The predicted growth in smart homes promises opportunities and challenges.
As “always-on” appliances are proliferating in every aspect of people’s daily lives, homes are becoming smarter. According to Statista (www.statista.com), the total revenue generated by companies servicing the smart home market was approximately $100 billion by the end of 2022.Furthermore, the percentage of smart homes is expected to grow from 5.5% in 2022 to 14.8% in 2026.
This predicted growth promises opportunities to the creators of smart home products. However, as is usually the case, opportunities and challenges go hand in hand. While customers are always going to be attracted by low prices, they also demand good performance and high reliability. In addition to small space constraints, appliances of this type must often accommodate long standby times. Meeting all these needs—size, performance, and price—at the same time is a big headache for manufacturers!
MORNSUN is an innovative power supply manufacturer and designer that has been in the power supply field for 25 years. With more than 6,000 high-quality products on the market, MORNSUN still invests substantial R&D resources in developing new power supplies to address the challenging requirements of the latest technologies in different industries.
In the case of smart home applications, for example, MORNSUN offers a series of flexible LS-R3 open-frame AC/DC power supplies. The LS-R3 series offers a wide-power selection range of 1-15 watts. With a static power consumption of 0.1W, thereby meeting Level 6 energy efficiency, these modules work with full load in -40°C ultra-low temperature environments and 50% load in +85°C high temperature deployments.
With the LS-R3, users can select peripheral components based on their unique performance, cost, and space goals, as opposed to being subject to the circuits and components chosen by the power supply manufacturer. In the case of applications with limited space and less stringent EMI requirements, for example, filter components with large layouts and high prices can be replaced with common mode chokes and inductors. In this way, developers have greater control over the cost of their end system.
For developers having problems with their peripheral designs, MORNSUN also offers integrated power supply solutions to reduce the pressure of time and cost, such as the onboard DIP AC/DC converter LD-R2 series, for example.
The LD-R2’s input range is different from the traditional product’s 264V because it’s been upgraded to span 85-305V, which is more reliable in appliances. What’s more, in addition to a wide-power selection range of 3-90 watts, these modules, which are ideal for applications with space limitations, feature a 2-Y-capacitor design, satisfy EMI Class B without requiring external components, and provide no-load power consumption as low as 0.1W.
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