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Color Sensor

CJWCJW Posts: 77
edited 2010-05-20 07:26 in BASIC Stamp
Hi,

I would like to know how to fix the color sensor into the boe-bot. The color sensor is TCS3200 and which cable do i need to use.


Yours Sincerely
James

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  • electrosyselectrosys Posts: 212
    edited 2010-05-18 09:53
    Hello James

    Look here at Parallax products page,·here is·pdf files and codes, you can download.

    http://www.parallax.com/StoreSearchResults/tabid/768/List/0/SortField/4/ProductID/429/Default.aspx?txtSearch=color+sensor
  • CJWCJW Posts: 77
    edited 2010-05-18 11:52
    Hi,

    I saw the pdf and is not using Boe-Bot. So i wan to know the detail.


    James
  • electrosyselectrosys Posts: 212
    edited 2010-05-18 13:34
    Sorry, that was what knew about the TCS3200 color sensor. You can also -Search- the Forum, if you have not done it yet.

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  • FranklinFranklin Posts: 4,747
    edited 2010-05-18 15:22
    The PDF says "will also interface to any BASIC Stamp module or Propeller board using the optional DB-Expander SIP Converter (#28325)."

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-05-18 15:28
    Franklin is right: the SIP converter will allow you to plug the TCS3200-DB directly into the solderless breadboard area of the Boe-Bot. If you need to have the sensor pointed in a direction other than directly forward, you can connect the DB Extension Cable (#800-28301) between the TCS3200-DB and the SIP converter, then mount the sensor board to the Boe-Bot using right-angle brackets and/or standoffs, and screws.

    -Phil
  • CJWCJW Posts: 77
    edited 2010-05-18 15:32
    Hi,

    So I need to buy BASIC Stamp DB-Expander Daughterboard-to-SIP then i also need the color sensor inside.

    James
  • CJWCJW Posts: 77
    edited 2010-05-19 16:00
    Hi,

    I would like to know can I able to solder the pin as I went to ask the supplier they do not have the stock, as i need it urgently. So I not sure which pin is for which. E.g S0,S1,S2,S3 n so on.

    Yours Sincerely
    James
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-05-19 17:17
    The pinout information is in the PDF on the TCS3200-DB product page. Rather than soldering directly to the pins, you can get a mating connector for it to solder to. Here are some Hirose part numbers:

    DF11-12DS-2DSA(05)
    DF11-12DS-2DSA(06)
    DF11-12DS-2C (This is a free-hanging housing that requires crimp inserts.)

    Or, if your supplier carries the DB extension cable, you can simply cut the wires off at the male end and connect to those directly.

    I hope this helps. Meanwhile, please have your supplier contact Parallax about carrying the full line of MoBo products.

    Thanks,
    -Phil
  • CJWCJW Posts: 77
    edited 2010-05-20 00:43
    Hi Phil,

    I don't understand the part numbers:

    DF11-12DS-2DSA(05)
    DF11-12DS-2DSA(06)
    DF11-12DS-2C (This is a free-hanging housing that requires crimp inserts.)

    Yours Sincerely
    James
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2010-05-20 02:07
    James,

    These are manufacturer's part numbers for Hirose connectors. You will have to find a supplier of Hirose brand connectors in your location in order to obtain one. DigiKey carries them in the U.S. and also, perhaps, where you are located.

    -Phil
  • CJWCJW Posts: 77
    edited 2010-05-20 07:26
    Hi Phil,

    I stay in Singapore. I have went down to the supplier to see whether i can do my own cable and i done it just now. I noticed that got 4 wire no need to connect as I refer to DB-Expander Daughterboard-to-SIP (#28325). So now is the programming part i stuck. As my boe bot got IR and gripper. So the color sensor is the modify to make it better. Do you have any programming that can assist me.
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