The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 4 days agoHave we overcomplicated everything?lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 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-squareZeffSyde@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 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.
minus-squareEyron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoFancy. I just have a dumb switch that does it offline with any bulb. No dimming, though
minus-square2910000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI do this with a USB relay, it doesn’t use any radio communication but the downside is it requires some rewiring
minus-squarecouch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoI did this with a string lights, a smart plug, and a home assistant ‘sun’ integration
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 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.
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 did this with a string lights, a smart plug, and a home assistant ‘sun’ integration