TRACKING AND COMMISSIONING OF LIGHT ENGINES USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION
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Abstract
Provided is a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture including a light engine, a plurality of LEDs, an LED driver, and a near field communication (NFC) electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM) circuit. The NFC EEPROM circuit provides an avenue for storing information pertaining to the LED light fixture that is easily accessible.
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26 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A method for storing data related to operation of a lighting system including a light engine including a plurality of LEDs controlled via a driver, and a memory circuit coupled to the light engine, wherein the memory circuit comprises an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) electrically coupled to an antenna for powering the EEPROM by an electromagnetic field, the method comprising:
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producing the data; programming the data into an external near-field communication (NFC) enabled device; transmitting the data to the memory circuit via the NFC enabled device; querying the memory circuit for the data; and programming an LED driver with the data, wherein the LED driver is located external to the light engine. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 20)
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12. (canceled)
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21. A method for storing data related to operation of a lighting system comprising a memory circuit and a light engine including a plurality of LEDs controlled via a driver, wherein the memory circuit comprises an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) electrically coupled to an antenna for powering the EEPROM by an electromagnetic field, the method comprising:
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producing the data; programming the data into an external near-field communication (NFC) enabled device; transmitting the data to the memory circuit via the NFC enabled device; querying the memory circuit for the data; and programming an LED driver with the data, wherein the LED driver is located external to the light engine. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A method related to operation of a lighting system, the lighting system comprising a memory circuit and a light engine including a plurality of LEDs controlled via a driver, the method comprising:
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querying the memory circuit for data, wherein the memory circuit comprises an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) electrically coupled to an antenna for powering the EEPROM by an electromagnetic field; and programming an LED driver with the data, wherein the LED driver is located external to the light engine. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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