Looking to the future: LED lighting becomes smarter

"Smart" or "connected" lighting is another growth trend, not only because it provides an opportunity for LED lighting suppliers to differentiate their products and increase profit margins. More importantly, it can further save power through automation and user control rather than just using LEDs, for example, automatically adjusting lighting conditions at specific times of the day, such as turning off office lights on weekends.

Lamps and lanterns can use power line networking control, such as industry standard KNX? network, or wireless technology, such as Zigbee? technology and Bluetooth? technology. With the decline in the price of LEDs themselves, the cost of these networked products has dropped sharply in recent years, so smart LED bulbs have become more and more affordable for residential use.

Connected lighting has now become the field with the greatest growth potential in the field of smart homes and buildings. As more and more consumers begin to add smart home technology to their homes, including voice-controlled assistants such as Amazon? Alexa? Voice-controlled assistants, the smart lighting market may grow rapidly in the next few years. LEDs can be dimmed and their colors can be changed, thereby realizing new developments in home lighting, enabling them to respond to ambient light, time of day, and even TV output. ON Semiconductor’s interconnected lighting platform is a modular kit that allows engineers to test various LED power solutions equipped with Bluetooth technology, Zigbee technology or other wireless technologies.