Sparks Electrical News November 2019

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NEW PRODUCT RELEASES FROM TRIDONIC TRIDONIC has a long history as a pioneer in electronic component solutions for the lighting industry. As a partner for components and systems, the company has a permanent presence on the lighting market. Tridonic’s components are perfectly matched to one another and offer a high level of reliability and safety for your applications and projects. Tridonic completes its portfolio of SceneCOM hybrid controls solutions With the introduction of the SceneCOM ‘S’ (in addi- tion to the existing ‘L’ and ‘XL’ versions) Tridonic now offers a full portfolio of hybrid control systems. All SceneCOM versions have a wired part (connecting DALI drivers, – sensors and – power supplies on 1 to 3 DALI lines) but can be wirelessly programmed with an App on a tablet, allowing the programming on site to be done when waking around. The various SceneCOM lighting management systems provide perfect light 24 hours a day. SceneCOM combines individuality, safety and dynamics and has been de- signed primarily for use in offices, hospitality situa- tions, and educational facilities. The company’s extensive portfolio includes LED light sources and LED drivers, electronic lighting control gear, emergency lighting units and digital lighting control systems. The high proportion of new products in its portfolio indicates a high level of innovation, including the two recently released products.

Tridonic’s Flext tape Excite 2 offers High Out- put versions LED tape has many applications and there are hundreds of suppliers offering a wide array of products, with a high variation in performance and quality. The second generation of Tridonic’s Excite flex tape offers versions with an extremely high light output per metre, up to 4000 lm, with a CRI of 90. The LED tape offers a continuous PCB, is being produced using the reel2reel meth- od and does not require any solder points at all, ensuring a high quality and easy to use solution. Due to IC control every 5 cm the Excite 2 flex tape offers a constant luminous flux over long distances.

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THE NEW STREET LIGHTING ECOSYSTEM

T oday, as connected replaces conventional lighting, the familiar street light is becoming an innovation platform. And with the base of urban connected street-lighting poised to grow six-fold over the next five years, connected lighting has outgrown its anchor function of saving energy. It’s now emerging as the technological foundation of an entire ecosystem of urban projects that will transform how city dwellers inhabit their environ- ments. Smart lighting provides the perfect infrastructure for the urban Internet of Things. Light poles can sufficiently power a wide array of IoT devices, and they’re already distributed across the cityscape. The fact that they’re typically positioned above the street means that they’re well-positioned to host sensors that track movement across, and a range of conditions within, an urban area. In these ways, citywide connected lighting is ideal for hosting a communications network that can support IoT applications both today and into the future. So far, so good. Yet making the smart lighting ecosystem work requires the coordinated efforts of numerous stakeholders, including engineers, systems integrators, street-lighting vendors, IoT vendors, and communications service providers – not to mention municipal authorities. So it’s crucial to work with a vendor that can cover a number of the competencies that establishing a connected lighting system demands. An ecosystem that can change and grow, moreover, is one more likely to please the ultimate stakeholder in a connected lighting project: the public. Citizen buy-in becomes increasingly important to smart city initiatives as public knowledge about these initiatives grows – and as empowered citizenries in “world cities” around the globe become even more scrupulous about the projects that affect their communities. In a sign of the times, Wales’ capital, Cardiff, actually polled residents before selecting the light temperature for its new LED street fixtures. Building a citywide connected street lighting network is an integral step towards creating a communications network that can support IoT applications today and into the future. It’s also a planning- and labour-intensive initiative that requires coordination between a range of stakeholders. Given all the moving parts, you have the best chance of success if you enlist a vendor that can offer a wide range of competencies.

Enquiries: www.lightingsummit.com

SPARKS ELECTRICAL NEWS

NOVEMBER 2019