Zigbee light sensors for plants

Hardware
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Hey. I’m looking for some fairly cheap LUX sensors to track the light that my plants receive. I’ve found that cheap AliExpress sensors generally cap at around 1000lux, which is way too low for agricultural applications.
I kept hearing about Xiaomi Mijia Light Sensor which can go up to 10k Lux, but it seems to be out of stock everywhere.

Does anyone have a similar use case? Any recommendations would be appreciated

Thanks

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Hello George Mihai,

These worked for my plants with Z2M.
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807698597755.html

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If you’re up for building an ESPHome based one, the BH1750 sensor will apparently measure up to 100k lux. Here’s an adafruit version:

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Looks good enough, although i would’ve liked a sensor that can measure broad daylight with no issues. 100k would be nice.

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