Light emitting device and method of regulating plant growth using the same
View Patent ↗The present disclosure provides a light emitting device and a method of regulating plant growth using the same. In the light emitting device of the present disclosure, the drive module is connected to the light source and the dimming control module, the dimming control module is configured to output a control signal to the drive module, and the drive module is configured to adjust brightness of the light source according to the control signal. Further, brightness of the light source is adjusted according to the control signal, so as to automatically turn on and off the light source at regular time, and meanwhile, a natural transition process of brightness change is inserted between lighting and lighting-off to simulate dusk and dawn.
1. A light emitting device, comprising a light source, a drive module and a dimming control module; wherein
the drive module is connected to the light source and the dimming control module, the dimming control module is configured to output a control signal to the drive module, the drive module is configured to adjust brightness of the light source according to the control signal, and
the dimming control module comprises a first controller configured to perform pulse width modulation (PWM), wherein
by means of pulse width modulation, the first controller sequentially outputs;
a high-level control signal with a duration of h 1 ;
a control signal with a duration of h 2 in transition from a high level to a low level;
a low-level control signal with a duration of h 3 ; and
a control signal with a duration of h 4 in transition from the low level to the high level.
2. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive module comprises:
a signal receiving terminal for receiving the control signal; and
a current adjusting unit configured to adjust an amount of a current input to the light source according to the control signal.
3. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first controller circularly outputs the control signal with a duration of h 1 , the control signal with a duration of h 2 , the control signal with a duration of h 2 , and the control signal with a duration of h 4 , and h 1 +h 2 +h 3 +h 4 =24 hours.
4. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the dimming control module further comprises a second controller, which controls the first controller to reset and output the high-level control signal with a duration of h 1 when turned on.
5. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive module comprises a direct current-direct current (DC-DC) controller, and the dimming control module further comprises a third controller, which controls the DC-DC controller to turn off and controls the first controller to output the low-level control signal with a duration of h 3 when turned on.
6. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first controller comprises a microcontroller unit (MCU).
7. The light emitting device according to claim 6 , wherein the MCU comprises a control chip, a voltage regulator, a sixth capacitor and a seventh capacitor; a sixth port of the control chip is connected to an output port of the voltage regulator, and a seventh port of the control chip is connected to the ground; one terminal of each of the sixth capacitor and the seventh capacitor is connected to the ground, and the other terminals of the sixth capacitor and the seventh capacitor are connected to a fifth port and a fourth port of the control chip, respectively.
8. The light emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the light source comprises an LED lamp.
9. The light emitting device according to claim 5 , wherein the DC-DC controller comprises a power input port, a gate, a ground port, a current sampling port, a PWM receiving port, an output overvoltage protection port, an analog comparator port, and a voltage feedback port.
10. A method of regulating plant growth using the light emitting device according to claim 1 wherein the light emitting device irradiates a plant by following steps of:
irradiating, by the light emitting device, the plant for h 1 hour(s), wherein the control signal is at a high level;
irradiating, by the light emitting device, the plant for h 2 hour(s), wherein the control signal is in transition from a high level to a low level;
irradiating, by the light emitting device, the plant for h 3 hour(s), wherein the control signal is at a low level; and
irradiating, by the light emitting device, the plant for h 4 hour(s), wherein the control signal is in transition from the low level to the high level, and h 1 +h 2 +h 3 +h 4 =24.
11. The method of regulating plant growth according to claim 10 , wherein h 1 is 13 hours, h 2 is 1 hour, h 3 is 9 hours, and h 4 is 1 hour.