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---
layout: page
title: "Simulated sensor"
description: "Component for simulating a numerical sensor."
date: 2018-02-20 08:00
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ha_category: Utility
ha_iot_class: "Local Polling"
ha_release: 0.65
ha_qa_scale: internal
---
The `simulated` sensor platform provides a simulated sensor that generates a time-varying signal `V(t)` given by the [function](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave):
```text
V(t) = M + A sin((2 pi (t - t_0) / w) + P) + N(s)
```
where:
- **M** = the [mean](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean) value of the sensor
- **A** = the [amplitude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude) of the periodic contribution
- **t** = the time when a value is generated
- **t_0** = the time when the sensor is started
- **w** = the time [period](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic_function) in seconds for a single complete cycle of the periodic contribution
- **P** = the [phase](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_(waves)) offset to add to the periodic contribution, in units of degrees
- **N(s)** = the random [Gaussian noise](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_noise) with spread **s**
The output will be limited to 3 decimals.
## {% linkable_title Configuration %}
To add a simulated sensor to your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file:
```yaml
sensor:
- platform: simulated
```
{% configuration %}
name:
description: The name of the sensor.
required: false
default: simulated
type: string
unit:
description: The unit to apply.
required: false
default: value
type: string
amplitude:
description: The amplitude of periodic contribution.
required: false
default: 1
type: float
mean:
description: The mean level of the sensor.
required: false
default: 0
type: float
period:
description: The time in seconds for one complete oscillation of the periodic contribution.
required: false
default: 0
type: seconds
phase:
description: The phase offset (in degrees) to apply to the periodic component.
required: false
default: 0
type: float
seed:
description: The [seed](https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/random.html#random.seed) value for the random noise component.
required: false
default: 999
type: integer
spread:
description: The spread is the range of the randomly distributed values about their mean. This is sometimes referred to as the Full Width at Half Maximum ([FWHM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_width_at_half_maximum)) of the random distribution.
required: false
default: None
type: float
relative_to_epoch:
description: Whether to simulate from epoch time (00:00:00, 1970-01-01), or relative to when the sensor was started.
required: false
default: true
type: boolean
{% endconfiguration %}
## {% linkable_title Example %}
To give an example of simulating real world data, a simulated relative humidity sensor (in %) can be added using the following configuration:
```yaml
sensor:
- platform: simulated
name: 'simulated relative humidity'
unit: '%'
amplitude: 0 # Turns off the periodic contribution
mean: 50
spread: 10
seed: 999
relative_to_epoch: false
```