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This has to be choosen depending on the application. For most audio stuff GL5516 and GL5528 should be fine.
This has to be choosen depending on the application. For most audio stuff GL5516 and GL5528 should be fine.
### LED
### LED
Because the whole GL55 Serias has it's spectral peak at 540nm (green) and the LDRs have a diameter of 5mm it would be advisible to use 5mm green LEDs. Because ultimately LDR and LED could (and maybe should) be epoxied together, it would be ideal to have a cylindrical LED (with a flat top) rather than the typical round ones. One could still probably use standard ones and sand them down so they are flat.
Because the whole GL55 Serias has its spectral peak at 540nm (green) and the LDRs have a diameter of 5mm it would be advisible to use 5mm green LEDs. Because ultimately LDR and LED could (and maybe should) be epoxied together, it would be ideal to have a cylindrical LED (with a flat top) rather than the typical round ones. One could still probably use standard ones and sand them down so they are flat.
The cylindrical 5mm green LEDs I found were Kingbright WP483GDT which cost ~0.30 Euros per piece or unlabeled ones for 0.026 Euros per piece ([pack of 1000 at amazon](https://www.amazon.de/wholesaleled-Flat-Pins-hellgr%C3%BCn-1000-St%C3%BCck/dp/B01G8OIX64/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508150244&sr=8-1&keywords=5mm+LED+green+flat))
The cylindrical 5mm green LEDs I found were Kingbright WP483GDT which cost ~0.30 Euros per piece or unlabeled ones for 0.026 Euros per piece ([pack of 1000 at amazon](https://www.amazon.de/wholesaleled-Flat-Pins-hellgr%C3%BCn-1000-St%C3%BCck/dp/B01G8OIX64/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508150244&sr=8-1&keywords=5mm+LED+green+flat))