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There are a good news that ERP Power LLC,one of the leading provider of small,smart and connected LED drivers for the lighting industry,lanched the world's smallest programmable output drivers with wireless communication for indoor lighting applications on 25.Oct.,2017 and demonstrated it on 27-30th,Oct.,2017 at Hongkong.  According to Michael Archer,the CEO of ERP,"ERP is accelerating the Internet of Lights by embedding intelligence, connectivity and dimming into a very small footprint,every LED luminaire design engineer who has held our driver in their hand simply says ‘Wow!' and comments on the industry-leading combination of compact size, extensive dimmer compatibility, and high efficiency at competitive cost. There is no longer a need to compromise the creative style or capabilities of new lighting fixture designs." The UL Class P next generation ERP driver design is one-fifth smaller than similar capacity drivers in the industry; programmable for flexible deployment in a broad range of constant current applications; connected with wired and wireless controls; and high efficiency to reduce electricity consumption. The new ERP drivers are designed in California and built to last with a 5-year limited warranty. Now The patent-pending power electronics design includes 30W/40W/50W models which help LED lighting fixture manufacturers meet the technical requirements of ENERGY STAR®, California Title 24 and the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) specifications.  Programmable OutputCustomers can deploy a single driver across multiple lighting fixtures if the power output is programmable. This lowers inventory costs in the customer's supply chain. The ERP next generation driver output is high efficiency and fully programmable in a wide range of output currents while maintaining efficiency of 90% from 50-100% of load with power factor greater than 0.9 and THD less than 20%. ERP’s programmable LED drivers with integrated Bluetooth® mesh communications make dimming, scheduling, and ambient scene control as simple as a swipe of your finger or the sound of your voice. The secure, plug-and-play, Bluetooth® mesh wireless controls architecture leverages a turnkey solution of app, cloud, and firmware pre-integrated with proven LED drivers designed to last for the lifetime of the installation.  Tri-Mode DimmingExtensive dimmer compatibility is provided through ERP Power's unique Tri-Mode Dimming™ feature which provides TRIAC, ELV & 0-10 V support and dim-to-off along with options for alternative linear and logarithmic dimming profiles from 1-100%.  Wireless ConnectivityOther wireless controls based on Wi-Fi, ZigBee, or IEEE 802.15.4 are available in addition to wired controls protocol support for DALI, DMX, Lutron and others.  

“For the living room, a sensual green with temperature and motion sensors.” In the future, you may be able to order that or something similar for your smart home. Sometime soon, new types of sensors could become a reality on your four walls.Science or fiction? More and more often, we find ourselves having to answer that question with science. That also applies to tiny new sensors that—hidden in wall paint—could make smart homes even smarter. On the one hand, they would have to be very, very small, and on the other, they would have to work without a battery. Researchers at the University of Eindhoven have already found an elegant solution. Their tiny temperature sensor gets its energy from the same radio waves that it uses to transmit its measuring results. First it receives radio waves from a special router via an antenna and stores it as energy. Starting at a certain energy level, it then measures the temperature and sends the results to the router. And it does so at exactly the same frequency that was chosen in advance for the measured temperature value. The router then uses the information to calculate the actual temperature. The walls have earsThe range of the tiny sensor, which measures just two square millimeters in size and weighs just 1.6 milligrams, is limited to 2.5 centimeters. But researchers hope to reach one meter during the next year. They are aiming for up to five meters in the future. Because the sensor also works under a coat of paint, pavement or concrete, there are only a few restrictions to its applications. For example, in smart homes or production environments, it could be “painted” onto the building’s walls with paint. And not just as a “thermometer”. The technology can also be used for sensors that measure motion, light and moisture. Right now the sensor stems from a 65-nm CMOS process. Produced in mass, the cost of production should come in at around 30 cents. Ref.KY45-LM35DTKY45-AMB2402

