I spend a good amount of my week in meetings with our suppliers. We talk about what activities that they can bring to element14. And I do a lot of listening about what interests them and try to match it up with what I think its the element14 community. The results of the discussions often bring sponsored activities in the Design Challenge, Roadtest, and Essentials areas of the community, among others.
One area of interest for our suppliers is lighting. This can include street lighting, indoor lighting and outside lighting. I think the migration from incandescent or fluorescent lighting to LED lighting is one example of their interest. )I hear about Horticulture Lighting more than you think!) They see the benefit of energy savings, while I would say you can do a lot of things with LED lighting. Some of our suppliers are putting out dev kits. So, it's an area of substantial interest.
Currently, I am speaking with a supplier who is interested in sensor integration in lighting. I suppose this phrase can mean various things. For me, it means two things: (1) the ability to run the sensor data output through the lighting system and (2) the ability to have the sensors control the state of the LED in an office or building. It could be something as simple as temp sensors or object detection/human presence sensors that would turn the lights off when no one was in a room for a designated period of time. Of course, there are many other applications or ways one can play with LED lighting.
I'm trying to get your feedback on your interest in participating in an sensor lighting integration challenge? If you aren't, that's fine. If you are, what would you need, materials-wise. I'm guessing the materials could include a control board, LED Driver, LEDs, Sensors, Connectors, LED fixtures, etc.
