as an interesting aside, led's operate as photodiodes as well, if you
reverse bias them the current that flows is proportional to the light
falling on it if i rember rightly from a dim and distant lecture. Trouble
is it's so small you would probaly not save any parts by using this effect.


Regards

Alex Rice

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