photoresistor readings

alleykat

Will a 0.1 ufd capacitor be more sensitive to brighter light than a 0.01ufd in a well light room ?

Franklin

That's not a complete question (or at least not a correct one) since capacitors aren't sensitive to light. Could you show us what the circuit looks like?

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- Stephen

alleykat

I thought that under bright lighting conditions, a larger capacitor is needed because the LDR's values are pretty small, so the decay times are also small capacitior

Mike Green

You're correct. The Stamp measures the decay time and, for the best resolution, the capacitor value should be chosen for the expected lighting conditions. If the capacitor is too small, the decay time will be too short for the Stamp to measure with more than a few distinct values. If the capacitor is too large, the decay time will be longer than the longest time that the Stamp can measure.