The world's smallest diode, the size of a single molecule, has been developed collaboratively by U.S. and Israeli researchers from the University of Georgia and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).     "Creating and characterizing the world's smallest diode is a significant milestone in the development of molecular electronic devices," explains Dr. Yoni Dubi, a researcher in the BGU Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology. "It gives us new insights into the electronic transport mechanism." Continuous demand for more computing power is pushing the limitations of present day methods. This need is driving researchers to look for molecules with interesting properties and find ways to establish reliable contacts between molecular components and bulk materials in an electrode, in order to mimic conventional electronic elements at the molecular scale. An example for such an element is the nanoscale diode (or molecular rectifier), which operates like a valve to facilitate electronic current flow in one direction. A collection of these nanoscale diodes, or molecules, has properties that resemble traditional electronic components such as a wire, transistor or rectifier. The emerging field of single molecule electronics may provide a way to overcome Moore's Law— the observation that over the history of computing hardware the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years - beyond the limits of conventional silicon integrated circuits. Prof. Bingqian Xu's group at the College of Engineering at the University of Georgia took a single DNA molecule constructed from 11 base pairs and connected it to an electronic circuit only a few nanometers in size. When they measured the current through the molecule, it did not show any special behavior. However, when layers of a molecule called "coralyne," were inserted (or intercalated) between layers of DNA, the behavior of the circuit changed drastically. The current jumped to 15 times larger negative vs. positive voltages—a necessary feature for a nano diode. "In summary, we have constructed a molecular rectifier by intercalating specific, small molecules into designed DNA strands," explains Prof. Xu. Dr. Dubi and his student, Elinor Zerah-Harush, constructed a theoretical model of the DNA molecule inside the electric circuit to better understand the results of the experiment. "The model allowed us to identify the source of the diode-like feature, which originates from breaking spatial symmetry inside the DNA molecule after coralyne is inserted." Reference: CLCS145V0-G PACDN004SR  SLVU2.8.TCT    

Housed in a compact 2.5x3.0x0.95mm3 package, the BMX160 has been announced by Bosch Sensortec as the world’s smallest 9-axis motion sensor. The device is suited for space- and power-constrained applications such as smartphones, smart watches, fitness trackers, smart jewelry (e.g. rings, necklaces) as well as AR/VR devices.By combining Bosch Sensortec’s advanced accelerometer, gyroscope and geomagnetic sensor technologies, the BMX160 is able to meet the increasingly more stringent low-power requirements demanded by wearable devices. Bosch's low-power sensor technology makes this the standout 9­-axis inertial sensor on the market, reducing power consumption below 1.5mA.Jeanne Forget, Vice President Marketing, Bosch Sensortec, commented: “By combining Bosch Sensortec’s advanced sensor technologies into a single compact package, the BMX160 sets new industry benchmarks for high performance, tiny footprint and low power consumption. This device finally overcomes today’s placement constraints in smartphones and directly addresses the demands of wearable devices, where PCB space and low power consumption are at an even greater premium.”Enabling wearable applicationsThe BMX160 sensor enables Android wearable applications relying on sensor data such as device orientation, magnetic heading or the gravity vector. Moreover, the sensor supports applications such as 3D indoor mapping and smartphone optimised VR applications (e.g. cardboard VR). The sensor can be used in conjunction with the Bosch Sensortec BSX sensor data fusion software library to further optimise performance.The single-package BMX160 effectively replaces the present mainstream two-component workaround solution, i.e. combination of a 6-axis IMU with a 3-axis geomagnetic sensor. This innovative 9-axis motion sensor provides the placement flexibility necessary for overcoming current limitations on positioning of the magnetic sensor. Pin- and register-compatibility with Bosch Sensortec’s industry-standard 6-axis BMI160 IMU simplifies the task of upgrading designs.Built-in power management unitThe BMX160 has a built-in power management unit and ultra-low power background application features. This enables the power-hungry application processor to remain in sleep mode much longer, for example when counting steps, which further contributes to extending battery recharge intervals. The integrated step counter function and the Android compatible significant motion detector only consume 30µA each.The accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetic technology in the BMX160 have been optimised for low offset, low noise and best temperature stability. Bosch Sensortec gyroscope technology offers an extremely low drift, which is a key requirement for an accurate real-time user experience, especially in AR & VR applications.Reference:KY45-EKMB1203111KY45-AMN41122KY45-EKMB1101112