Smart switch: your home's lights, without loose apps
What a smart switch is, how it's installed in a Medellín apartment without rewiring, and why it makes sense to put it on Zigbee instead of depending on Wi‑Fi.
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Lighting
4 articles in this category.
LED effects and scenes with WLED and Matter
WLED on ESP32, Zigbee, and Matter over Thread versus brands locked in the cloud. Effects, stair lights, motion paths, and home scenes—all local.
Warm lighting for your home in Medellín
With so much daylight, the home is won in the evening: 2200–2700 K, layers, dimming, circadian scenes, and warm-dim. Criteria I use in Aburrá Valley homes.
Home LED lighting: a technical guide
COB vs SMD, tunable white, RGB and addressables, how to size the power supply, aluminum profiles, and Zigbee controllers. What I check before installing in a home.