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Ask HN: What's the best way to do lighting in 2016?
Of all the areas where project hacking has exploded lately, it seems that lighting might be the one with the most new (or at least novel) options.
I'm working on a school bus, but I think this question applies equally well to a stationary home or small office.
Here are some options I'm considering:
* Digital LED strips. But what kind of micro-controller solution? Something strong, like a Raspberry Pi? Or something power-saving, like a NodeMCU?
* Analog LED strips?
* A propriety solution like the Hue?
* "Traditional" LED bulbs?
And then what of the nuances - what's the best way to achieve suitable lighting but without too much workspace glare?
- niftich 10y agoWhat are your goals? Stable illuminance (in lux) for your surfaces?
- jMyles 10y agoYou know, it's interesting: with all the possibilities, I'm find that I need to rethink my goals. Of course, at the outset, I want to be able to be comfortable at night and see the people and things around me. But, with the proliferation of feature-rich lighting, I'm now finding myself looking into other goals: * Create interesting mood configurations with color * Communicate data (such as current battery charge for the house) visually * Extenuate the features of workspaces while they are in use * Utilize geographic data to create a sort of "redshift" experience, where the temperature of lighting changes with the time and location There are probably other goals that I don't even know I have!