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Light Meter

Measure and display light levels.
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Overview & Parts Created by Dan Malec

I recently needed to measure how different materials affect light transmission for a gardening project.  This seemed like a perfect fit for an Arduino project based around the TSL2561 Light sensor.  I used the following parts in this project:

  • Arduino Uno
  • TSL2561 Digital Light Sensor
  • 16×2 LCD
  • LCD I2C / SPI Backpack

Optional (but definitely helps keep everything tidy):

  • Lady Ada’s Bento Box
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Last updated on 2012-12-15 at 11.53.35 PM

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