Overview Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light - a new lamp for the smart home from Xiaomi

Xiaomi produces a huge range of products, with both independently and jointly with other companies. For example, with Yeelight, which specializes in producing modern lighting, designed to create a smart home.

Today we tell about a ceiling lamp that can change the brightness and color temperature, remote controlled or smart phone can communicate with other gadgets and even voice understands team.

Specifications

• Manufacturer: Yeelight.
• Protection class: IP50.
• housing: metal.
• Cover: organic glass.
• Colour: white.
• Number of LEDs: 120.
• Colour temperature: 2700 - 6500 K.
• Light flow: 300-3 000 lumens in normal mode and 1-120 lm in nightlight mode.
• interfaces: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.
• The maximum floor area: 40-50 m².
• Voltage: 110-240 V.
• The size: 50 × 50 × 6.6 cm.

Packaging and appearance

Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light comes in a large square cardboard box. Despite its size, traveling halfway around the world have passed without any consequences due to the powerful foam spacers, which reliably protects the lamp from damage.

Inside the box is the lamp itself, kulochek with mounting bolts, remote control and a small instruction in Chinese. Benefit from it, of course, no, with the exception of QR-codes, with which you can download the mobile app to control the lamp from your smartphone.

The lamp consists of two parts: a metallic base on which all the electronics is mounted, and a ceiling of matt Plexiglas, soft light scattering.

Lampshade securely held in place by eight rotary latches, so if necessary it can be removed without difficulty for a few seconds.

On the metal base have a few strips 120 white LEDs and yellow light, switching box to connect the power unit and in the electronics.

Due to the presence of light of LEDs of different colors can be varied in the temperature range from 2700 to 6500 K, which allows to obtain as much yellow and completely white light.

Brightness Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light can incrementally vary from 1 to 3000 lumens, that is barely visible light from a lighted match to shine a powerful spotlight stadium.

Connecting and Configuring

Installing the lamp does not cause any problems. The first step is to drill four holes in the ceiling and insert the supplied dowels available.

After that, attach a metal base with screws. The main thing - do not forget to insert into the hole in the back of the electric wire in front of it.

To connect the lamps need to open the junction box and secure the terminals in the insulation stripped from the ends of the electrical cable.

Note that the lamp is provided the fuse breaks the circuit when open the unit's cover. So first close the latch on it, and only then check operation.

The last operation - setting the ceiling. Place it in the available slots on the lamp housing and firmly hold by a metal pivot mounts.

This method provides so tight docking an pieces that the lamp can be used without problems in environments with high humidity and dust.

Software

Work lamp Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light can be controlled by remote control or smartphone. In the latter case, you will need to download the mobile app for Android or iOS.

To connect the lamp in the application to select its model, and then follow the instructions step by step wizard. The entire procedure takes less than three minutes, thanks to the detailed tips in Russian.

The main program screen contains buttons for preset patterns and the slider to change the brightness. If desired, you can save your own templates based on the current settings for future use. their call button is located on the underside of the toolbar.

To configure the ordinary and night mode in the application there is a special tab "Sun" and "Moon". You can finely set the color temperature and brightness of the stream.

In the menu of additional tools it is possible to adjust the lamp to work on a schedule or a timer, set the default template, update the firmware and connect the remote control.

An interesting feature is available for owners of Mi Band fitness bracelet. It allows you to activate the automatic shut-off light when the bracelet on his arm has determined that the owner was asleep.

Using

Since the lamp Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light has many modes of operation, you can replace a multiple light sources that you have used previously. The lamp uses high-quality LEDs, so the maximum level of color rendering index (CRI) is equal to 95. Recall that this index determines the light quality and the suitability of its source for use in residential areas. In most traditional LED-lamps CRI does not exceed 80-90, depending on the brand and quality.

The maximum brightness level with a margin enough to illuminate every corner of the room 25-30 m². In the evening, it is convenient to light as a backlight when watching TV.

A lamp at night you can safely leave is included in as emergency lighting. Electricity consumption in this case will be minimal.

The control unit enables or disables the light, change the brightness and color temperature, the lamp switch to night mode. It is possible to perform all these actions with your smartphone.

There is also room for creativity for computer geeks. They can, for example, to set up the integration with the lamp or Mi Home «Google Assistant" and come up with rather complex automation scripts or surprise all lights on with a voice team.

results

Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light - this is an interesting product that can transform your room. With it's easy to pick the most appropriate coverage for any time of day and any situation.

It can interact with other gadgets Xiaomi, work schedule, play the role of an alarm or a lamp. If you're building an automated intelligent home, such a lamp is to take it in the allotted space.

At the time of this writing, the cost Yeelight Smart Square LED Ceiling Light is 10,281 rubles.

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The author expresses his gratitude to the company GearBest for providing the test device.

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