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I always wanted to fiddle with this but I don't have enough IOT systems besides a Roomba. Everything related to home automation including lamps are quite expens

I always wanted to fiddle with this but I don't have enough IOT systems besides a Roomba. Everything related to home automation including lamps are quite expensive specially considering I live in a small apartment. I wonder if there are cool stuff that you can do with its scripting capabilities paired with comercial wireta... I mean assistants like Siri or Alexa. Think of "hey siri, please compile project foo and commit to GitLab" or "hey siri, please launch another instance of program x".

Havoc 6y ago
Check out Yeelights. Similar to philips hue but more affordable. That plus smart plugs is a good place to start for a small apartment
- wccrawford 6y ago
  There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. But the reviews for Yeelights say it requires you to use the Android app which has too many permissions for what it does. I would not recommend it after reading that review. Hue, on the other hand, isn't just wifi. It has a box that will hook it to your network, but it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network. That means that physical Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down, a massive advantage of standard wifi bulbs. I haven't actually got any Hue bulbs set up at this point, though, so I'm going on what I've read rather than experienced.
  - Havoc 6y ago
    Much like Troy I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into one of the walled gardens. Apple, Google...or Philips. Yeelights you can control directly via self-hosted Home Assistant & the Home assistant app...on your LAN, no internet required, no proprietary hub, no Philips premium. >There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. You do realize Yeelight is Xiaomi, right? It's their competitor lineup to Hue >which has too many permissions for what it does I used the iphone app for initial linking - permissions look fine to me, but I did disable bluetooth & homekit later. That said the initial pairing process is indeed quite sketchy & fiddly. >it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network Yeah - Zigbee. Considered it but abandoned it due to cost - both on the individual device side and you're back to needing some sort of bridge/receiver device. >Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down Same for the HA solution since it's hosted on the local network. Unless your local wifi connection to your router is unstable from interference...in which case I'd be concerned about zigbee too since they're both on 2.4ghz
theshrike79 6y ago
Ikea Trådfri is pretty good and affordable. The Gateway doesn't even need an internet connection, everything is done locally.

Havoc 6y ago

Check out Yeelights. Similar to philips hue but more affordable. That plus smart plugs is a good place to start for a small apartment

wccrawford 6y ago
There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. But the reviews for Yeelights say it requires you to use the Android app which has too many permissions for what it does. I would not recommend it after reading that review. Hue, on the other hand, isn't just wifi. It has a box that will hook it to your network, but it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network. That means that physical Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down, a massive advantage of standard wifi bulbs. I haven't actually got any Hue bulbs set up at this point, though, so I'm going on what I've read rather than experienced.
- Havoc 6y ago
  Much like Troy I'm trying to avoid getting sucked into one of the walled gardens. Apple, Google...or Philips. Yeelights you can control directly via self-hosted Home Assistant & the Home assistant app...on your LAN, no internet required, no proprietary hub, no Philips premium. >There are a ton of wifi-enabled lights, so I wouldn't recommend one in particular. You do realize Yeelight is Xiaomi, right? It's their competitor lineup to Hue >which has too many permissions for what it does I used the iphone app for initial linking - permissions look fine to me, but I did disable bluetooth & homekit later. That said the initial pairing process is indeed quite sketchy & fiddly. >it's also got another wireless protocol that isn't affected by your wifi network Yeah - Zigbee. Considered it but abandoned it due to cost - both on the individual device side and you're back to needing some sort of bridge/receiver device. >Hue switches should continue to work even if your internet is down Same for the HA solution since it's hosted on the local network. Unless your local wifi connection to your router is unstable from interference...in which case I'd be concerned about zigbee too since they're both on 2.4ghz

theshrike79 6y ago

Ikea Trådfri is pretty good and affordable. The Gateway doesn't even need an internet connection, everything is done locally.