Multi-point synchronizable and scalable lighting control systems

Abstract

A light or sound system includes a plurality of control systems, and is configured so that the plurality of control systems are interconnected in a non-hierarchical mesh network. Further, the mesh wireless radio of a given control system has the capacity to signal nearby control systems, one or more control systems have a switch filter configured to permit hop signal rebroadcasting, and a plurality of light or sound producing devices are functionally connected to a plurality of field-effect transistor drivers of control systems interconnected in the mesh network.

1 . A control system comprising an electronic circuit having a wireless mesh radio, a microcontroller, a wireless short-range radio link unit, a plurality of field-effect transistor drivers to connect to one or more individual light or sound producing devices or sets of said devices, a low voltage power supply, an audio input rectifier and filter, and a rotary or other switch. 
     
     
         2 . The control system of  claim 1  wherein the rotary or other switch is a rotary switch. 
     
     
         3 . The control system of  claim 1  wherein the rotary or other switch is a push button switch. 
     
     
         4 . A light or sound system comprising a plurality of control systems, wherein the light or sound system is configured so that the plurality of control systems are interconnected in a non-hierarchical mesh network, wherein the mesh wireless radio of a given control system has the capacity to signal nearby control systems, one or more control systems have a switch filter configured to permit hop signal rebroadcasting, and a plurality of light or sound producing devices are functionally connected to a plurality of field-effect transistor drivers of control systems interconnected in the mesh network. 
     
     
         5 . A light or sound system as set forth in  claim 4  wherein one or more of said plurality of control systems comprises an electronic circuit having a wireless mesh radio, a microcontroller, a wireless short-range radio link unit, a plurality of field-effect transistor drivers to connect to one or more individual light or sound producing devices or sets of said devices, a low voltage power supply, an audio input rectifier and filter, and a rotary or other switch. 
     
     
         6 . A light or sound system as set forth in  claim 5  wherein all of said plurality of control systems comprises an electronic circuit having a wireless mesh radio, a microcontroller, a wireless short-range radio link unit, a plurality of field-effect transistor drivers to connect to one or more individual light or sound producing devices or sets of said devices, a low voltage power supply, an audio input rectifier and filter, and a rotary or other switch. 
     
     
         7 . A light or sound system as set forth in  claim 5  further comprising a smart phone having a software application or other music signaling unit which is configured to provide for area synchronization of color and light intensity within the system by wirelessly functionally connecting to one or more of the wireless short-range radio link units. 
     
     
         8 . A microcontroller software platform comprising an embedded microcontroller firmware configured to implement flat, wireless, multi-point broadcast hopping communication schemes, the schemes comprising device property filtration or device property synchronization of device types having the capacity to be coordinated by the software platform, modified individually or wirelessly synchronized.