Imagine that when you walk into a room, the lights automatically adjust to your needs. Isn't it convenient? You can change the lighting settings of the room with just a few taps on an app, tablet or cloud platform? When you leave the room, these lights automatically turn off. These are three scenarios where smart lighting can make our lighting more comfortable and energy-efficient. Below we briefly introduce the Bluetooth technology that realizes such smart lighting systems. Generally, where smart lighting systems are used, Bluetooth mesh technology is usually used for operation and control.

Bluetooth Low Energy

Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE or Bluetooth Smart) is part of the Bluetooth standard that was created primarily for Internet of Things (IoT) applications. It has a number of features that make it ideal for smart lighting.

First, BLE support has been standard on most mobile devices for years, and it is the only low-power radio technology that supports the standard. As a result, there is no need for a gateway between a BLE-based smart lighting system and the control device: you can control such a system directly from your smartphone while remaining connected to your Wi-Fi network and other Bluetooth kit. Second, BLE also uses frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) modulation, which makes it less susceptible to interference.

Faster, Smarter Setup

Other features and technologies of BLE further enhance its suitability for smart lighting. Bluetooth technology can detect when a BLE device comes into range. In lighting, this allows you to create lights that come on when someone walks into a room.

What’s more, smart lighting systems can automatically set up and execute predefined scenes when you enter a room, activate different scenes in different areas or rooms, depending on your personal settings or the purpose of the room.

Breaking the Boundaries

The new generation of smart lighting systems now allows you to integrate sensors into lamps. These sensors can collect various data and send it to the cloud, where you can monitor and view the energy consumption of lamps. By analyzing this data, you can know the frequency and area where the lamps are triggered, allowing you to analyze the energy consumption data of the entire public building through the smart lighting system, so as to develop a more reasonable and energy-saving electricity plan.

Realize Truly Innovative Smart Lighting

Bluetooth low energy combines a range of intelligent lighting features, reduces unnecessary hardware devices, and helps reduce system complexity and learning costs. By leveraging the power of and other complementary technologies, lighting designers can create some truly transformative lighting systems that advance and improve the way we live and work.