Hello!
I am just generally renovating a flat and I dream of using several elements to turn my new home into a smart home.
There are plenty of cable and wireless solutions on the market, there are also systems and companies that deal with the topic comprehensively, but the latter are rather expensive, and as for the former, I do not know how to bind it all together into a coherent whole.
What I want to achieve:
1. Light in the hallway - switched on smoothly by a motion/presence sensor with the possibility of manual addition with a wall switch.
I would like to use led plafonds recessed into the ceiling for this.
And this is where the first doubt arises: can ordinary, cheapest leds be forced to shine at a preset brightness? Maybe just replace the power supply with one that allows PWM control?
2. Bathroom ventilation (fan, window actuator) on a humidity sensor + wall switch. I wonder if it is possible to use the hygrometer from the fan for this, or is it better to install a separate one?
3. Control of light intensity and colour. Here I have found a lighting based on the Tuya system, which provides basically all the functionality I am thinking of. And I will probably be able to plug this into some sort of Home Assistant style system.
To this I would like to include wall switches with programmable control (click, double-click, hold). I would also like to use similar for points 1 and 2.
I'm at the stage of laying the electrical installation and I'm wondering what wires I should lead to specific sensors, switches and effectors.
I'm already thinking further on how I can read signals from sensors and control effectors. Maybe there are some off-the-shelf devices to handle the inputs and outputs?
I guess I should consider some kind of failure mode in case of electronic problems, right?
I am just generally renovating a flat and I dream of using several elements to turn my new home into a smart home.
There are plenty of cable and wireless solutions on the market, there are also systems and companies that deal with the topic comprehensively, but the latter are rather expensive, and as for the former, I do not know how to bind it all together into a coherent whole.
What I want to achieve:
1. Light in the hallway - switched on smoothly by a motion/presence sensor with the possibility of manual addition with a wall switch.
I would like to use led plafonds recessed into the ceiling for this.
And this is where the first doubt arises: can ordinary, cheapest leds be forced to shine at a preset brightness? Maybe just replace the power supply with one that allows PWM control?
2. Bathroom ventilation (fan, window actuator) on a humidity sensor + wall switch. I wonder if it is possible to use the hygrometer from the fan for this, or is it better to install a separate one?
3. Control of light intensity and colour. Here I have found a lighting based on the Tuya system, which provides basically all the functionality I am thinking of. And I will probably be able to plug this into some sort of Home Assistant style system.
To this I would like to include wall switches with programmable control (click, double-click, hold). I would also like to use similar for points 1 and 2.
I'm at the stage of laying the electrical installation and I'm wondering what wires I should lead to specific sensors, switches and effectors.
I'm already thinking further on how I can read signals from sensors and control effectors. Maybe there are some off-the-shelf devices to handle the inputs and outputs?
I guess I should consider some kind of failure mode in case of electronic problems, right?