Hey! Just discovered your channel. I have attached a vibration sensor to my coffee machine to detect when it was running (I use this to decrement the counter of my coffee capsules and if it goes beyond a certain threshold, I put coffee capsules on the shopping list automatically). Wouldn’t that be more precise than the button press? What if you forget to push the button? If you have multiple persons in the household using the coffee maker, you could use presence detection to check who is currently close to the coffee maker and if the rare case that two persons are in proximity of the coffee maker occurs, you could send an actionable notification to both asking whether they just drank a coffee and only if they answer „yes“ increment their counter…
Those are certainly both great options! I did try vibration sensors before in various scenarios and for me those only worked flawlessly with doors. In most other scenarios (e.g. washing machine) I was getting a bunch of false positives. Again, everyone “mileage” may vary. Presence sensors is something I am considering, but the need to have them wired puts me off for now. But certainly both great additions - thank you!
Hey! Just discovered your channel. I have attached a vibration sensor to my coffee machine to detect when it was running (I use this to decrement the counter of my coffee capsules and if it goes beyond a certain threshold, I put coffee capsules on the shopping list automatically). Wouldn’t that be more precise than the button press? What if you forget to push the button? If you have multiple persons in the household using the coffee maker, you could use presence detection to check who is currently close to the coffee maker and if the rare case that two persons are in proximity of the coffee maker occurs, you could send an actionable notification to both asking whether they just drank a coffee and only if they answer „yes“ increment their counter…
Those are certainly both great options! I did try vibration sensors before in various scenarios and for me those only worked flawlessly with doors. In most other scenarios (e.g. washing machine) I was getting a bunch of false positives. Again, everyone “mileage” may vary. Presence sensors is something I am considering, but the need to have them wired puts me off for now.
But certainly both great additions - thank you!