{"id":918,"date":"2016-01-04T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T04:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/?p=918"},"modified":"2023-09-24T16:28:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T23:28:48","slug":"my-new-color-changing-led-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/my-new-color-changing-led-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"My new color-changing LED lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 2023: After a decade of fun with HUE, I&#8217;m phasing them out now because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.home-assistant.io\/blog\/2023\/09\/22\/philips-hue-force-users-upload-data-to-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they switched their policy to require connecting to their cloud rather<\/a> than allowing local-only control. Screw those guys and get something else.<\/p>\n<p>My wife got me an early birthday present: <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.meethue.com\/en-us\/\">Philips HUE<\/a> Color-Changing LED lights! They&#8217;re incredible. Look:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a0ZRsg0e7kA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Right now I&#8217;m controlling them with my tablet, which is fine for changing colors and setting light alarms. I can even control them from afar thanks to my VPN. I will soon hook them up to my nascent Raspberry Pi powered home automation system (using the open-source <a href=\"https:\/\/home-assistant.io\/\">Home Assistant<\/a> program) that will allow me to trigger them based on various events like motion, doors opening, weather changing, or whatever. The future is here!<\/p>\n<p>Each bulb uses 9 Watts but makes the same amount of light as a 60W conventional bulb, so they&#8217;re very eco-friendly. Furthermore, since they&#8217;re LEDs, they should last for 15 years of normal use! They communicate with a little hub that uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ZigBee\">ZigBee protocol<\/a> (like Bluetooth but lower power and lower speed, good for home automation stuff).<\/p>\n<p>Downside: They&#8217;re pretty pricey. I expect their coolness to drive demand enough to bring supply up. Expect these bulbs for $10 in the next few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 2023: After a decade of fun with HUE, I&#8217;m phasing them out now because they switched their policy to require connecting to their cloud rather than allowing local-only control. Screw those guys and get something else. My wife got me an early birthday present: Philips HUE Color-Changing LED lights! They&#8217;re incredible. Look: Right now &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/my-new-color-changing-led-lights\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My new color-changing LED lights<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics-and-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918\/revisions\/2393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partofthething.com\/thoughts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}