this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2023
1454 points (96.0% liked)
tumblr
4113 readers
186 users here now
Welcome to /c/tumblr, a place for all your tumblr screenshots and news.
Our Rules:
-
Keep it civil. We're all people here. Be respectful to one another.
-
No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other flavor of bigotry. I should not need to explain this one.
-
Must be tumblr related. This one is kind of a given.
-
Try not to repost anything posted within the past month. Beyond that, go for it. Not everyone is on every site all the time.
-
No unnecessary negativity. Just because you don't like a thing doesn't mean that you need to spend the entire comment section complaining about said thing. Just downvote and move on.
Sister Communities:
-
/c/TenForward@lemmy.world - Star Trek chat, memes and shitposts
-
/c/Memes@lemmy.world - General memes
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
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.
Home assistant and its various alternatives
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.
Arduino + LED strip
I was about to suggest photoresistors/photodiodes for the lolz. I must be a communist.
Kolhoz engieneering
An inverted daylight detector with redstone lamp
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.
Dimmable light switch
I said warmer not dimmer, plus that wouldn't be automatic.
Doesn't affect bulb temp unless they're a very specific, not very good brand of bulbs that Tech Connections loves/hates.