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Flotilla - Colour
The Colour module detects RGB colour, as well as ambient light level. It also has two bright white LEDs to illuminate objects whose colour ...
The Colour module detects RGB colour, as well as ambient light level. It also has two bright white LEDs to illuminate objects whose colour is being detected.
It uses the TCS3472 colour sensor. It's ideal for using in line-following robots, detecting fruits, or sorting M&M's!
Features
- TCS3472 RGB colour sensor
- Can also detect ambient light level
- Two bright white LEDs for illumination
- Micro USB connector
Find Flotilla Cookbook recipes that use the Colour module at http://learn.flotil.la/cookbook/ or use Colour with Rockpool at http://flotil.la/rockpool/
Or use our Python Flotilla API to control the Colour module.
Note: Flotilla modules require a Dock and Flotilla ropes (USB micro B to micro B cables)
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- RGB
- Short for red, green and blue, usually referring to an LED that can mix those three colours. It matters because controlling an RGB LED teaches how separate outputs combine to create different colours.
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