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.

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BH1750 Ambient Light Sensor.

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# Example configuration entry
sensor:
  - platform: bh1750
    name: "BH1750 Illuminance"
    address: 0x23
    update_interval: 60s

Configuration variables:

  • name (Required, string): The name for the sensor.

  • 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 is 0x5C.

  • update_interval (Optional, Time): The interval to check the sensor. Defaults to 60s.

  • id (Optional, ID): Manually specify the ID used for code generation.

  • All other options from Sensor.

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