智能照明工程的无线技术选择

智能照明工程的无线技术选择
 

ZigBee无线技术以其?Zigbee Light Link（ZLL）简介（包括支持网状网络，智能家居应用基础）已经证明了自己的智能照明应用的一个强有力的候选人。然而，ZigBee没有市场本身。智能照明行业正走向繁荣，这吸引了其他无线技术厂商的竞争。各自主张自身优势。

本文基于早期高新区智能照明的文章通过比较优势和竞争劣势与ZigBee无线技术。文章概述了芯片和模块可供硅厂商热衷于说服照明设计师把他们的无线技术进入下一个智能照明产品。

 

 

 

Technology fusion

 

There have been many attempts to endow lighting with a degree of "intelligence." Much of the early effort was targeted at energy saving and was based on using the existing power cables as a data corridor. Lighting was also wired up to sensors that detected daylight and/or movement. Such systems were proprietary, expensive, and difficult to install. Today, however, smart lighting is a key element of home automation. Contemporary systems differ from the clunky products of yesteryear by fusing two young technologies––Solid State Lighting (SSL) and wireless connectivity. SSL enables a wide range of luminosity, color, and temperature which infuses each room (or even different parts of the same room) with a different ambience, while wireless connectivity makes it easy for the consumer to select that ambience from a remote control device (often a smartphone) either while at home or located remotely (Figure 1).