Application examples

1. Measure room or ambient lightning.
2. Put fish in a bowl with lights below and let the fish shadows play music (fish not included).
3. Combine with the Hot, Air and Humid sensors to create a meteorological station. Add soil Moisture sensors and Switches to control valves for watering your plants.

Technical specifications

Product		Light sensor
Version		2.1 (March 2018)
Sensing parameter		ambient light, illuminance
Sensing method		phototransistor
Active volume		approx. 120 ° cone
Spectral response range		approx. 360 to 970 nm (peak sensitivity at 570 nm)
Illuminance range		10 to 1,000 Lux (0.05 to 5 mW/cm2)
Response time		? (less than 100 µs)
Power supply		5 V DC, at most 16 µA at 5 V
Operating temperature		-40 to 85 °C (-40 to 185 °F)
Sensor dimensions		15 x 9 x 4 mm (0.59 x 0.4 x 0.2 inch)
Weight		9 g (0.3 oz), incl. cable
Cable		1.0 m (39 inch), shielded, red wire = power, black wire = ground, white wire = sensor output, maximum extension 30 m (98 ft)
Connector		male plug with 3 pins in a row spaced 2.54 mm (0.100 inch)
Software support		Our SensePlay software is a very easy way to quickly map sensor data to (sequences of) sounds, images and videos using a drag & drop user interface. Our EditorX software allows you to configure the digitizer to process and map the sensor data of multiple sensors simultaneously. Our Link software allows you to receive the sensor data from the digitizer and use your computer to view, calibrate, record, process and map the sensor data of multiple sensors simultaneously. Our SensorX software allows you to receive the sensor data from the digitizer and use your computer to view, calibrate, record, process and map the data of a single sensor.