LinknLink eMotion Air • Home Assistant • Bluetooth/BTHome • Zigbee Quick Take: The LinknLink eMotion Air is a roughly $17 battery-powered presence sensor with temperature, humidity, light sensing, a physical button, and your choice of Bluetooth or Zigbee. It is not the fastest presence sensor in the shed, but that turned out not to be the interesting part. The button is the hidden gem. In my garage it became a tiny control panel for lights and music, while the rest of the sensor keeps doing useful sensor stuff in the background. It even earned the garage an entrance song. Disclosure: LinknLink provided the eMotion Air for review. This article reflects my own testing and opinions. Links to the eMotion Air use my LinknLink referral link. Unboxing the eMotion Air. The removable mounting plate is simple, and the sensor runs on three AAA batteries. The LinknLink eMotion Air looked like another inexpensive presence sensor when I opened the box. It runs on th...
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