#color sensor

Testing the Color Sensor that doesn't work. Only 2 of the 4 LED light up 

S0 - purple wire

S1 - orange wire

S2 - brown wire

S3 - green wire 

OUT - blue wire

GND - black wire

TCS3200 Color Sensor Module

The TCS3200 color sensor senses the color of an object and produces an equivalent frequency signal (square wave) based on the color sensed. TCS3200 is a color recognising sensor module which consists of TAOS TCS3200 RGB Sensor IC and 4 white LEDs to light the object to determine its color accurately.

This is TCS230 based Bluetooth color picker prototype which we build to test the concept. In here the idea is to extract color from any physical object and transfer it to PC / mobile. To test this concept, we use low-cost TCS230 color sensor.

TCS230 is programmable color light-to-frequency convert IC. This chip produces square wave output with frequency directly proportional to the light intensity. To drive this sensor and capture its output we used PIC16F628A microcontroller. The processed output is then transferred to the host using the HC-05 Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port Protocol) module. In PC we wrote small Python script to display captured value and color in a Window. In this design, we drive the TCS230 sensor with 20% frequency scaling. The entire circuit is built using commonly available modules and components. For the color sensor, we use the 8-pin TCS230 sensor module which is commonly found in eBay and other online electronic component stores. This module comes with 4 white LEDs and because of that, we don’t need a separate circuit for LEDs. At the testing stages, we find out that the TCS230 sensor is not as accurate as we thought. It identifies colors but its results are not accurate enough to meet with our original project requirements. We got a quite satisfactory result when we attached a CCTV camera (filter) lens to this sensor but still, it is not accurate enough for our application.

This Gadget Scans Color From Anything

This is the Nix color sensor. It samples the color from everyday objects. Simply download the app hold the sensor close to any object and boom! Your’e hit with a digital representation of that color. From the manufacturer – Nix Pro Color Sensor Scan, Save, Share, and Compare Color with the Nix Pro Color Sensor! Simply scan any surface, save it to your smartphone or tablet, and match it to our app…