{"id":6835,"date":"2026-01-14T13:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghanim.cloud\/?post_type=product&#038;p=6835"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:27:24","slug":"tcs230-color-sensor-module","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/ghanim.cloud\/?product=tcs230-color-sensor-module","title":{"rendered":"TCS230 Color Sensor Module"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin:9px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:17px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><strong style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Technical specifications<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin:0px 0px 9px;padding:0px 0px 0px 15px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Supply voltages: 3 V &#8211; 5 V<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Current consumed: 3 mA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Frequency response by generating a rectangular signal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Dimensions: 32 mm x 25 mm<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Error 0.2% at 50 khz<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">With the TCS230 we can determine the intensity of light for each color.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">Sensor operation is based on the conversion of the light wavelength into a rectangular signal of a given frequency for each color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">The module has 4 LEDs of different colors that can be used separately.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">The integrated circuit also has an enable pin.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">When the circuit is in sleep mode, the power consumption drops to 15 \u03bcA.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">The TCS230 uses a photodiode matrix.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">These are circuit elements that allow the current to pass in the presence of a light radiation of a certain frequency (the color is frequency dependent).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">The TCS230 contains a 8&#215;8 photodiode array, using 16 diodes that open in the presence of red light, 16 for blue, 16 for green and 16 for white light (white light is obtained by combining all colors).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">The module will output a rectangular signal with a color dependent frequency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#777777;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">For more details about wavelength conversion, refer to the datasheet attached.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;min-height:1px;color:#666666;background-color:#ffffff;\"><span style=\"margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;\">The TCS230 color sensor module is ideal for electronic projects where you need to know the color of an object.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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