Light sensor with LED display

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I used this module to control the LED lights in my first apartment.
LSU mounted in the living room.

This module measures the light intensify and shows this on a scale from 0 to 782 on the LED display. By multiplying the shown value with 5, and then divide by 127 you get the light intensity in µW/cm2. The threshold value is shown while it's being adjusted, if the light intensity rises over/or falls below (optional) the output will be activated. The hysteresis is +-25. Only one digit is shown on the LED display at any time, but the speed is so fast that me see it as three stable digits.

Video

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LED-Display

Light-sensor-led-display-illustration-3gz734.png

When DP lit:

  1. Showing threshold value
  2. Output active
  3. EEPROM value not yet saved.

I/O

Inputs

  1. PC.0 Light sensor, analog value
  2. PC.1 Threshold up
  3. PC.2 Threshold down
  4. PC.3 Over/under threshold

Calculations

Light intensity

Outputs

  1. PB.0 LED-display digit 1
  2. PB.1 LED-display digit 2
  3. PB.2 LED-display digit 3
  4. PB.3 Output constant
  5. PB.4 Output pulse

LED-Display

  1. PortD.0 LED-display A
  2. PortD.1 LED-display B
  3. PortD.2 LED-display C
  4. PortD.3 LED-display D
  5. PortD.4 LED-display E
  6. PortD.5 LED-display F
  7. PortD.6 LED-display G
  8. PortD.7 LED-display DP

Led-display-segments-and-pin-out-j4611g.jpeg Led-display-binary-values-9q7v3q.png

D-Sub 9-pin

Pin Function Color
1 9-15V + Yellow
2 GND White
3 Output constant Green
4 Output pulse Brown

Source code

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Bascom-AVR source is available in a git repository:
https://github.com/thomasjsn/AVR-Light-sensor

Gallery

  • Testing-7-segment-display-41lnmq.jpeg

  • PCB

  • PCB installed

  • Mounted in the living room

  • Entire-light-sensor-module-z4nyvq.jpeg
  • Led-display-and-switches-r4drzq.jpeg
  • Light-sensor-tsl250r-ogpzdq.jpeg
  • Light-sensor-side-view-pgom9q.jpeg
  • Avr-microcontroller-on-circuit-board-8qxxzq.jpeg
  • Closeup-of-microcontroller-on-stripboard-6gy10g.jpeg
  • Circuit-board-with-voltage-regulator-and-atmega8-eqmn84.jpeg
  • Lots-of-wires-inside-light-sensor-3gzvr4.jpeg
  • Inside-light-sensor-module-j467pg.jpeg
  • Sensor-tsl250r-poking-out-of-module-6gy11g.jpeg
  • Light-sensor-circuit-board-eqmnz4.jpeg

Schematic drawing

Light-sensor-circuit-pgo0pg.png

Parts list

Qty. Part
1 × AVR ATmega8-16PU, DIL-28, 16 MHz, 23 I/Os
1 × Capacitor, aluminium electrolytic, 10 µF, 25V
2 × Capacitor, aluminium electrolytic, 47 µF, 25V
1 × Capacitor, ceramic, 1 nF, 100V
2 m Control cable, 4-cores, 0.25mm2, 250 V, Ø 4.6mm
1 × D-sub soldering cups, 9 pin male
1 × DIL socket, 28-pin, 7.62mm
1 × Diode, rectifier, 1 A, 400V, 1N4004
1 × Enclosure, plastic (1591 FL), 120x65x40mm, flange
1 × Fuse 5x20 mm, 400 mA, fast-acting
1 × Fuse holder, open, PCB, 5x20mm
1 × Fuse holder, open, PCB, Protective cover
1 × Heatsink, 27.3K/W, 19mm, attachable, TO220
1 × LED display, 3x7-segment, 9.2mm, Green
1 × Light-to-voltage sensor, TSL 250R, 127mV / (μW/cm2)
32 cm2 PCB, stripboard, 100x160mm, 160cm2
11 × Resistor, carbon film, 0.25W, 330 Ω, 5%
6 × Resistor, carbon film, 0.25W, 4.7 kΩ, 5%
3 × Resistor, carbon film, 0.25W, 10 kΩ, 5%
3 × Spacer, round unthreaded, 3mm, Ø6mm, Delrin
22 × Straight pin header, female, Single row, 2.54mm
22 × Straight pin header, male, Single row, 2.54mm
1 × Switch, toggle, 1-pole, micro, (on)-off-(on)
1 × Switch, toggle, 1-pole, micro, on-on
5 × Transistor, NPN, 100 mA, 45V, 0.5W, BC547B
1 × Voltage regulator +5V, 2 A, L78S05CV
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