SparkFun Electronics - TEMT6000 Breakout Board

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TEMT6000 Breakout Board

sku: BOB-08688

Description: Basic breakout board for the TEMT6000 Ambient Light Sensor. Only what you need, nothing you don't. Sensor acts like a transistor - the greater the incoming light, the higher the analog voltage on the signal pin.

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	by mouser +1.5 \| August 16, 2008 at 12:12 AM 0
Anyone know if this will work at 3.3V?

	by madbadger +4.1 \| August 18, 2008 at 6:23 AM 0
Yes, I'm using it at 3.3v. Just keep in mind, the current out of this thing is small; I'm buffering it using an op-amp.

	by mouser +1.5 \| August 29, 2008 at 4:56 AM 0
What are you doing with it that requires significant current? I was going to sample it with a high-impedance ADC input. I'm assuming I don't need to buffer that, right?)

	by joachimp +2.4 \| March 9, 2009 at 11:05 PM 0
datasheet 404'd:( I found it here

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| December 29, 2009 at 2:49 PM

I would like to use this in an application where I need much higher resolution, but it won't need to measure more than 2 lux or so. If I just put a big resistor on the ground pin, will that effectively multiply the voltage on the signal pin? Also, while this won't need to actively measure more than 2 lux, it will still regularly be exposed to 100+ lux while it's on. If putting the resistor on there will fry a 5V picaxe I/O pin, it won't work.

If this doesn't work, I'd appreciate any ideas for something that would. I would just use a CdS photoresistor, but linearity is very helpful.