PhotonWrangler
Flashaholic
I've been toying with the idea of getting a wake-up light, the kind that graduall ramps up the brightness to simulate dawn. However the $100 entry price for these lights seemed a little steep just to see if it would work for me, so I fouud a bluetooth-controlled LED light at the DIY store for $15. No smart hub needed - it pairs directly with the phone and the app controls on/off/brightness levels.
It seems to work, but with two caveats -
* The maximum ramp-up time is only 10 minutes, which is kind of quick. It's better than an instant-on lamp though.
* I accidentally left the app running all day on my phone and it really chewed through my battery life. Normally my phone is still almost fully charged at the end of the day, but with this app running it was down to around 35% left.
I'm currently looking for a third party app that might be more battery-friendly as well as offering more flexibility with the brightness ramp-up time. I'm also toying with rolling my own controller with an arduino BLE radio.
Has anyone else been tinkering with wake-up lights?
It seems to work, but with two caveats -
* The maximum ramp-up time is only 10 minutes, which is kind of quick. It's better than an instant-on lamp though.
* I accidentally left the app running all day on my phone and it really chewed through my battery life. Normally my phone is still almost fully charged at the end of the day, but with this app running it was down to around 35% left.
I'm currently looking for a third party app that might be more battery-friendly as well as offering more flexibility with the brightness ramp-up time. I'm also toying with rolling my own controller with an arduino BLE radio.
Has anyone else been tinkering with wake-up lights?