LED lighting designers are being challenged to meet the rapidly expanding demand for green, smart energy technologies while differentiating their products. Microchips Digital LED Lighting Development Kit (DM330014) enables designers to quickly leverage the capabilities and performance of the dsPIC33 GS series of Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), to develop LED lighting products. The dsPIC33 GS DSC and this reference design allow developers to create a 100% digitally controlled ballast function, while including advanced features such as dimming and colour hue control. The dsPIC33 GS DSCs can support an entire system implementation for LED lighting products, including power-conversion circuits, such as AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC conversion, along with functions such as Power Factor Correction (PFC), which are necessary for a complete product and lower the overall system cost.
Colour control for RGB LEDs
Supports DMX512 standard for brightness control
Flexible input voltage support, including both Buck and Boost topologies
Fully dimmable
Full digital control
Fault protection
Fully controlled with a single dsPIC33FJ16GS504 DSC