TCS3200 Color sensor Color recognition module

KSh 900.00

Features of TCS3200 Color sensor

  • Input voltage of 2.7V to 5.5V
  • Digital TTL Interface
  • High resolution conversion of light intensity to frequency
  • Programmable colour and full scale output frequency
  • It is directly connected to the digital pins of the microcontroller. Hence no need of ADC
  • Has a Power down feature
  • Working temperature of -40oC to 85oc
  • Programmable color and full-scale output frequency

Description

TCS3200 Color sensor is a color recognition module. It is used to distinguish as well as to identify different colors. It detects a wide variety of colors based on their wavelength. Useful for color recognition projects such as color matching, color sorting, test strip reading etc.

It consist of a TAOS TCS3200 RGB sensor chip and 4 white LEDs. Main part of the module is the TCS3200 chip which is a Color Light-to-Frequency Converter. The white LEDs are used for providing proper lighting for the sensor to detect the object colour correctly. This chip can sense a wide variety of colours and it gives the output in the form of corresponding frequency.

The chip consist of an 8 x 8 array of photodiodes. Each photodiode have either a red, green, or blue filter, or no filter. The filters of each color are distributed evenly throughout the array to eliminate location bias among the colors. Internal circuits includes an oscillator which produces a square-wave output whose frequency is proportional to the intensity of the chosen color.

Features of TCS3200 Color sensor

  • Input voltage of 2.7V to 5.5V
  • Digital TTL Interface
  • High resolution conversion of light intensity to frequency
  • Programmable colour and full scale output frequency
  • It is directly connected to the digital pins of the microcontroller. Hence no need of ADC
  • Has a Power down feature
  • Working temperature of -40oC to 85oc
  • Programmable color and full-scale output frequency

To determine the color of an object the frequency from 6th pin is measured when each filter is activated.

Photodiode type S2 S3
Red LOW LOW
Blue LOW HIGH
No filter (clear) HIGH LOW
Green HIGH HIGH

 

The module has an array of photodiodes with 4 different filters that is red, green, blue and others without. each of the filters has 16 photodiodes

Pin configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pin Name I/O Description
GND (4) Power supply ground
OE (3) I Enable for output frequency (active low)
OUT (6) O Output frequency
S0, S1(1,2) I Output frequency scaling selection inputs
S2, S3(7,8) I Photodiode type selection inputs
VDD(5) Voltage supply

 

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