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I am trying to trigger a 555 timer using a daylight detector. For daylight detector I planned using a comparator with a potentiometer and a photoresistor. I will be comparing the voltage difference and comparator would turn on or off depending on the amount of light photoresistor gets. The...

I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to electronics and circuits so bear with any stupid questions I may have. I'm working on a simple DIY project. It is essentially just a box and the high level idea is that when the box is closed, a circuit is completed where it then automatically executes...