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EnOcean presents the first self-powered Bluetooth® sensor for intelligent lighting control
At Sands Expo, booth #40464, technology provider EnOcean will be launching a solar-powered occupancy sensor for Bluetooth® lighting control systems, the first of its kind on the market integrating EnOcean’s energy harvesting technology. It will add to the company’s Easyfit Bluetooth® portfolio of battery-free switches which will then offer a complete plug & play control solution for Bluetooth® lighting systems for worldwide use on the route to the Internet of Things (IoT).
Salt Lake City, UT/Las Vegas, NV – December 11, 2018 – At CES 2019 in Las Vegas (January 8-11, 2019), EnOcean, world leader in energy harvesting wireless technology, will be launching a new ceiling-mounted solar-powered occupancy sensor (PIR) for Bluetooth lighting control systems communicating via Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE). It will be the first self-powered Bluetooth® occupancy sensor on the market integrating EnOcean’s field-proven energy harvesting technology and offering best customer experience by being maintenance-free, freely positionable, highly flexible and easy to install. The new sensor, in a small and functional housing design, will add to EnOcean’s Easyfit portfolio of battery-free Bluetooth® switches and perfectly support the company’s strategy to easily provide precious data for the digitalization of buildings using LED lighting systems as data backbone for intelligent control. Visitors to the CES show can experience EnOcean’s Easyfit Bluetooth® solutions at Sands Expo #40464. The new sensor will be available on the market from January 2019.
Self-powered occupancy and light intensity detection
The new self-powered Easyfit sensor (EMDCB) uses a passive infrared
(PIR) sensor to detect motion and integrates tiny solar cells to
harvest ambient light. These solar cells generate the energy for the
sensor’s operation making it self-powered and maintenance-free. An
energy storage element stores the harvested energy bridging a period of
time when no light is available to ensure an uninterrupted operation.
Besides occupancy detection, the new Bluetooth® sensor integrates a
light sensor that allows light level control based on the actual light
intensity. Like the battery-free Easyfit switches, the sensor also has
a Near Field Communication (NFC) interface to be easily integrated and
commissioned for lighting control systems via a NFC reader, a
smartphone or a tablet.
Secure telegram authentication
In addition, the EMDCB offers advanced security mechanisms for
protected data communication. The sensor’s algorithm uses AES 128
authentication based on the device-unique random security key to
generate a 32 bit signature which is transmitted as part of the radio
telegram. Therefore, all transmitted radio telegrams are authenticated
via AES 128 to ensure data integrity and authenticity.
Data for intelligent Bluetooth® lighting control
With the self-powered occupancy sensor for Bluetooth® systems, EnOcean
will offer a complete control solution for Bluetooth® lighting systems
for worldwide use enabling its Bluetooth® partners a fast market
adoption. Besides the battery-free Easyfit switches which allow a
direct control of LED lights, the PIR sensor will enable a more complex
control logic delivering data on room occupancy and light intensity via
Bluetooth®. This data lays the foundation for smart services such as
demand-based lighting control or room occupancy management making LED
lighting systems an integrated part of networked building intelligence.
In a future step, EnOcean will further expand its Easyfit portfolio of self-powered Bluetooth® sensors to deliver additional building data such as temperature and humidity for more intelligent control abilities. EnOcean will be showing prototypes of this portfolio expansion at CES as well.
Battery-free Easyfit Bluetooth® switches
The new EMDCB sensor will add to EnOcean’s self-powered wireless
Easyfit switches for Bluetooth® lighting systems. The Easyfit switches
are battery-free, gaining their energy by the press of a button.
Therefore, they are maintenance-free, freely positionable and allow
flexible control as well as intuitive usage. The self-powered switches
can be commissioned by Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow simple
or complex lighting scenes and effects, and enable easy, flexible
installation of lighting applications. Easyfit Bluetooth® switches are
being employed in hundreds of lighting solutions, offering self-powered
control for Bluetooth® lighting systems in 2.4 GHz. EnOcean’s
Bluetooth® partners include Aruba – a Hewlett Packard Enterprise
company, Casambi, Fulham, Helvar, Feilo Sylvania, Silvair,
Vossloh-Schwabe Lighting Solutions, Wirepas and Xicato.
In addition to its
Easyfit Bluetooth® portfolio, EnOcean will also be demonstrating
self-powered switch and sensor solutions based on the open wireless
standards of EnOcean (ISO/IEC 14543-3-1X) and Zigbee 2.4 GHz all with
integrated energy harvesting technology from EnOcean.
EnOcean
partners and customers exhibiting at the show include Philips Lighting
B.V. (Aria Hospitality Suites - Aria 27/28), Nordic Semiconductor
(Sands #44549), Engie (Sands, Hall G #51902), Nodon by Altyor (Sands
#40444), Ubiant (Sands #40955), Decelect (Sands #40955), Hager (Sands
#40955), Avidsen (Sands #40955), Smart Buildings Alliance (Sands
#40955) and EnOcean Alliance (Sands #40955).
About EnOcean
EnOcean GmbH is the developer of the patented energy harvesting
wireless technology marketed under the brand names Dolphin and Easyfit.
Headquartered in Oberhaching, near Munich, the company produces and
markets self-powered wireless sensor solutions for maintenance-free
applications in the Internet of Things, which are used for building and
industrial automation, smart homes, LED lighting control and outdoor
environmental monitoring. The EnOcean products are based on
miniaturized energy converters, energy-efficient electronics and
reliable wireless technology for open wireless standards like EnOcean,
Zigbee and Bluetooth®. Leading product manufacturers have been relying
on EnOcean wireless modules for their system solutions for the past 15
years and have installed the products in several hundreds of thousands
of buildings around the world.
For more information, please visit www.enocean.com.
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