Networkable controllers for LED lighting
First Claim
1. An LED strip lighting system comprising:
- an LED controller comprising a) a housing member;
b) a circuit board positioned on, in line with or in the housing member, said circuit board having an integrated circuit that is adapted to drive red, green, blue LEDs, said integrated circuit including first, second and third non-phase-locked, analog oscillators;
c) a first connector at a first location; and
d) a second connector at a second location;
at least a first LED light strip having red, green, blue LEDs connected to the first connector; and
a power source connected to the second connector;
wherein the speed of each oscillator independently causing the oscillators to emit three continuous, out-of-phase, linear ramps which modulate the color and brightness of light emitted by each LED over a continuous, variable range between full on and full off, and wherein the slowest of the three oscillators controls the red LEDs, thereby producing a smooth analog color wash of randomly varying colors formed by the varying combinations of red, green, and blue light emitted from the LEDs, without digital to analog conversion and post integration.
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Abstract
LED controller devices (e.g., color changing modules) that may be connected to an LED fixture (e.g., an LED light strip or series of LED light strips) having multicolored LED lights or LED'"'"'s which otherwise vary in intensity, color, brightness, etc. In some embodiments, the LED light strips may incorporate red/green/blue (RGB) LEDs or white/warm white/amber (WWA) LEDs. This LED controller device operates to vary the colors emitted by the LED lights in accordance with desired programs, colors, tones, light shows, etc. The controller devices of this invention may be used in a stand alone LED lighting fixture of part of a network, such as a network that uses a form of RS-485 architecture known as a “Digital Multiplexed Interface” (DMX) as frequently used for control of lighting.
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1. An LED strip lighting system comprising:
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an LED controller comprising a) a housing member;
b) a circuit board positioned on, in line with or in the housing member, said circuit board having an integrated circuit that is adapted to drive red, green, blue LEDs, said integrated circuit including first, second and third non-phase-locked, analog oscillators;
c) a first connector at a first location; and
d) a second connector at a second location;at least a first LED light strip having red, green, blue LEDs connected to the first connector; and a power source connected to the second connector; wherein the speed of each oscillator independently causing the oscillators to emit three continuous, out-of-phase, linear ramps which modulate the color and brightness of light emitted by each LED over a continuous, variable range between full on and full off, and wherein the slowest of the three oscillators controls the red LEDs, thereby producing a smooth analog color wash of randomly varying colors formed by the varying combinations of red, green, and blue light emitted from the LEDs, without digital to analog conversion and post integration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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