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Whether a space is beautiful or not, whether it sparkles or not, 70% depends on light. Therefore, besides furnishing your home with luxurious furniture and smart devices, investing in a quality lighting system for your family is unavoidable.
What is a Smart Lighting System?
A smart lighting system, as its name suggests, is a collection of lights and smart control devices for lights such as computers, smart switches, sensors, etc., connected to each other through a hub or wireless network, creating a smart lighting system. This system allows users to comfortably control light devices in the home according to their preferences by commanding the system.
Benefits of Smart Lighting Systems
As mentioned, a smart lighting system allows you to control as you wish. Specifically, you can:
- Turn on/off lighting devices via phone, voice, sensors...
- Adjust brightness and color of lights according to preferences
- Schedule lights to turn on/off
- Integrate with other devices to create smart contexts: lights flashing to music, changing colors based on TV, PC screen; you can also set commands for lights to automatically adjust brightness as needed, such as when sleeping, activate sleep mode and household lights will automatically turn off via smart switches while night lights will be set to around 50-70% brightness.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Smart Lighting Systems
Advantages
- Create a smart, colorful living space
- Save time and reduce physical activities
- Save and actively adjust living expenses
Disadvantages
- Installation costs are higher compared to traditional lighting systems.
- More accompanying devices are required for optimal performance, connecting with various other devices.
What is Needed to Equip a Smart Lighting System?
As the name suggests, 'Smart Lighting System,' the first thing to consider when planning installation is designing a rational lighting system to create desired contexts. For example, what type of lights will be used in the living room, how many lights, what type of lights will be used in the kitchen, and similarly for other rooms.
After designing a lighting layout for your home, the next step is to choose a suitable brand and type of lights. Currently, there are many smart electronics brands developing in the field of smart lights like Philips Hue, LIFX, Nanoleaf, Sengled... You need to research and choose the brand, type of lights that best suit your conditions.
And finally, to connect this 'system' together, you need to use a wireless network. In which each light bulb needs to be connected to the nearest smart device such as a smart switch, smart sensor. And all these devices are connected to each other through a central control Hub, and programmed to be controlled via phone, voice command, or other means.
A smart lighting system is one of the key points to make your smart home more complete, so don't hesitate to invest in it for your family!
