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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] couch1potato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did this with a string lights, a smart plug, and a home assistant 'sun' integration

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

The first thought into my head was that you're somehow doing PWM by directly switching mains electricity.

[–] Eyron@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Fancy. I just have a dumb switch that does it offline with any bulb. No dimming, though

[–] 2910000@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I do this with a USB relay, it doesn't use any radio communication but the downside is it requires some rewiring

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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.