Simple test¶
Ensure your device works with this simple test.
1# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 ladyada for Adafruit Industries
2# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
3
4# Simple demo of the TCS34725 color sensor.
5# Will detect the color from the sensor and print it out every second.
6import time
7import board
8import adafruit_tcs34725
9
10
11# Create sensor object, communicating over the board's default I2C bus
12i2c = board.I2C() # uses board.SCL and board.SDA
13# i2c = board.STEMMA_I2C() # For using the built-in STEMMA QT connector on a microcontroller
14sensor = adafruit_tcs34725.TCS34725(i2c)
15
16# Change sensor integration time to values between 2.4 and 614.4 milliseconds
17# sensor.integration_time = 150
18
19# Change sensor gain to 1, 4, 16, or 60
20# sensor.gain = 4
21
22# Main loop reading color and printing it every second.
23while True:
24 # Raw data from the sensor in a 4-tuple of red, green, blue, clear light component values
25 # print(sensor.color_raw)
26
27 color = sensor.color
28 color_rgb = sensor.color_rgb_bytes
29 print(
30 "RGB color as 8 bits per channel int: #{0:02X} or as 3-tuple: {1}".format(
31 color, color_rgb
32 )
33 )
34
35 # Read the color temperature and lux of the sensor too.
36 temp = sensor.color_temperature
37 lux = sensor.lux
38 print("Temperature: {0}K Lux: {1}\n".format(temp, lux))
39 # Delay for a second and repeat.
40 time.sleep(1.0)