{"id":5571,"date":"2024-05-09T00:08:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T00:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/?page_id=5571"},"modified":"2024-05-09T04:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T04:07:44","slug":"arduino-color-sensor-and-rgb-led","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/arduino-color-sensor-and-rgb-led\/","title":{"rendered":"Arduino Color Sensor and RGB LED"},"content":{"rendered":"

This circuit and program will use the TCS34725 Color Sensor along with an RGB LED.<\/p>\n

By the time you are done, you will have a circuit that will detect a color and display that color (or something close to it) on the RGB LED.<\/p>\n

Here’s the wiring diagram:<\/strong> add this to your RGB LED circuit.
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Programming – you will need to setup the program and do something new – add a library.<\/p>\n

Click here for the program.<\/a>
\nCopy\/paste this into an Arduino program.<\/p>\n

BEFORE you upload the program you need to add a library.\u00a0 It’s easy!<\/p>\n

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Click on Tools and choose Manage Libraries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Search for Adafruit TCS34725. Click the install button.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Click the Install button. You are all set!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Your Color Sensor and LED are alive!\u00a0 Hold an item up to the sensor and your RGB LED should change color to match that item’s color.<\/p>\n

Open serial monitor and note how the numbers change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This circuit and program will use the TCS34725 Color Sensor along with an RGB LED. By the time you are done, you will have a circuit that will detect a color and display that color (or something close to it) on the RGB LED. Here’s the wiring diagram: add this to your RGB LED circuit. … Continue reading Arduino Color Sensor and RGB LED<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5571","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5571"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5586,"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5571\/revisions\/5586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rodmilstead.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}