Color Sensor TCS230

• Color sensor with power down feature
• High resolution conversion of light intensity to frequency
• Programmable color and full-scale output frequency
• Single-supply operation (2.7V to 5.5V)

The Color Sensor TCS230 combines configurable silicon photodiodes and a current-to-frequency converter on a single chip. The light-to-frequency converter consists of an 8x8 array of photodiodes with red, blue, green colored filters (16 photodiodes each) and 16 photodiodes with no filter. The photodiode filters can be selected using S2 and S3 pins.