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The Calibrated Light Starter Kit
Date: 13/3/2009
The Calibrated Light starter kit
Inverto N.V., a prime technology and solutions provider in the lighting and display space, has collaborated with Microchip Technology Ltd to offer embedded designers a starter kit that amply demonstrates their complementary embedded digital LED drive technology and capabilities, particularly in regard to ambient lighting applications.
The Calibrated Light starter kit is based around Microchip’s 16-bit PIC24HJ16GP304, an affordable high-performance MCU with ample processing power to drive Inverto’s cluster of 16 high efficiency surface mount LEDs. A PIC18F14K50 is also included to provide a USB interface and extra non-volatile memory, together with a temperature sensor, control buttons and an LCD display.
The Calibrated Light starter kit is pre-loaded with an application that fully demonstrates Inverto’s progressive approach to using LED clusters in lighting applications. The company’s proprietary and groundbreaking RGW (Red, Green and White) LED cluster is driven by a set of constant current drivers: The application installed in the E² memory of the PIC24H loads the individual characteristics of all LED junctions, applies ‘colour’ algorithms to these values and converts them into the digital PWM values used for driving each individual junction, so ensuring that every LED in the cluster lights up with exactly the same brightness and colour rendering.
Compared to conventional white LEDs, which do not have the ability change colour temperature and are generally limited to warm white or cold white, Inverto’s RGW LED cluster is able to seamlessly change the colour temperature of its output, easily mimicking the soft warmth of candle light, the blue note of a halogen bulb, sunlight or moonlight. In addition to fully demonstrating this colour changing technology the Calibrated Light starter kit also demonstrates how the Inverto approach eliminates the special, narrow light output and tight color binning required by conventional white LED-based ambient lighting solutions.
The Calibrated Light starter kit is ready to use out of the box, and includes a starter PCB, AC adapter, a CD with software and manual and Microchip’s ergonomic and easy to use programming hardware and software.
To order the Calibrated Light Starter Kit, click on the link here or for more information, click on the enquiry link below.
About Inverto:
Inverto N.V. is a prime technology solutions provider in the lighting and display space. As an independent design and development partner of Ismosys.com, the Inverto team is available to answer any questions you might have regarding the Calibrated Light starter kit and would also welcome the opportunity to discuss any aspect of your ongoing lighting requirement. Inverto is happy to engage with customers at any stage of their product development cycle, or alternatively provide full turnkey services.
