Photocell (LDR) Sensor with Arduino

Last Updated on March 16, 2024

LDR (light depended resistor) or photocell sensor, when the light falls on this sensor resistance across the device gets low otherwise when the light intensity decreases the resistance of photocell increases.




By using this sensor we can measure light intensity or control light operated alarm circuit. To understand the simple operation of this photocell, it is connected with arduino board hence we can receive the sensor value in serial port and the output LED intensity according to sensor value.

Circuit diagram

Arduino Photocell (LDR) Sensor sketch code

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/*www.theorycircuit.com*/
int ledPin = 3;
int photocell = 0;

void setup() {
pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT);
Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {

photocell = (analogRead(0)/4); // Divides input 0-1023 to resemble to 0-255

analogWrite(ledPin, photocell);
Serial.print(photocell);
// The delay can be change to get the desired dimming effect
delay(20);
}

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