Each light bulb - by IP-address

The Dutch company NXP Semiconductors, together with the manufacturer of TCP light bulbs, announced that each light bulb they produce will receive an IPv6 address . This will allow you to control the lighting from your smartphone or any other device connected to the Internet. Very important in the light of the release of the Android @ Home platform.

The GreenChip intelligent lighting system includes the iCFL fluorescent GreenChip bulbs and the iSSL LED GreenChip, which should cover all home lighting needs.

The light bulbs managed by the router are combined into a 6LoWPAN network with a JenNet-IP stack , but at the same time they support other standards, such as Zigbee. The power consumption of each bulb in standby mode is only 50 mW. The network operates at a frequency of 2.4 GHz (IEEE 802.15.4 standard), but does not interfere with WiFi. Network security is provided with a 128-bit AES key.
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This is a fairly flexible solution that is compatible with various management software. It is assumed that anyone can independently install and establish such a system at home. Then you can program it as you please: for example, turn off the lights in the whole house by pressing a button on the smartphone, respond to the presence of a person, arrange a show from light music, etc. The project partner is GreenWave Reality, which already produces the appropriate software in the form of iPhone, Android and web applications.

Bulbs are just the beginning. Surely in the future, other household appliances will be equipped with microcontrollers and IP addresses, the benefit of the IPv6 address space will be enough for everyone.