A method for manufacturing a device for driving an LED lighting device, - the device being provided with: - an input configured as a data interface for connection to a communication data bus, - an output with at least one terminal for at least one LED lamp, which comprises an LED or a series circuit of LEDs or a group of differently colored LEDs or a series circuit of groups of respectively differently colored LEDs, - a microcontroller, - one or more LED driver circuits, wherein an LED driver circuit is associated with each terminal of the output for an LED lamp, - wherein the data interface, the microcontroller, and the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits comprise electronic and/or electrical circuit elements, and - a semiconductor substrate, - wherein the circuit elements of the data interface, of the microcontroller and of the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits are integrated into the semiconductor substrate using a semiconductor technology for manufacturing integrated circuits with a smallest possible structure size conditionally specified by the semiconductor technology, and - wherein the semiconductor technology used is determined by what minimum structure size is permissible for the circuit elements of the data interface and of the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits in order to ensure their functionality, characterized in that - the data interface and/or the at least one LED driver circuit comprise circuit elements, the structure size of which is equal to the smallest possible structure size determined by the semiconductor technology, and - the microcontroller comprises circuit elements of which those having the smallest structure size have a structure size which is equal to the structure size of those circuit elements of the data interface and/or of the at least one LED driver circuit having the smallest possible structure size determined by the semiconductor technology. - the device being provided with: - an input configured as a data interface for connection to a communication data bus, - an output with at least one terminal for at least one LED lamp, which comprises an LED or a series circuit of LEDs or a group of differently colored LEDs or a series circuit of groups of respectively differently colored LEDs, - a microcontroller, - one or more LED driver circuits, wherein an LED driver circuit is associated with each terminal of the output for an LED lamp, - wherein the data interface, the microcontroller, and the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits comprise electronic and/or electrical circuit elements, and - a semiconductor substrate, - wherein the circuit elements of the data interface, of the microcontroller and of the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits are integrated into the semiconductor substrate using a semiconductor technology for manufacturing integrated circuits with a smallest possible structure size conditionally specified by the semiconductor technology, and - wherein the semiconductor technology used is determined by what minimum structure size is permissible for the circuit elements of the data interface and of the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits in order to ensure their functionality, characterized in that - the data interface and/or the at least one LED driver circuit comprise circuit elements, the structure size of which is equal to the smallest possible structure size determined by the semiconductor technology, and - the microcontroller comprises circuit elements of which those having the smallest structure size have a structure size which is equal to the structure size of those circuit elements of the data interface and/or of the at least one LED driver circuit having the smallest possible structure size determined by the semiconductor technology. - an input configured as a data interface for connection to a communication data bus, - an output with at least one terminal for at least one LED lamp, which comprises an LED or a series circuit of LEDs or a group of differently colored LEDs or a series circuit of groups of respectively differently colored LEDs, - a microcontroller, - one or more LED driver circuits, wherein an LED driver circuit is associated with each terminal of the output for an LED lamp, - wherein the data interface, the microcontroller, and the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits comprise electronic and/or electrical circuit elements, and - a semiconductor substrate, - wherein the circuit elements of the data interface, of the microcontroller and of the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits are integrated into the semiconductor substrate using a semiconductor technology for manufacturing integrated circuits with a smallest possible structure size conditionally specified by the semiconductor technology, and - wherein the semiconductor technology used is determined by what minimum structure size is permissible for the circuit elements of the data interface and of the LED driver circuit or the LED driver circuits in order to ensure their functionality, characterized in that - the data interface and/or the at least one LED driver circuit comprise circuit elements, the structure size of which is equal to the smallest possible structure size determined by the semiconductor technology, and - the microcontroller comprises circuit elements of which those having the smallest structure size have a structure size which is equal to the structure size of those circuit elements of the data interface and/or of the at least one LED driver circuit having the smallest possible structure size determined by the semiconductor technology.