Light & UV Sensors for Home Assistant & ESPHome
12 documented pairings that sense this job, compared across protocols — setup complexity, wiring notes and what each exposes once paired.
12 devices
⚡ 1 mains voltage
9 with an ESPHome config
12 shown
| Interface | Platform | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APDS9960 Proximity & Gesture Sensor Broadcom | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x39 shared with 1 here | Intermediate | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| BH1750 Ambient Light Sensor ROHM | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x23 | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| HLK-LD2412 24GHz Presence Radar Hi-Link | UART Serial / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | — | Intermediate | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| LTR390 UV & Ambient Light Sensor Lite-On | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x53 | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| MAX44009 Wide-Range Lux Sensor Maxim Integrated | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x4A | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| OPT3001 Precision Ambient Light Sensor Texas Instruments | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x44 | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| Outdoor Motion & Lux Sensor Philips Hue | Zigbee 3.0 | Home Assistant (ZHA) | — | Intermediate | — | Manual config |
| Presence Sensor FP2 Aqara | Wi-Fi (Local API) | Home Assistant | — | Intermediate | — | Manual config |
| TSL2561 Digital Lux Sensor ams OSRAM | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x39 shared with 1 here | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| TSL2591 HDR Ambient Lux Sensor ams OSRAM | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x29 | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| VEML7700 Ambient Light Lux Sensor Vishay Intertechnology | I2C Bus / 3.3V | Home Assistant (ESPHome) | 0x10 | Plug-and-Play | ESPHome ↗ | Manual config |
| Zooz ZEN77 S2 800 Series Dimmer Switch ⚡ Zooz | Z-Wave 800 Series | Home Assistant (Z-Wave JS) | — | Intermediate | — | Manual config |
Other categorys
Temperature Sensors 33 Presence & Motion Sensors 21 Energy & Power Monitoring 21 Humidity Sensors 19 Switches & Relays 16 Air Quality Sensors 16 Displays & Screens 14 Distance & Level Sensors 13 Lights, Bulbs & LED Strips 9 Water, Soil & Garden Sensors 9 Cameras & Doorbells 8 Buttons, Knobs & Encoders 8 Barometric Pressure Sensors 7 Accelerometers & IMUs 7 GPIO Expanders, ADCs & DACs 7 Audio, Speakers & Buzzers 6 Doors, Locks & Garage 4 Motors & Actuators 4 GPS & Real-Time Clocks 3 Radios, IR & Coordinators 3