Fulham Co. Inc. and EnOcean has announced an initiative to add Easyfit self-powered switches from EnOcean to the Bluetooth mesh lighting control ecosystem from Fulham.
Fulham demonstrated the first of a new family of Bluetooth mesh-enabled, wireless LED products at Lightfair 2018. The wireless LED products include a 40W constant current driver with a wireless control dongle, and a Bluetooth bridge that can adapt any 0-10V LED luminaire to support Bluetooth mesh. The Bluetooth mesh LED products from Fulham are SIG-qualified, support bidirectional communications, and support for third-party Bluetooth products.
Self-powered wireless wall switches for Bluetooth lighting control systems from EnOcean enable the development of ready-to-use LED lighting applications. The self-powered Easyfit switches are already deployed in hundreds of thousands of projects worldwide, making LED lighting solutions more energy-efficient, more flexible, and lower in cost.
What makes Easyfit switches special is that they use the energy harvesting principle, in which energy is obtained from the surroundings to supply self-powered wireless sensor networks. The modules are based on miniaturized energy converters that convert motion, light or temperature differences into electrical energy. Therefore, wireless Easyfit self-powered switches are maintenance-free due to no batteries and allow flexible control as well as intuitive usage.
“This agreement with EnOcean demonstrates the power of vendor cooperation,” says Russ Sharer, vice president of global marketing for Fulham. “Switches are a part of any lighting system and with this announcement, our customers now have self-powered, plug-and-play Bluetooth switches that can be installed anywhere, without additional wiring or batteries. As wireless lighting technology continues to evolve we will see more demand for more products like the Easyfit switch.”
“Although mobile electronic devices are incredible tools for controlling lighting, the switch is a natural and intuitive interface between lighting and users. Therefore, our self-powered Easyfit switches combined with Fulham’s Bluetooth products enables innovative wireless LED lighting solutions. These install with ease, and are maintenance-free applications for lighting control based on energy harvesting technology,” says Troy Davis, sales director, EnOcean Inc.