Quite a few years in the past I got here throughout Lighten Up! Coupled with a halogen bulb (that’d begin out very yellow at lowest brightness) I had a beautiful sunrise-like alarm clock and it was much, much nicer than a beeping alarm. The LCD shows within the Lighten Up! I couldn’t change the programming, which was a problem because the clocks in them drifted by a pair minutes per thirty days. With a mix of COVID-19 remote work eliminating the necessity for EcoLight outdoor an alarm clock and the devices dying, in the trash they went. I’ve been attempting to use an alarm to remain on a more regular sleep schedule and whereas a bunch of different wake-up lights can be found, EcoLight they are dedicated models which are mainly alarm clocks with built in lights. I actually appreciated the elegance of the Lighten Up! I couldn’t discover anything else like it. For a while I thought about developing my very own hardware model that’d additionally work with LED EcoLight smart bulbs, but by no means acquired round to it.

This winter I’ve been experimenting with Dwelling Assistant (HA), and it seems that with a pair cheap Zigbee parts (bulb and pushbutton from IKEA) it allows for a wonderful alternative/upgrade sunrise alarm idea. A next-technology Lighten Up! With all the pieces put together the lamp next to my bed will now slowly come up to brightness 15 minutes before the wake-up alarm on my phone, reaching ultimate as the conventional alarm triggers. If I change the alarm time on my phone, or shut it off, the light-up alarm in HA will follow swimsuit. Moreover, a physical button on the nightstand turns off the sunshine off whereas replicating a sunrise alarm, EcoLight home lighting or in any other case toggles the light on and off. Even higher, if I’m not residence or if the alarm is ready for other than between 3:00 AM and 9:00 AM (times during which I’d possible be in mattress and wanting to wake up) the light won’t activate. This enables me to make use of alarms during the conventional day for different issues with out activating with the light, or while touring with out waking Kristen.

Between this and the gently-increasing volume (and vibration) alarm constructed into the Android clock which triggers at the tip of the sunrise cycle it’s a really nice, gradual wake-up system. And, all of this occurs with none cloud companies or EcoLight ongoing subscriptions. My HA occasion is local

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Pub: 09 Aug 2025 22:37 UTC

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