HA compatible sensors for a terrarium? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 9 months ago by lori@lemmy.sdf.org to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I'm in the process of building a custom terrarium that will eventually house a leopard gecko. I'm looking for some small, inexpensive devices to monitor temperature and humidity in the tank via Home Assistant so I can set up some alerts. Any recommendations?

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[-] Shurimal@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Wouldn't any off the shelf temperature+humidity sensor work? I use Sonoff and Aqara ones with Sonoff Zigbee coordinator and Zigbee2MQTT, both are somewhere around 15€ a pop, integrate painlessly and do the job. Aqara is a bit smaller and has air pressure sensor, too.

[-] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I agree with this, unless you paticularly want to do it yourself. You could even get a couple for redundancy for und

Sonoff SNZ02 for a small coin cell device, or Tuya if you want to use AAAs. (Tuya ones are a little cheaper too)

Edit: A bonus one if you also want a screen in the tank: Sonoff SNZB-02D.

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