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    An LDR (light dependent resistor) is a component whose resistance decreases with increasing light intensity. In daylight an LDR may have a resistance of 5000 ohms, increasing to 20,000,000 ohms in darkness. Common applications of LDRs include automatically turning lights on at low light levels, such as in streetlights, and controlling camera shutter speeds based on light measurements. A simple circuit can be made to turn something on, like a light, when an LDR senses darkness based on its increasing resistance relative to a fixed resistor in the circuit.

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    An LDR (light dependent resistor) is a component whose resistance decreases with increasing light intensity. In daylight an LDR may have a resistance of 5000 ohms, increasing to 20,000,000 ohms in darkness. Common applications of LDRs include automatically turning lights on at low light levels, such as in streetlights, and controlling camera shutter speeds based on light measurements. A simple circuit can be made to turn something on, like a light, when an LDR senses darkness based on its increasing resistance relative to a fixed resistor in the circuit.

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    How An LDR Works

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    An LDR (light dependent resistor) is a component whose resistance decreases with increasing light intensity. In daylight an LDR may have a resistance of 5000 ohms, increasing to 20,000,000 ohms in darkness. Common applications of LDRs include automatically turning lights on at low light levels, such as in streetlights, and controlling camera shutter speeds based on light measurements. A simple circuit can be made to turn something on, like a light, when an LDR senses darkness based on its increasing resistance relative to a fixed resistor in the circuit.

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    Understanding Electronics

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    LDR

    Kitronik Ltd How an LDR works


    An LDR is a component that has a resistance that changes with the light intensity that falls upon it. They have a resistance that falls with an increase in the light intensity falling upon the device.

    The resistance of an LDR may typically have the following resistances. Daylight =5000 Dark =20,000,000 You can therefore see that there is a large variation between these figures. If you plotted this variation on a graph you would get something similar to that shown by the graph to the right.

    Applications
    There are many applications for Light Dependent Resistors. These include:

    Lighting switch
    The most obvious application for an LDR is to automatically turn on a light at certain light level. An example of this could be a street light.

    Camera shutter control


    LDRs can be used to control the shutter speed on a camera. The LDR would be used the measure the light intensity and the set the camera shutter speed to the appropriate level.

    Example
    The circuit shown right shows a simple way of constructing a circuit that turns on when it goes dark. The increase in resistance of the LDR in relation to the other resistor which is fixed as the light intensity drops will cause the transistor to turn on. The value of the fixed resistor will depend on the LDR used, the transistor used and the supply voltage.

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