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.
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