cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoHow do Hue Bulbs do millions of different colors, what sorcery is this?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up127
arrow-up127message-squareHow do Hue Bulbs do millions of different colors, what sorcery is this?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareHyperlon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoIf they were hardwired yes, but zigbee with millions of bulbs?
minus-squareconciselyverbose@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI’m guessing you’d hit interference at some point. But also latency would be bad and you almost definitely couldn’t synchronize them well.
minus-squareHyperlon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoYeah, I’ve done something similar with ~120 wifi bulbs for a light show that responded to music and that worked fairly well but I doubt it would have worked with more than a few hundred.
If they were hardwired yes, but zigbee with millions of bulbs?
I’m guessing you’d hit interference at some point.
But also latency would be bad and you almost definitely couldn’t synchronize them well.
Yeah, I’ve done something similar with ~120 wifi bulbs for a light show that responded to music and that worked fairly well but I doubt it would have worked with more than a few hundred.