The modules are attached to each other with four wires: two for power, two for LCI data.  Each module is a complete . . . → Read More: LCI Pearl Modules]]> Introducing the LCI Pearl Module, which is a single LCI network node with one high-brightness RGB LED.  This allows you to easily create long, flexible, LED strips, which can be wrapped and bent around structures.

The modules are attached to each other with four wires: two for power, two for LCI data.  Each module is a complete LCI node, with power regulation, LCI protocol decoding, and a high-brighness RGB LED.

The modules can be encased within a transparent flexible jacket for outdoor use, or can be used as-is for indoor installations.

Modules can be purchased individually for your own custom creations, or our manufacturing department can build up a complete indoor/outdoor jacketed LCI Bus LED rope.  Contact us for pricing and availability.

The Demo Kit includes five LCI-8 LED Light Sticks and our demo controller.  This kit is similar to our LCI-2 Demonstration Kit, the LCI2DK150, except you now have color LEDs, which are . . . → Read More: LCI-8 Color LCI Demonstration Kit]]> We have finalized the LCI-8 Demo Kit, which shows off the LCI-8 Bus.  The LCI-8 Bus allows 255 different colors per LED, all individually controlled.

The Demo Kit includes five LCI-8 LED Light Sticks and our demo controller.  This kit is similar to our LCI-2 Demonstration Kit, the LCI2DK150, except you now have color LEDs, which are individually color controlled via the LCI-8 Bus.

You can see from the pictures that the LEDs can be individually programmed to any color.

Coming up soon, we will have a fully programmable LCI Bus Master Controller, that memory maps every LED on the LCI Bus.  There is also a memory interface, which allows easy updating of any memory location, thereby allowing easy lighting control of strips of LEDs (up to 1000 LEDs on each LCI Bus).

Contact us for more information regarding the LCI-8 Demo Kit or the Master Controller.

The LCI Demo kit shows how the . . . → Read More: LCI Bus Demo Kits Now Available]]> A special demonstration kit for the LCI Bus is now available.  This demo kit comes with a mini LCI Bus controller and 60 LEDs on a 5 foot, end-stackable, light strip.  The LEDs can be controlled with an external voltage source, or from an AC waveform, like an audio source.

The LCI Demo kit shows how the LCI Bus can be used to control long strips of lights, without having to run wires to every light.

You can get technical information about the LCI Bus Demo kit by clicking HERE.

The Demo Kit is available from our distributors and also directly from our website.  Click on the How To Buy tab on the menu above.

There is no maximum number of lights that can be controlled . . . → Read More: Introducing the LCI Bus – Light Command Interface Bus]]> The LCI Bus is a simple, daisy chained, digital control bus for lights, that allows individual brightness control of each light, with only two (2) wires. These two wires are daisy chained along from light, to light, to light, creating a serial daisy-chained network topology.

There is no maximum number of lights that can be controlled on the LCI Bus. There is also no maximum length to the bus. You can have 10,000 lights strung along on the LCI Bus, and you will be able to control every light individually from a simple LCI Bus controller located on one end of the bus.

The heart of the LCI Bus are intelligent Node Chips, located at every light.  These chips decode the LCI Bus commands and directly drive LEDs.  The chips are also very small in size, about the size of a surface mount LED.

Click HERE to get technical details on the LCI Bus.

The LCI Demo Kit is Now Available !!  Click on the Where To Buy tab.

Click HERE to get information on the LCI Demonstration Kit.

A- There are two LCI Bus wires that connect from one light to the next light.  That’s it, besides power and ground.  So there is a maximum of . . . → Read More: Q & A on the LCI Bus]]> Q- I notice that the LCI Light Strips are connected up like a string of lights.  How many wires are there on the strip and how many per LED?

A- There are two LCI Bus wires that connect from one light to the next light.  That’s it, besides power and ground.  So there is a maximum of 4 wires (2 data, 2 power) that travel down the LCI Light Strip.

Q- How many LEDs or Lights can I connect up to one LCI Bus?

A- There is NO maximum number of lights that can be connected up to one LCI Bus.  The LCI Light Strips, which we sell, have 12 LEDs on one LCI Bus.  You can end-stack another LCI Light Strip for an additional 12 LEDs.  In fact, you can end-stack as many LCI Light Strips as you want, and they will all work fine on the one LCI Bus, with individual brightness control of every LED.  It’s possible to connect up, let’s say, 100 strips, end-to-end.  That would give you 1200 LEDs on one LCI Bus (only 4 wires; 2 data, 2 power).  And each LED would have individual brightness control from one LCI Bus Controller.

Q- How can I try out the LCI Bus?

A- Purchase the LCI Demonstration Kit, which gives you 5 feet of LEDs and one LCI Bus Controller.  It’s an easy way to see the LCI Bus in action.

Q- I have a lighting application that needs the LCI Bus.  What are my options?

A- You can purchase LCI Light Strips from us for your application.  Or, if our LCI Light Strip selection is not adequate for your installation, we can custom design an LCI Light Strip for your particular needs.  You can also purchase the LCI Node Chips directly from us and build your own Light Strips.  Contact us for more information.

Additional data on the BTS998 requires a signed NDA & license, along with proof . . . → Read More: iOS Bluetooth Data Interface Module]]> The BTS998 module interfaces directly to an Apple iOS device (iPhone,iPod Touch,iPad) over Bluetooth, using proprietary Apple authentication and encryption.  Data can be tranferred between the module and a running application on the Apple device.

Additional data on the BTS998 requires a signed NDA & license, along with proof of an Apple MFI (Made For iOS) license.  Please contact us for additional information on the BTS998 module.

Send Email to :  techinfo@unagi.net

The CM1020 is shipping now (July 2011).

Here is the . . . → Read More: Electronic Compass Module with I2C port]]> We now have an Electronic Compass Module with an I2C interface.  The CM1020 module replaces the SPI port with a fully I2C compatible communication port.  The features are exactly the same as the CM1015 module except we now make all the registers available over I2C.

The CM1020 is shipping now (July 2011).

Here is the link to the complete datasheet ->>  CM1020 DATASHEET

Here is the summary sheet on the new module ->>  CM1020 Summary

Pricing is the same for the CM1015 and the CM1020 module.