The Picard Maneuver to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 6 days agoHave we overcomplicated everything?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square237fedilinkarrow-up11.6Karrow-down112
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minus-squarem-p{3}linkfedilink23•edit-26 days agoThe only smartbulb feature I need is dusk-to-dawn for my porch lights, and I found lightbulbs that actually have it builtin. Good old electronics that don’t depend on the cloud.
minus-square@couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink10•6 days agoI did this with a string lights, a smart plug, and a home assistant ‘sun’ integration
minus-square@BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 days agoThe first thought into my head was that you’re somehow doing PWM by directly switching mains electricity.
minus-square@Eyron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 days agoFancy. I just have a dumb switch that does it offline with any bulb. No dimming, though
minus-square@2910000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 days agoI do this with a USB relay, it doesn’t use any radio communication but the downside is it requires some rewiring
minus-square@ZeffSyde@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink2•edit-26 days agoI just have my porch lights hooked up through The Clapper and my computer uses a local weather feed to trigger sundown mode and play a clap sample through my Bluetooth speaker array. /S, but now I kinda want to do it.
The only smartbulb feature I need is dusk-to-dawn for my porch lights, and I found lightbulbs that actually have it builtin.
Good old electronics that don’t depend on the cloud.
I did this with a string lights, a smart plug, and a home assistant ‘sun’ integration
The first thought into my head was that you’re somehow doing PWM by directly switching mains electricity.
Fancy. I just have a dumb switch that does it offline with any bulb. No dimming, though
I do this with a USB relay, it doesn’t use any radio communication but the downside is it requires some rewiring
I just have my porch lights hooked up through The Clapper and my computer uses a local weather feed to trigger sundown mode and play a clap sample through my Bluetooth speaker array.
/S, but now I kinda want to do it.