Patent ID: 9198259
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A programmable touchscreen dimmer, comprising: a control housing; a faceplate having a touchscreen, said faceplate removably affixed to said control housing; a control interface disposed on said control housing; said control interface connecting said control housing and said touchscreen such that said control housing and said faceplate are able to interact and share data and inputs between each other; a dimmer subsystem alternately utilizing pulse-width modulation and reverse phase control to regulate an amount of power received by a light fixture connected to said programmable touchscreen dimmer; said touchscreen displaying a user interface; said user interface adapted to receive inputs from a user and thereby modulate said dimmer subsystem; wherein said control housing is connected to a light fixture and said dimmer subsystem is adapted to control the luminosity of said light fixture.