Lighting control was one of the main uses of home automation. In Europe, many homes already have a smart speaker with which they can give voice commands and turn on bulbs and other types of lights. There are even devices that allow fans to be controlled by radio frequency not only to ventilate, but also to light.
But home automation can be much more advanced, performing actions without us having to actively participate. This is what the two new Xiaomi products announced in China a few days ago do. These are the panels Xiaomi Mijia L30 and L60 light panel.
These are LED panels to be installed on the ceiling of rooms, kitchens or living rooms and which allow control from a mobile phone or voice assistants, but they also allow them to be controlled by presence. Its price is 89 yuan (12 dollars at the exchange rate) for the L30 and 99 yuan (around 13 dollars at the exchange rate) for the L60.
The two panels They were designed to illuminate small rooms. The L30, which has dimensions of 30 x 30 cm, illuminates rooms of 5 or 6 square meters without any problem. Its older brother, with twice the surface area (measuring 60 x 30 cm), can illuminate rooms up to 15 square meters.
They have a certification of IP44 resistanceso there should be no problem installing them in kitchens or bathrooms. Its thickness is 40 mm, so it can be placed in a false plaster ceiling without major inconvenience. Additionally, the visible frame is only 9.5mm, so almost the entire area is taken up by the light panel itself.
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But the most striking thing is that includes a millimeter wave motion sensor that detects if someone has entered the roomautomatically turning on the light. But be careful, this only happens if the ambient light is low, so it won't turn on by mistake in broad daylight.
Lamp control It can be integrated with the rest of the devices in the Xiaomi ecosystem, from Xiaomi Homeso that it automatically turns the lights on or off when certain settings are configured from other sensors. For example, we can turn on the entrance light if it detects that a door sensor has been activated and there is little light. These two panels have lighting of 18W Yes 24W respectively. Its color tone is 5,700K approaching warm tones but without being too yellowish.
