There are some photo sensors that convert light intensity to a frequency (a square wave). I do not know how to change that frequency to a value using ADC in Atmega16. As far as I know, ADC converts a voltage to a digital value not frequency, or I may be wrong

On Sunday, January 17, 2016 11:24 AM, "h...@yahoo.com [avrclub]" wrote:

Hi there, Thanks Imad for your help.
I have used a photosensor (that must be a photo diode), however it needs intense light to show a number on the LCD, and it is also not sensitive to light intensity
I pulled up the photoresistor, it is very sensitive to changes of light intensity. I solved the problem of non linearity as I wrote a code to fit a regression line to various light intensities.
stillthe problem is the measurements from photoresistor (and thus ADC) which are not the same for a light intensity. #yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948 -- #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp {border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:10px 0;padding:0 10px;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp hr {border:1px solid #d8d8d8;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp #yiv1649854948hd {color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:700;line-height:122%;margin:10px 0;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp #yiv1649854948ads {margin-bottom:10px;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp .yiv1649854948ad {padding:0 0;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp .yiv1649854948ad p {margin:0;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-mkp .yiv1649854948ad a {color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-sponsor #yiv1649854948ygrp-lc {font-family:Arial;}#yiv1649854948 #yiv1649854948ygrp-sponsor #yiv1649854948ygrp-lc #yiv1649854948hd {margin:10px 0px;font-weight:700;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;}#yiv1649854948 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Hi there, Thanks Imad for your help.

I have used a photosensor (that must be a photo diode), however it needs intense light to show a number on the LCD, and it is also not sensitive to light intensity

I pulled up the photoresistor, it is very sensitive to changes of light intensity. I solved the problem of non linearity as I wrote a code to fit a regression line to various light intensities.

still
the problem is the measurements from photoresistor (and thus ADC) which are not the same for a light intensity.

Photoresistors are notoriously inaccurate. Their repeatability is usually very bad. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, this may or may not be a problem. If you need better, there are many inexpensive light sensors https://www.adafruit.com/products/2748 available. Here is one https://www.adafruit.com/products/1980 with a digital output.

hi,the photo resistance can't be connected to ADC input without a current applied to it (use a pull up resistance or a constant current source) and calculate the Ph. res. value from your ADC output the Ph. Res., Ph. Transistor are not linears, the photo diode is linear and work as a current source proportional to the light intensityto make a good chip current source you can use LM317 with a res. from Output to Adjust Pins, Then I = 1.25 / R.
take the output of current source from Adjust pin.
you must load the LM317 with 5mA or more by adding a resistor form output to GND. for example : if you connect a 10K from Out to Adj , the current is 1.25 / 10 = 125 uA. If your Ph. Res voltage is 0 to 5 V, the LM317 Out is 1.25 to 6.25, connect a 250 (or 220) Ohm from Output to GND to get 5 mA

On Friday, January 15, 2016 11:04 PM, "h...@yahoo.com [avrclub]" wrote:

Hi All, I have used a photo-resistor and ADC (analogue to digital converter) of atmega16a to measure intensity of light. the photo-resistor is connected to the PINA.0, a capacitor is used too.
It works well but at the same light intensity, the measurements (that are read from a LCD) are not the same, even a few second after the first measurement. I guess the photo-resistor has a kind of tolerance (error). I am wondering if there is any way to solve this problem?
Cheers, Hadi
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Hi All,
I have used a photo-resistor and ADC (analogue to digital converter) of atmega16a to measure intensity of light. the photo-resistor is connected to the PINA.0, a capacitor is used too.

It works well but at the same light intensity, the measurements (that are read from a LCD) are not the same, even a few second after the first measurement. I guess the photo-resistor has a kind of tolerance (error). I am wondering if there is any way to solve this problem?

Cheers, Hadi