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Can IT confirm? (lemmy.world)
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[-] Communist@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

I have smart lights because I like the light to get warmer throughout the day but that's it, does anyone have a foss solution? Google is unhelpful.

[-] noobnarski@feddit.de 15 points 11 months ago

Home assistant and its various alternatives

[-] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

This is the correct answer. The bulb itself doesn't necessarily have to be FOSS. Really you just need bulbs operating on something other than wifi, and ideally without a proprietary hub. Hue bulbs can be made to run on ZigBee. Z-Wave bulbs also exist. Then controlling them should happen through HA. If it's just LED strips, ESP controlled ones are a great option.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Easy difficulty: arduino + LED strip

Medium difficulty: cheapest stm32 + LED strip

Hard difficulty: cheapest chinese 8051 microcontroller + LED strip

Electric difficulty: timer relays + regular lightbulbs

Novichok: discrete logic + opamp + lots of passive components + LED strip

Soviet engieneering: discrete logic + opamp + lots of passive components + thyristors + light bulbs

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

I was about to suggest photoresistors/photodiodes for the lolz. I must be a communist.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Kolhoz engieneering

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 11 months ago

An inverted daylight detector with redstone lamp

[-] greybeard@lemmy.one 5 points 11 months ago

Ikea has pretty good "smart" bulbs. They use zibee, so you don't need their controller. You can use a raspberry pi with a usb zigbee antenna connected to it, and Home Assistant installed to give you all the features you would want, while keeping it 100% local.

[-] Krachsterben@feddit.de 1 points 11 months ago
[-] Communist@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I said warmer not dimmer, plus that wouldn't be automatic.

[-] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Doesn't affect bulb temp unless they're a very specific, not very good brand of bulbs that Tech Connections loves/hates.

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