Integration makes really smart lighting solution

The ams revolutionary AS721x Autonomous Daylighting Manager is the industry’s first integrated chip-scale IoT-connected smart lighting manager. It is the first platform technology of integrated sensor solutions that provide system-level sensing and control capabilities, greatly reducing system costs and shortening time-to-market. The chip senses the ambient daylight and enables the delivery of constant lux levels in the space by managing subtle adjustments as the amount of outside light varies. Integrating a sensor-based manager into each luminaire optimizes the overall responsiveness and efficiency of the lighting system, maximizing energy savings. The company even solved problems from possible oscillation in the lighting control. They designed in damping functions for the individual lamps and included a sync pin with appropriate algorithms to address the potential effects of PWM dimming in a group of lights.

The only competition for this product is the discrete, do-it-yourself version that includes a microprocessor, sensor, support chips, and the all-important algorithm, which can take 12 to 18 months to develop. This new class of sensor-integrated smart lighting manager solution delivers cost-effective control capabilities for luminaire, light engine, and replacement lamp manufacturers. The approach also delivers accurate lumen maintenance over time and temperature variations, and allows fully connected luminaire systems to respond to building- or space-level command and control strategies.  ams AG :  www.ams.com