How To Use Sensors To Make Your Home Smart Effectively? (Do You Know)
A well-designed Smart Home Can Be Your Virtual Assistant.
- It can Increase Your Security & Peace of Mind;
- Let You Relax from a Day’s Work;
- Save Your Time and Money by Automating Certain Tasks;
- Enable Communication & Collaboration between Devices & Systems;
- Make Your Life Easier.
Sensors are the nerdy brains of your smart home that allow you to control all your home appliances and security. They are the bridge between a smartphone interface and the actual thing happening up on your walls.
A smartphone becomes an important part of your life at home or in the office with the sensors.
The most popular sensors right now include exterior door open/closed sensors(contact sensor), temperature and humidity sensors (to protect your plants from frost), proximity and motion detectors (for automated lighting), presence detectors (for automated activation for secure areas), GPS trackers (for automobiles), etc.,
Information is power, the more you know about your home, the more power you have.
In this article, I am going to answer the following one which is what are these sensors? How do sensors work? and How can you use them in your smart home?
Contents
- 1. Water leak Detection/Sensors
- 2. Contact sensor
- 3. Motion Sensor
- a). Passive infrared motion sensors
- b). Microwave (MW) Motion sensors
- c). Dual Technology Motion Sensors
- 4. Temperature and humidity sensors
- 5. Smoke/Carbon monoxide sensors
- 6. Vibration sensors
- 7. Radon sensors
- 8. Light UV sensors
- Final word