LED dimmer bulb using microcontroller and AC mains toggle switch for power and dim control
Abstract:
A LED bulb contains a dimming circuit, powered and controlled by an ON-OFF light switch. The quickly done, OFF-ON is converted to a DC binary signal for the Microcontroller Embedded Firmware. Then the Bulb is put into Dimming Mode and the Microcontroller Firmware outputs a continuously pulsed signal, to the LED current control IC to set the current. This is duplicated in the Warm White LEDs to vary their brightness. The percentage ON time of the pulse gives the percentage brightness of the LEDs. A variety of dimming and brightening cycles are displayed using Microcontroller Firmware. Then turning OFF the switch will lock in the dim point. It is saved in non-volatile Microcontroller Embedded EEPROM. When OFF then wait more than 2.0 seconds and turn ON and the Bulb and it is in Normal Mode and displays the last saved dim point and operates as a regular LED Bulb.
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