I’m looking for a Thread button or rotary encoder to control my smart lights, preferable under $15. It can be battery powered or wired. I have a border router across the house, within wifi range. Does anyone have any recommendations?
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I use this - IKEA Bilresa scroll wheel. It also comes in a 3 pack for $28.
I’ve got it working in HomeAssistant, and they’re pretty neat. The knob has a click action, and the remote has a click action, too. Clicks on the remote allow you to select between 3 different ‘channels.’
In HA, you can set each channel so that the click and scroll does something different. (The blueprint I use has click, long press, double, triple, and quad click, as well as scroll wheel actions.)
I’m not that fancy - I’ve got each channel’s click action mapped to on/off toggle, and to brightness, color temp, and a hue scroller.Nice.
Would this work well as a volume controller?
We’ve got a complex setup and when guests come, they need something simple I can throw at them…
The only one that I’m aware of is the new BILRESA from Ikea. It’s $9.99, so not much of a risk to try it out.
Not Matter but this one looks interesting : https://blog.prusa3d.com/a-cheap-smart-light-controller-thanks-to-3d-printing_136243/
Sounds like a good fit for ESPHome.