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I made a pressure sensor for my bed with an ESP board, some tinfoil, foam, and cut up Ethernet cord. Here it is talked about on HomeAssistant forums.
If you go this route make sure to read all the comments in this thread. Original uses paper, I used some foam to make the distance between the tinfoil larger. There is also a comment around the 150 comment mark that has some extra settings to put in ESP home regarding voltage. They made a massive difference in false positives, which you really don't want if you are relying on this for keeping the lights off while you sleep.
Yep. This is the way...
IMHO the only accurate way to detect a sleeping person that doesn't move for hours, is by weight / pressure.
Rectal sensors work too but can be a pain in the ass to get setup.
Could a strain gauge under one of the legs, or between the mattress and the frame do this with even less effort?
Load cell would probably work fine.
It could even provide a family weight watching function. 🤭
Hahaha likely not. The higher up weight you go, the less accurate it is. A load cell that can handle 200KG would likely not be "per kilo" accurate