Sensor Card
The Sensor card gives you a quick overview of your sensors state with an optional graph to visualize change over time.
Screenshot of the sensor card.
To add the Sensor card to your user interface, click the menu (three dots at the top right of the screen) and then Edit Dashboard. Click the Add Card button in the bottom right corner and select from the card picker.
All options for this card can be configured via the user interface.
YAML Configuration
The following YAML options are available when you use YAML mode or just prefer to use YAML in the Code Editor in the UI.
Configuration Variables
Detail of the graph 1
or 2
(1
= one point/hour, 2
= six points/hour).
Hours to show in graph. Minimum is 1 hour. Big values can result in delayed rendering, especially if the selected entities have a lot of state changes.
Limits of the graph Y-axis.
Override the used theme for this card with any loaded theme. For more information about themes, see the frontend documentation.
Example
type: sensor
entity: sensor.illumination
name: Illumination