You need to tell the difference between a red lolly and a green one, or sort components by colour in a line, and you don't want to wire up four separate photodiodes. This module reads individual red, green, blue, and greyscale levels through just three I/O pins. Built-in bright white LEDs give you even illumination so your readings aren't skewed by ambient light. There are mounting holes on the board, so you can bolt it into a project enclosure instead of hot-gluing it in. Three pins, four colour channels, done
| brand | JAYCAR |
| category | Electronics & Components |
| subcategory | Tools & Soldering |
| sensor_type | Colour (RGB + greyscale) |
| io_pins_required | 3 |
| illumination | Built-in bright white LEDs |
| mounting | Holes for mechanical fixing |
| rrp | $28.57 |