Arduino Color Recognition Using TCS34725 Color Sensor and Neopixels

In this tutorial we are going to recognize a color of the paper and display this color on the Neopixel strip (8 led) using a TCS34725 Color Sensor & Arduino.

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Step 1: What You Will Need

• Arduino UNO (or any other Arduino or ESP)
• WS2812 LED strip (8 led) or WS2812 LED Ring
• TCS34725 Color Sensor
• Jumper wires
• Breadboard
• Visuino program: Download Visuino

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Step 3: The Circuit

 

Step 4: Start Visuino, and Select the Arduino UNO Board Type

The Visuino: https://www.visuino.eu also needs to be installed. Download Free version or register for a Free Trial.

Start Visuino as shown in the first picture Click on the “Tools” button on the Arduino component (Picture 1) in Visuino When the dialog appears, select “Arduino UNO” as shown on Picture 2

Step 5: In Visuino Add Components

• Add “Color Sensor TCS34725” component
• Add “NeoPixels” component

Step 6: In Visuino Set Components

 

• Double click on the “NeoPixels1” and in the “PixelGroups” window drag “Single Color” to the left and in the properties window set the “Count Pixels” to 8 <<this is the number of LEDs on the LED Stripe in this case it is 8
• Close the “PixelGroups” window

Step 7: In Visuino Connect Components

 

• Connect “ColorSensor1” pin I2C [Control] to Arduino pin I2C [In]
• Connect “ColorSensor1” pin [Color] to “NeoPixels1” > “Color1” pin [Color]
• Connect “NeoPixels1” pin Out to Arduino Digital pin 6

Step 8: Generate, Compile, and Upload the Arduino Code

In Visuino, at the bottom click on the “Build” Tab, make sure the correct port is selected, then click on the “Compile/Build and Upload” button.

Step 9: Play