This project aims to implement optical and gestural sensors for future smart lighting systems. The first application involve a comparison between a digital spectrometer and a digital colour sensor TCS3472 in order to determine his performance with the goal to be used it in intelligent LED luminaires. A second application involves the development of a gestural interface oriented to control an intelligent LED luminaire using the gestural controller MGC3130. The sensing interface is configured to be used with different gestures that they can realize over a tablet. In addition, it is possible to transmit different messages to the intelligent multichannel luminaire and reproduce different digital light spectrums.