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USB HID Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) implementation using Digispark Attiny85-based microcontroller development board
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How does this device showup in Windows User Inteface? #2

Open NicksonYap opened 4 weeks ago

NicksonYap commented 4 weeks ago

Hi @3cky !

Very interesting project that I came across, wanting to have my desktop PC monitor adjust brightness based on ambient light

I was surprised no one is selling a USB accessory for this!

It was found that Windows has support for Ambient Light Sensor (ALS) but seems to be aimed towards OEMs or laptop manufacturers

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/component-guidelines/ambient-light-sensors#integrating-light-sensors-with-device-hardware

And when HID was mentioned, I came across your GitHub project

So I wondered, does the device work as an ALS with Windows like if it were on the laptop?

If so, how does the UI in Windows look like after connecting this USB HID ALS and how do we go about calibration of how much increase in ambient light would increase the brightness

Best, Nickson

3cky commented 4 weeks ago

Hello Nickson,

My primary OS is Linux and I don't have any Windows box at hands right now, but as far I know it should be visible as a USB HID device in Windows device manager.

BTW, there is a fork with some Windows compatibility improvements, so you probably should take a look at it.