BH1750 Ambient Light Sensor¶
The bh1750
sensor platform allows you to use your BH1750
(datasheet)
ambient light sensor with ESPHome. The I²C bus is required to be set up in
your configuration for this sensor to work.
![../../_images/bh1750-full.jpg](../../_images/bh1750-full.jpg)
BH1750 Ambient Light Sensor.¶
![../../_images/bh1750-ui.png](../../_images/bh1750-ui.png)
# Example configuration entry
sensor:
- platform: bh1750
name: "BH1750 Illuminance"
address: 0x23
update_interval: 60s
Configuration variables:¶
address (Optional, int): Manually specify the I²C address of the sensor. Defaults to
0x23
(address if address pin is pulled low). If the address pin is pulled high, the address is0x5C
.update_interval (Optional, Time): The interval to check the sensor. Defaults to
60s
.All other options from Sensor.