Oooh the Adaptive Lighting Integration looks very cool, just installed it. That was my next step on my lights but I was going to do it myself via automations. So glad I found this instead.
My most recent HA journey has been replacing all bulbs in my house with smart bulbs so that I can dim them all to 1-5% by default and then use motion to bring up the lights. It feels magical walking into a room and being able to see but a little dim then the lights fading up. I have it set to use a different brightness at night so it's not blinding. The lights all stay on for ~5min then fade back down.
I've had motion lights for a few years but it's rather "harsh" to have the lights snap on from 0->100% and the "click" from my smart switches was a little annoying. This smart switch+bulb setup is the best of both worlds for me. I do not pair my switches with the lights, I never touch the switches in my house, they are there for other people and as a final fallback if HA stops working (all bulbs will go white/100% when turned on).
Home Assistant is really awesome and I encourage more people to try it out but for the love of god, do not use a Raspberry Pi. It can sort of handle small workloads but HA is going to stress it too far and you will have a bad experience.
My most recent HA journey has been replacing all bulbs in my house with smart bulbs so that I can dim them all to 1-5% by default and then use motion to bring up the lights. It feels magical walking into a room and being able to see but a little dim then the lights fading up. I have it set to use a different brightness at night so it's not blinding. The lights all stay on for ~5min then fade back down.
I've had motion lights for a few years but it's rather "harsh" to have the lights snap on from 0->100% and the "click" from my smart switches was a little annoying. This smart switch+bulb setup is the best of both worlds for me. I do not pair my switches with the lights, I never touch the switches in my house, they are there for other people and as a final fallback if HA stops working (all bulbs will go white/100% when turned on).
Home Assistant is really awesome and I encourage more people to try it out but for the love of god, do not use a Raspberry Pi. It can sort of handle small workloads but HA is going to stress it too far and you will have a bad experience.