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AN811

Title
Title
The RS-232/DALI Bridge Interface
Name
Name
AN811
Date
Date
06/24/2015
Description
Description
The Digitally Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) has emerged as a standard in Europe to address growing power issues. DALI is known as Annex E of the European electronic ballast standard EN60929 and specifically relates to digitally controlled dimmable ballasts. DALI type ballasts can run at lower power levels than standard magnetic ballasts. With the rise of digitally controlled ballasts, the need for devices that ?talk? to them has increased as well. This application note describes a very simple interface between the RS-232 serial port (available on almost all computers) and DALI, where the PIC16F628 is the core of the interface. The methods and circuits introduced here can be expanded upon to develop more enhanced DALI master control systems.

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AN811 Source Code - The RS-232/DALI Bridge Interface 604.1 KB 06/23/2015 AN811 Source Code - The RS-232/DALI Bridge Interface Download 06/23/2015 604.1 KB