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Anyone try to build a bed occupancy sensor integrated with Home Assistant? I've looked into load sensors but all of them seem to have pretty small weight limits (low enough to where I don't think it would even support the empty bed).

What devices/sensors have you used for this? And what does your setup look like?

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[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turn on the lights in the bedroom based on presence sensor, but only if the bed occupancy sensor detects no one is in bed.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Turn off the lights when 2 people in bed. Turn the lights on really low when only 1 person gets up. Track time you went to bed / time in bed as a low-budget sleep tracker not tied to a big data broker, like a smart watch would be....

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com -2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] liquefy4931@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Self-hosted. The data stays within my home- It is processed locally on my server.