FYI, I moved the sensor after this to actually be in the bezel, pressed right up against the front. Placing the sensor there improved it's accuracy a lot, compared to leaving an air gap. Looking at the manual, I think it specifies a maximum gap that I missed. Perhaps there are some reflections or something that happen if the boundary layer is too deep.
For indoor use have you looked at the STMicroelectronics P-NUCLEO-53L1A1 dev board? It detects motion, direction and has settings to change the field of view(FoV) and range.
I have not, but that appears to use a VL53L1X sensor which is laser based, which would require line of sight I believe. It also seems to have a pretty narrow FOV (max of 27deg) for a household application. It does seem pretty cool, just built for a robotics application where you're trying to see what's ahead while moving.
Cool project but why not just use an off the shelf motion sensor? I have the same use case and use the GE/Jasco wired z-wave motion switch/dimmer to turn on certain lights when it detects motion between 6 and 9.
The main reason is "why not". It's a hobby. But this one also allows for a lot more control and integration into HA, while costing under $10. These also can sense still objects, not just motion. So, they do actually have some advantages although I won't pretend that that's why I did this.
@@TechDregs or used over a doorway because it not only senses the object it also senses the direction of motion. So a room is occupied if someone moves into the room and does not move out of the room. As long as you have all exits covered.
i am wating on the sensor. i plan to use it for wled as a button therefore i wanna only use the OUT pin instead of uart and only use uart for setting the gates up once. i hope it saves its config somehow
FYI, I moved the sensor after this to actually be in the bezel, pressed right up against the front. Placing the sensor there improved it's accuracy a lot, compared to leaving an air gap. Looking at the manual, I think it specifies a maximum gap that I missed. Perhaps there are some reflections or something that happen if the boundary layer is too deep.
For indoor use have you looked at the STMicroelectronics P-NUCLEO-53L1A1 dev board? It detects motion, direction and has settings to change the field of view(FoV) and range.
I have not, but that appears to use a VL53L1X sensor which is laser based, which would require line of sight I believe. It also seems to have a pretty narrow FOV (max of 27deg) for a household application. It does seem pretty cool, just built for a robotics application where you're trying to see what's ahead while moving.
Cool project but why not just use an off the shelf motion sensor? I have the same use case and use the GE/Jasco wired z-wave motion switch/dimmer to turn on certain lights when it detects motion between 6 and 9.
The main reason is "why not". It's a hobby.
But this one also allows for a lot more control and integration into HA, while costing under $10. These also can sense still objects, not just motion. So, they do actually have some advantages although I won't pretend that that's why I did this.
@@TechDregs or used over a doorway because it not only senses the object it also senses the direction of motion. So a room is occupied if someone moves into the room and does not move out of the room. As long as you have all exits covered.
useful feedback, thank you .I like the e-paper dispaly, looks great! May u share any details about that project?
i am wating on the sensor. i plan to use it for wled as a button therefore i wanna only use the OUT pin instead of uart and only use uart for setting the gates up once. i hope it saves its config somehow
"Most home automation is purely driven by lazyness" So true
*most tech development is driven by lazyness
Many health problems are driven by laziness. lol