C by GE
C for Changeable
Irak V Mayer
The idea of having a fixture light do more than just illuminate our daily lives opens a wide range of opportunities; from a home temperature control system to a smart energy save by sensing the presence of a person in the room, the ability to change the nature of the bulb depending on the need of the room is a practical feature appealing to all customers.
The idea proposed is the creation of a line of changeable devices connected to a base unit. The different devices will add the adapt nature of the bulb to fulfill the needs of the smart system.
The Feature Modules will attach to the Base C module thru three pegs, there will be four metal point-of-contact on the Base C and the Features Module, that will joint after the Feature Module is attached.
The communication will use the I2C protocol to the sensor, the power will be provided by the Base C main board. The programming will be accomplish using the Bluetooth interface in the GE C bulb and an App to be developed.
The Base C (Common)
The Base will have a current C by GE bulb set of components: the brain (microcontroller), a communication unit (BLE) and LED lighting components.
The LED component will be a ring of LED neo pixels (SK6812RGBW) inserted in a depressed canal like ring, allowing the central part of the bulb available to insert the feature module.
The Base C can be used with no attachment (Feature Module) and will allow the customer to have the delights of control light just as a C by GE bulb.
The base will have three peg holes where the Feature Module will be inserted. It will also have four expose connections that will provide VCC, GND and I2C lines.
The Feature Module
The Feature Module will allow the integration of special functionality attached to Base C of the smart system to transfer information or supply commands to the system.
The idea of changeable modules opens the possibility for grow the product line in the future.
The Feature Module embedded the sensors in a cocoon like container with an opening at the top. The opening allows the sensor to have a view of the world and record the required data.
The Feature Module has three pegs on the base that will latch to the Base C and four connections that matches the VCC, GND and I2C require connections with the Base C.
Propose Feature Modules.Gesture Enable Bulb
The Feature Module proposed here is a device that will allow the user to control a remote system or to send information, warning messages, or dismiss annoying messages by means of processing a small gesture command language map to programmable commands thru an app.
The Feature Module will use a SparkFun RGB and Gesture Sensor - APDS-9960 device. The sensor allows the user to read basic gesture movements that can be programmed to perform certain commands on external devices.
The device can recognize hand movement gestures up to 4 to 8 inches. There are 6 basic gestures: moving the hand left-right, right-left, front-back, back-front, far-near and near-far. Each one of the gestures can be programmed to perform a specific command.
The Feature Module can be used to control an audio system, a web browser navigation screen attached to the kitchen wall for cooking assistance, email reading navigation, cell phone messages navigation, etc.
The bulb can be attached to desk lamps, or over the counter lights. The gestures can be programmed to:
Default gesture commands:Automatic dim thru gesture: Near light dims close to dark, Far light dims lighter.
Automatic color temperature change: left-right changes to warmer temperature, right-left changes to cool temperature.
Turn Off/On lights: front-back turn on lights, front-back-front-back turn lights off.
Managing sound.Left-right: increase sound by one notch.
Right-left: decrease sound by one notch.
Near-far: increase dynamically volume.
Far-near: decrease dynamically volume.
Web browsing navigate:Near-far Zoom.
Front-back Scroll up-down.
Other Feature Modules:Smoke Detector Feature Module
Bathroom Air Freshener Trigger Feature Module
WiFi repeater Feature Module.
PS. This project is on the idea stage and therefore there is no final bill of materials yet.
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