The Onvis outdoor motion sensor with Thread technology offers fast alerts, IP66 durability, 4-year battery, and HomeKit ...

Motion sensors are triggered by light changes. As people cross a room, the light shifts, and a motion sensor is triggered; as long as people are moving enough, a motion sensor works fine.

As an example, [Circuit Valley] has an IKEA Vallhorn motion sensor for a teardown, it’s as you might expect, a passive infrared sensor (PIR) sensor coupled with a Zigbee interface. Inside the ...

Ambient Sensing for Zigbee lights allows zone-based lighting setups with just a firmware update and no additional hardware. Philips Hue products may support Ambient Sensing, requiring at least three ...

This would mean they could automatically switch on when someone enters a room without using a separate motion sensor. Even better, the new functionality looks set to be added to existing Hue bulbs ...

Prior knowledge needed: ECEA 5340 Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design and ECEA 5341 Motors and Motor Control Circuits. Understand how to specify the proper pressure, force, strain, position, motion, ...

Matter may be the big new thing in the smart home arena, but the old Zigbee protocol still has some tricks up its sleeves, and this one’s pretty cool: The ability to transform Zigbee devices ...

A demo of Ambient Sensing for Zigbee lights shows how smart lights could soon be used as motion sensors with just a ... playback devices depending on which room you're in. The revelation comes ...

Sensify is a new technology that can turn Zigbee switches, bulbs, and plugs into sensors with a firmware update. This could be how Philips Hue will bring ambient sensing to its smart lights.

all while enjoying the privacy of running 100% locally without adding occupancy sensors in every room." At the moment, ambient sensing is a demonstration showing what's possible with Zigbee ...