for higher-current LED applications, such as wall washing.
Designers can use wireless communication by using the eZ430-RF2500 development tool, which plugs directly onto the TPS62260LED board.
This allows designers to create a lighting network of radio-controlled lamps.
With a RF remote, the need for additional infrastructure to control the lamp is eliminated.
RF lighting control allows for better management of LED lamp-lighting intensity and colour.
RF remote-controlled lighting is beneficial in applications like building automation control networks because it allows for upgrading facilities to LED lighting with minimal wiring infrastructure changes.
The TPS62260LED board is available today at a suggested resale price of US $19 and includes a populated and preprogrammed MSP430 microcontroller, plus board documentation.
Additionally, the eZ430-RF2500 development tool can be ordered for US $49.
If a designer prefers to reprogram the MSP430, a separate MSP430 Flash Emulation Tool can be ordered, such as the MSP-FET430UIF Development Tool, which has a suggested resale price of US $99.
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