Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced the first demonstrations of the new ZigBee® Light Link standard on the CC2530 ZigBee system-on-chip (SoC). The new ZigBee Light Link standard, which standardizes wireless networked LED lighting systems to make them easier to install, manage, and operate than previous closed proprietary systems, was developed by leading lighting and technology companies within the ZigBee Alliance, ZigBee Light Link . TI's CC2530 is a certified Golden Unit for ZigBee Light Link. It enables developers and manufacturers to quickly build and test ZigBee Light Link products for interoperability.

TI demonstrated is demonstrating its ZigBee Light Link during Computex Taipei this week, June 5 – 8, in booth TICC 101D. The company will showcase a complete LED light management system using a smartphone, low cost gateway and LED devices. Direct lighting controls will be shown using an Android smartphone outfitted with a microSD card that integrates the CC2530 SoC to control lighting directly. The second demonstration uses an Android smartphone connected to a low-cost gateway (a CC2531 ZigBee USB dongle attached to a BeagleBone, the Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor-based open-source community board) to control and monitor ZigBee lighting and other devices.