In this digital age, sensors are a part of most activities in one way or the other. Sensors are being widely used, given there are many kinds of sensors that have been created for use in various industries and households.
The Sensors being used in smart homes are mainly, thermostats (thermal), motion, window and door, leak/moisture sensors, and many more. Likely, there are many more sensors we are consistently reliant on.
Here are a few that we commonly interact with, in any smart home -
Motion Sensors
As the name suggests, it detects motion and movement in the particular area where installed.
Even if it’s a minor movement, it readily notifies us. This sensor functions as an unpaid security guard, requiring just a little amount of electricity to operate. It serves as your third eye, alerting you to events when you’re not at home. It notifies us if someone enters the perimeter where entry is prohibited.
Motion Sensor
They assist us in saving energy by connecting to a thermostat or lighting to manage energy use, based on room occupancy, for example, turning on/off lights when no one is there or adjusting room temperature.
This can be used as a trigger to record video footage when people entered your premises. Motion sensors operate using various technologies such as Microwave, Duel technology, Ultrasonic, vibration, Passive Infrared, area reflective, etc.,
Fire/CO Detection
Fire is always unexpected and destroys everything in minutes. To avoid fire mishaps and repercussions, we need to know when the fire started, which is where a fire sensor comes in. It detects fires and notifies us instantly and if we’re connected to emergency services, it will notify them too.
Fire/CO Detection sensor
However, this fire/co detector detects not only fire but also other numerous pollutants in the air. This sensor prevents health and property harm. Due to the presence of a CO detector, it detects Carbon Monoxide, which is more toxic, odorless, and undetectable without help.
Different smoke detectors detect smoke and also monitor the air quality at home while looking for other pollutants.
Leak Detector
Water leakages are always inconvenient and cause more harm in general. Nobody likes to see their home leaking, from their ceiling or their walls. To avoid this we can use the leak or moisture detector, that alerts us when it happens and points us towards the incident location.
Leak Detector
Suppose the pipe that is connected to the water purifier is leaking, then the purifier will likely not work at the time. When it is discovered that the water source has run out of water, this will be an issue, not just for the purifier but also the bathrooms and other places.
To avoid these risks we can always use a leak detector.
Door and Windows
These sensors inform us when any of our doors/windows are left open. While opening or closing doors, we can also turn off/on surrounding lights with assistance from these sensors.
Door and Windows Sensor
These sensors act as a line of defense for the house. When these sensors detect unusual activity at home, they send actionable notifications that alert us and the authorities that can be accessed using our phone or tablet.
Thermal Sensors
These sensors give us control of the home temperature, to raise the temperature or low the temperature. To cool the room or to heat the room it will helps us to do so, from any location.
Thermal Sensors
They will monitor the temperature, when you are not in home, it will keeps the temperature normal, when you arrive at home it will, cools the temperature for you. We can adjust the temperature for each room separately, and we can keep energy saving mode, when no is there. There are so many options available for us.
Without the need for a doubt, technology has aided us in the development of smarter and safer homes. Outside of our homes, forward-thinking businesses are experimenting with new methods to integrate IoT data, artificial intelligence, and automated workflows to improve labour, increase efficiency, and scale the value of data.
The various Smart Home sensors mentioned above are best used in conjunction with each, which is made possible via platforms and smart hubs such as the Aura Smart Controller.
To know more details, visit the Aura website.