On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Why do all (that I've found) light-measuring circuits based on the DS2438
> use reverse-biased photodiodes, rather than, say, a photoresistor?  Either
> way you could have a fixed sense resistor between the Vs+ and Vs-
> terminals.

No idea, but I just used some LEDs as minisolar panels and a resistor to 
make it a current source.  The current from an LED is very nearly 
proportional to the number of photons.

njh

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