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Subject: 
Removing red led from light sensor..
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Date: 
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:36:18 GMT
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I think I read someplace that if you remove the red led from the light
sensor it works much better.
Has any one done this and if so how did it work?



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  Re: Removing red led from light sensor..
 
(...) Ralph Hempel describes some non-destructive tricks to get better readings from a light sensor. This is the address: (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Re: Removing red led from light sensor..
 
Patrick Lawrence <pat@hpnc.com> wrote in message news:FD3pFv.DDF@lugnet.com... (...) Removing the LED makes it work over a wider range (0 to 100), but probably at a slight loss of low light sensitivity. There is an analysis of the subject in the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)
  Thanks ...Re: Removing red led from light sensor..
 
Thanks for all the advice. I got the parts from radio shack and just made a new light sensor today. Now its time to start working with NQC or GORDON'S BRICK PROGRAMMER or somthing. Patrick Lawrence wrote in message ... (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jun-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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