Welp, here's the tricky thing:  View all updates for this Hacking Philips Hue project here. In order to change the colors of the gradient lightstrip, I NEED to use V2 of the Philips Hue API because V1 of the API is unaware of the gradient functionality. It just doesn't see...

Planning to combine the PIR Sensor and the Arduino / Philips Hue Sketch Next challenge: combining the example code for the sensors with the HueBlink example.  Here's the simplest version I can think of:  Version 1: When the sensor is triggered (the input pin is HIGH) then change the HUE light...

Phew, Hue Version 2! I just went down a rabbit hole of reading about the Philips Hue API and the new V2. In one post it mentioned that V1 didn't have support for Gradient lightstrips - and that's my whole project! So here I go learning about V2.  Getting Started...

What sensors should I use to detect my presence? View all updates for this Hacking Philips Hue project here. I asked the Element 14 community for their suggestions about motion or presence detectors, and here are a few that were recommended: Proximity & Ambient Light Sensor/Infrared Emitter I2C ($13.30 each) PIR...

I'm Hacking Philips Hue Lights for a project for Element 14 Presents, and I'm asking for help! View all updates for this project here.  Read The Blog Post on Element 14 I'm working on my next project for Element14 Presents which involves hacking the Philips Hue Lighting System. I need your help...