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How to use BH1750 to measure Light Lux with Arduino

This video shows you how to use BH1750 Light intensity Lux sensor. You will also learn how to change the I2C address of the module.


 /*

  Example of BH1750 library usage.
  This code is part of the library is here: https://github.com/claws/BH1750

  This example initialises the BH1750 object using the default high resolution
  continuous mode and then makes a light level reading every second.
Watch video instructin for this code: https://youtu.be/iKUwu220UFQ
Video posted on April 20, 2020 on YouTube

  Connection:

    VCC -> 3V3 or 5V
    GND -> GND
    SCL -> SCL (A5 on Arduino Uno, Leonardo, etc or 21 on Mega and Due, on esp8266 free selectable)
    SDA -> SDA (A4 on Arduino Uno, Leonardo, etc or 20 on Mega and Due, on esp8266 free selectable)
    ADD -> (not connected) or GND



 
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*/


#include <Wire.h>
#include <BH1750.h>

BH1750 lightMeter;


void setup(){

  Serial.begin(9600);

  // Initialize the I2C bus (BH1750 library doesn't do this automatically)
  Wire.begin();
  // On esp8266 you can select SCL and SDA pins using Wire.begin(D4, D3);

  lightMeter.begin();

  Serial.println(F("BH1750 Test begin"));

}


void loop() {

  float lux = lightMeter.readLightLevel();
  Serial.print("Light: ");
  Serial.print(lux);
  Serial.println(" lx");
  delay(1000);

}

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