Automated Lighting Levels
I created this to have the lighting in my home office adjust automatically to the outside lighting conditions that occur during the day so I don't end up sitting in the dark. To provide the lighting levels to this flow I built a lux sensor using a BH1750 Illuminance sensor connected to a nodeMCU running Tasmota. It sends level updates every few seconds to node-red.
Based on the lights in my room and the outside lighting available, I have lights dim if the sensor detects over 37 lux, and brighten the lights if the sensor detects below 32 lux. ( This is in the Bright / Dim node ). When the lights need to be adjusted, they are either brightened or dimmed by 5, and it moves the slider in steps of 1 every 1.5 seconds. This way the changes are lighting level are mostly not noticed.
Contributed Nodes Used
- homebridge-automation
- homekit-bridged
- simple-gate
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