Connecting LED lighting to the Internet of Things

With a simple connection to a cloud gateway, the new kit makes it easier to connect LED bulbs and other lighting products to the Internet of Things using ZigBee networking.

ZigBee wirelessly connected lighting systems offer richer user interfaces and more flexible control on top of the basic on, off and dim operations for consumers. With the new devkit, users have the flexibility to place and move switches and other controls anywhere in the home versus wire-controlled products, enabling the design of lighting systems for home and office environments that allow individual task lighting for desk, table or countertop to be placed anywhere. Using a gateway users can control lighting from anywhere using a smartphone or tablet app.

TI’s ZigBee Light Link development kit includes everything designers need to get new lighting products to market quickly:

• Three Zlights programmed as ZigBee Light Link colour lights. The Zlights are based on the SimpleLink CC2530 wireless MCU and also include TI’s TPS62730 DC-DC converter,
• One ZigBee Light Link color scene remote control. The remote is based on the SimpleLink CC2531 wireless MCU and also includes TI’s TPS76933 LDO and TPS62290 DC-DC converter,
• Optional CCdebugger to program and debug the system,
• TI Z-Stack ZigBee software that supports the latest ZigBee stack and is ZigBee Light Link 1.0-ready.

The ZigBee Light Link development kit (CC2530ZDK-ZLL) is available now on the TI eStore for $99.