# Lux sensor with continuous reporting

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/lux-sensor-with-continuous-reporting/10208>\
**Category:** Devices\
**Created:** [March 7, 2019, 7:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lux-sensor-with-continuous-reporting/10208 "2019-03-07T07:52:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marlon/32/3794_2.png) [@Marlon](https://community.homey.app/u/Marlon)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/lux-sensor-with-continuous-reporting/10208/28 "2019-03-08T05:52:29Z")

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If you don’t mind tinkering you could make one yourself (esp8266+pir+lightsensor) and it costs a fraction of what a hue or aeotec sensor costs. More on that [here](https://community.homey.app/t/arduino-homeduino-met-esp8266-aansturen-pinnen-op-arduino/6265/27)

Anyways going back to topic, I’m also using a Hue sensor and Homey v2. The Hue sensor reports relatively often but not real-time. This would indeed drain the battery. The interval seems like approximately every 5 minutes. An example graph with a day’s worth of sensor readings.

Blue = Phillips Hue Motion sensor, Yellow = esp8266 + lightsensor

 ![Luminance2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/4/4db7ebad16211f0b6dba64194582ab382371d89d.png)

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