fnPrime




« Facilities Technology Briefs Home / Lighting


Open Lighting Platform Enables Internet of Things Concept - Cree Inc. - Facility Management Product Release


Open Lighting Platform Enables Internet of Things Concept: Cree Inc.

Cree Inc.
website | Company information


Cree introduces SmartCast Power over Ethernet (PoE), an intuitively simple, scalable and open platform that enables the Internet of Things (IoT) for buildings through better light. SmartCast PoE is the first LED lighting platform that makes the Cisco Digital Ceiling framework ready for mass deployment and adoption.

Cree’s SmartCast PoE embeds intelligence to make buildings more efficient and people more productive, while delivering far better light for less energy than ordinary LED lighting systems. The solution connects disparate systems into a single IP network to create smart, more secure, seamlessly connected building systems. Cree applied its proven intelligent SmartCast Technology to a PoE infrastructure in order to solve the inherent commissioning complexities of deploying network-powered smart lighting within buildings.

Cree’s SmartCast PoE works out of the box, just like the original SmartCast Technology, and enables an entire building to be commissioned at one time with a single stroke. Cree’s series of SmartCast lights, light switches and dimmers operates with Cisco’s standards-based PoE-powered network architecture. This platform provides power and networking for the lights with a standard Ethernet cable, eliminating the need for separate data and high-voltage power connections.


RELATED CONTENT

Content Category: Lighting

FEATURES:

QUICK READS:


posted: 10/20/2016