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Bed Occupancy Sensor? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/fsr-the-best-bed-occupancy-sensor/365795

This is the best write-up I've seen - essentially a force sensitive resistor on the bed slats and an ESP32 will get you the results you're after.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I’ve got parts on order for this very project, should arrive this week.

I previously tried using one of those large pressure mats but it didn’t work under the mattress.