Hello all,

I've been bitten by the 'smarthome' bug, which admittedly isn't a new thing=
,
been interested in this stuff since forever.

Anyways, I've standardized on the Samsung SmartThings hub. It's a fantastic
ecosystem, with lots of community support.

I've been interested in integrating an illuminance sensor. The issue is all
the ones I've been able to find don't have near enough the dynamic range I'=
m
interested in. Specifically I want to be able to differential, from the
data, a cloudy day from a sunny day, and even how late in the day it is.
None of the commercial solutions I've found offer that sort of resolution.

So, in the same vein as I cobbled together a Lightning detector and a door
close sensor to build a Lightning sensor, I planned to do the same with a
Temp sensor, replacing the temp senor with a small solar panel, or LDR.

I bought two sensors, opened them up and... they both use sensors with a
digital interface, so back to square one...

My question: anybody have experience building their own Zigbee based device
that could be easily integrated into a SmartThings system? I'm not looking
for a full DIY, anything 'hackable', with the appropriate customer handler
would be perfect?

Thanks!

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