APT: Vibration sensors are extremely versatile.

(Application Pro Tip)

It’s easy to reduce the function of a vibration sensor to monitoring things that - well - vibrate.

But these sensors (at least the aqara, and I’m assuming more do) also have sensors for their orientation in 3D-space via their x/y/z coordinates, and acceleration sensors will also record tiniest individual movements/nudges.

That means for example that a vibration sensor on the door of a washing machine can detect spin cycles and whether the machine is being moved, but it can also tell you if the door is open out closed and even how widely open the door is through the x/y/z coordinates.

A vibration sensor on the top of a rolling garage door would give an indication of the door’s status to some detail, on a door knob it would tell _from which side _ the door was opened!

Applications abound!

Submitted by richardwonka

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