Thanks Ozark,

I may have seen the article but never did find the schematic... I went back to your original post after you mentioned it and found the .pdf. That is what I was looking for... how to hook up the led's and some sample code on reading the light values.

Is there a way to add the .pdf with the SCHEMATIC to the Wiki project page, you might also want to mention in the article where to find the schematic ?? I went back to the article and searched for the word "schematic" and could not see where to view the schematic. Then at the bottom of the page I found a link to the original thread and finally found the .pdf there.

How did you determine that it was necessary to add the capacitors in parallel to the LED's?

Thanks

@Ivanrosales... I know an LDR is probably a more standard way of measuring light... but I did not have one on hand and wanted to try using an LED as others have mentioned is possible. thanks for your help also