Cree to offer Zigbee LED smart bulb

[JDRoberts]

@franzenel

Can I pair this with a Aeon micro dimmer so when I change the dimmer the Cree bulb will follow?

You’d probably get flickers. Smart bulbs dim through a different method than dimmer switches.

FAQ Request: Dimmers, Smart Bulbs, Flickers, Buzzing

I see a lot of topics where being able to point to a FAQ on this topic would help a lot. I’ve got a few personal rules of thumb for lighting installations, but I thought it would be a lot better if someone who’s written one of the ST dimmer handlers wrote it so they could mention anything ST or Smart App specific. So this post is definitely a request for a FAQ, not a FAQ itself. But just to get things started…Feel free to use, edit, or toss any of the following. TWO PHYSICAL WAYS TO CONTROL DIMMING Dimming is either controlled by the amount of current the switch sends on the wire to the bulb or the amount of current the bulb decides to draw from the wire. DIFFERENT KINDS OF SWITCHES A switch that controls the amount of current sent may be networked or not. Some switches don’t control …