3 BH1750
blakadder edited this page 2019-11-04 01:30:35 +01:00

The BH1750 is a digital ambient light sensor module which uses I2C to communicate. The BH1750 provides you with a digital value in lux (Lx) over a range of 1 - 65535 lx. See Digital 16bit Serial Output Type Ambient Light Sensor IC for more information.

Configuration

Wiring

BH1750 ESP8266
GND GND
VCC 3.3V
SDA GPIOx
SCL GPIOy

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In the Configuration -> Configure Module page assign:

  1. GPIOx to I2C SDA (6)
  2. GPIOy to I2C SCL (5)

After a reboot the driver will detect BH1750 automatically and display Illuminance.

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Sensor sends a tele/%topic%/SENSOR JSON reponse:

{"Time":"2019-11-03T20:45:37","BH1750":{"Illuminance":79}}

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