TCS230 TCS3200 Color Sensor Recognition

TCS230 TCS3200 Color Sensor Recognition Module is a complete color detector capable of detecting static color. The output of the sensor is a square wave with frequency directly proportional to incident light intensity. It also supports fill light by onboard LEDs. It includes a TAOS TCS3200 RGB sensor chip and 4 white LEDs. The TCS3200 can detect and measure a nearly limitless range of visible colors. Applications include test strip reading, sorting by color, ambient light sensing and calibration, and color matching, to name just a few.

The TCS3200 Color Sensor board makes it very easy to sense and record the light intensity of the general red, green, and blue spectrums of visible light while rejecting IR from light sources. You can then use these color sensor readings for logging and finding patterns, or creatively calculate and make control decisions in your electronic projects.

The TCS3200 GBB Color Sensor For Arduino has an array of photodetectors, each with either a red, green, or blue filter or no filter (clear). The filters of each color are distributed evenly throughout the array to eliminate location bias among the colors. Internal to the device is an oscillator that produces a square-wave output whose frequency is proportional to the intensity of the chosen color.

The module requires only a single supply voltage between 2.7V and 5.5V – making it compatible with nearly all common microcontrollers, including PICs, AVRs, ARM, Arduino, and more!

Features:

• Single-Supply Operation (2.7V to 5.5V)
• High-Resolution Conversion of Light Intensity to Frequency
• Programmable Color and Full-Scale Output Frequency
• Power Down Feature
• S0~S1: Output frequency scaling selection inputs
• S2~S3: Photodiode type selection inputs
• OUT Pin: Output frequency
• OE Pin: Output frequency enable pin (active low), can be impending when using
• Support LED lamp light supplement control
• Chip pins all have drawn for standard 100.
• Mil-convenient for bitmap board.
• Communicate directly with a microcontroller.
• Low-profile surface mount package.

Specifications:

The pinout is clearly labeled on the board and is as follows: 

Header one on the left side of the board

• S0: Output frequency scaling selection input (along with S1)
• S1: Output frequency scaling selection input (along with S0)
• OE: Output Enable – if held low, the output of the module is turned on
• GND: Ground – connect to 0V

Header two on the right side of the board

• S3: Photodiode type (along with S2)
• S2: Photodiode type (along with S3)
• OUT: Output – A square wave appears here showing the intensity of the detected color
• VCC: Power – connect to 2.7V-5.5V

Package Includes :

• 1 x TCS3200 Color Recognition Sensor Module