What is a sensor and how it is used for home automation?

Automation Sensors are the eyes and ears of your home, informing you and other smart devices of changes in status 24/7. Automation Sensors take control of your lights and appliances so you can customize how and when to control devices around your home.

How do smart sensors work?

A smart sensor is a device that takes input from the physical environment and uses built-in compute resources to perform predefined functions upon detection of specific input and then process data before passing it on.

What is smart sensor example?

There are all kinds of smart sensors, but the most commonly used ones are level sensors, electric current sensors, humidity sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, proximity sensors, heat sensors, flow sensors, fluid velocity sensors, and infrared sensors. Smart sensors are synonymous with Industry 4.0.