BH1750
The bh1750
sensor platform allows you to read the ambient light level in Lux from a BH1750FVI sensor connected via I2c bus (SDA, SCL pins). It allows you to use all the resolution modes of the sensor described in its datasheet.
Tested devices:
Configuration
To use your BH1750 sensor in your installation, add the following to your configuration.yaml
file:
# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: bh1750
Configuration Variables
The sensitivity of the sensor can be a value between 31 and 254.
Delay time in ms for waiting the sensor to get the measure.
Full Examples
If you want to specify the resolution mode of the digital sensor or need to change the default I2c address (which is 0x23), add more details to the configuration.yaml
file.
The sensor can work with resolutions of 0.5 lx (high res mode 1), 1 lx (high res mode 2) or 4 lx (low res mode), and make measurements continuously or one time each call. To set any of these operation modes, select one of these combinations: continuous_low_res_mode
, continuous_high_res_mode_2
, continuous_high_res_mode_1
, one_time_high_res_mode_1
, one_time_high_res_mode_2
, one_time_low_res_mode
.
# Example of customized configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
- platform: bh1750
name: Ambient light
i2c_address: 0x5C
operation_mode: one_time_high_res_mode_1
sensitivity: 60
measurement_delay_ms: 200
scan_interval: 25
Directions for installing smbus support on Raspberry Pi
Enable I2c interface with the Raspberry Pi configuration utility:
# pi user environment: Enable i2c interface
sudo raspi-config
Select Interfacing options->I2C
choose <Yes>
and hit Enter
, then go to Finish
and you’ll be prompted to reboot.
Install dependencies for use the smbus-cffi
module and enable your homeassistant
user to join the i2c group:
# pi user environment: Install i2c dependencies and utilities
sudo apt-get install build-essential libi2c-dev i2c-tools python-dev libffi-dev
# pi user environment: Add homeassistant user to the i2c group
sudo addgroup homeassistant i2c
# pi user environment: Reboot Raspberry Pi to apply changes
sudo reboot
Check the i2c address of the sensor
After installing i2c-tools
, a new utility is available to scan the addresses of the connected sensors:
/usr/sbin/i2cdetect -y 1
It will output a table like this:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- 23 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: 40 -- -- -- -- -- UU -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
50: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 77
So you can see the sensor address what you are looking for is 0x23 (there are more i2c sensors in that Raspberry Pi).
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