NXP launches Cortex-M0 based lighting development platforms
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NXP has launched development platforms for DALI, the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface, and DMX512 wired lighting control systems. Both evaluation systems can be connected to any of NXP's lamp drivers using the mcu's PWM outputs. NXP also plans to offer an evaluation system to simplify RGB LED power stage design.
"By bringing Cortex-M0 to lighting control systems using DALI and DMX512, we're making it straightforward for lighting designers to upgrade from 8bit mcus without increasing costs," said Marco Scarazzati, an NXP product applications engineer.
The first evaluation systems feature an LPC1114 mcu, said to offer a combination of features suited to intelligent lighting projects using DALI or DMX512.
An additional option is a small form factor RGB LED power stage with a low component count. The power stage meets the emc requirements of commercial lighting applications and is said by NXP to offer 'significant energy savings' for both DALI and DMX wired lighting control systems.
Jan Willem Vogel, NXP's senior director of marketing, Appliances, Energy and Automation segment, said: "Our latest DALI and DMX512 systems show how the power of 32bit microcontrollers can deliver tremendous value by supporting the ever increasing complexity of lighting network nodes – without adding cost."
