There are many ways to measure the light intensity using a Raspberry Pi and one of them (that doesn’t require an ADC) is the TSL-235. It is a photodiode connected to a small circuit that generates a pulse of which the frequency depends on the light intensity. This frequency can be directly read out using a Raspberry Pi as explained below.
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Measuring light intensity with the TSL-235 and a Raspberry Pi
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