Lumens, typically abbreviated as lm, are units of measurement specifying the total quantity of visible light emitted by a lamp or light source. Essentially, this metric indicates how bright a light source is. A greater lumen count means that the light is...
If you want to liven up your home office, game room or studio, decorative LED wall lights might be just what you’ve been searching for. LED lights have become increasingly popular for in-home mood lighting. Not only are they energy-efficient and long-lasting, but they...
Home automation is all about convenience; the easier it is to execute a task, the better. This has been something of a conundrum for smart lighting, because unlocking your smart phone, finding the app, launching it and hitting the “on/off” button is far...
Introduction When considering lighting control and home automation, there are many options in the marketplace, to include selection of a supplier, technology, company’s breadth of product line, ease of use, ease of installation, and service and support. Doing a...
The concept of home automation is a sum of many parts, but as far as the intersection between consumers and creators is concerned, “smart” lighting is arguably the most important one. “Smart” lighting—light bulbs connected to the Internet and...
Part 1 – The Basics (using a Linux VM) Intro After trying and failing to get SiriProxy up and running last year, I was inspired to get it working on my Raspberry PI by this article, but had much grander plans. There have been lots of posts about...
