LAMP FIXTURE WITH ONBOARD MEMORY, AND CORRESPONDING LAMP DRIVING SYSTEM

摘要

A system (100) having a host device (102) and a lamp fixture (116) is presented here. The host device (102) includes a lamp receptacle and a host controller coupled to the lamp receptacle. The lamp fixture includes a lamp bulb body, an electrical interface, and a memory circuit (508) coupled to the electrical interface. The electrical interface of the lamp fixture and the lamp receptacle of the host device are physically and electrically compatible with each other. The memory circuit is configured to store operating data associated with the lamp fixture, and the host controller is configured to operate the lamp fixture and to manage data reading and writing operations that involve the memory circuit.