Arduino Color Sorter Project. Bottom Servo Motor Is Not Working. Need Help

The Bottom Motor is on but not working. As Sensor motor is detecting the color but not accurate as per code/tutorial

via - Arduino Color Sorter Project - How To Mechatronics

/*     Arduino Project - Color Sorting Machine
 *
 *  by Dejan Nedelkovski, www.HowToMechatronics.com
 *
 */
#include <Servo.h>

#define S0 2
#define S1 3
#define S2 4
#define S3 5
#define sensorOut 6

Servo topServo;
Servo bottomServo;

int frequency = 0;
int color=0;

void setup() {
  pinMode(S0, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(S1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(S2, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(S3, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(sensorOut, INPUT);

  // Setting frequency-scaling to 20%
  digitalWrite(S0, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(S1, LOW);

  topServo.attach(7);
  bottomServo.attach(8);

  Serial.begin(9600);
}

void loop() {

  topServo.write(115);
  delay(500);
  
  for(int i = 115; i > 65; i--) {
    topServo.write(i);
    delay(2);
  }
  delay(500);
  
  color = readColor();
  delay(10);  

  switch (color) {
    case 1:
    bottomServo.write(50);
    break;

    case 2:
    bottomServo.write(75);
    break;

    case 3:
    bottomServo.write(100);
    break;

    case 4:
    bottomServo.write(125);
    break;

    case 5:
    bottomServo.write(150);
    break;

    case 6:
    bottomServo.write(175);
    break;
    
    case 0:
    break;
  }
  delay(300);
  
  for(int i = 65; i > 29; i--) {
    topServo.write(i);
    delay(2);
  } 
  delay(200);
  
  for(int i = 29; i < 115; i++) {
    topServo.write(i);
    delay(2);
  }
  color=0;
}

// Custom Function - readColor()
int readColor() {
  // Setting red filtered photodiodes to be read
  digitalWrite(S2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(S3, LOW);
  // Reading the output frequency
  frequency = pulseIn(sensorOut, LOW);
  int R = frequency;
  // Printing the value on the serial monitor
  Serial.print("R= ");//printing name
  Serial.print(frequency);//printing RED color frequency
  Serial.print("  ");
  delay(50);

  // Setting Green filtered photodiodes to be read
  digitalWrite(S2, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(S3, HIGH);
  // Reading the output frequency
  frequency = pulseIn(sensorOut, LOW);
  int G = frequency;
  // Printing the value on the serial monitor
  Serial.print("G= ");//printing name
  Serial.print(frequency);//printing RED color frequency
  Serial.print("  ");
  delay(50);

  // Setting Blue filtered photodiodes to be read
  digitalWrite(S2, LOW);
  digitalWrite(S3, HIGH);
  // Reading the output frequency
  frequency = pulseIn(sensorOut, LOW);
  int B = frequency;
  // Printing the value on the serial monitor
  Serial.print("B= ");//printing name
  Serial.print(frequency);//printing RED color frequency
  Serial.println("  ");
  delay(50);

  if(R<45 & R>32 & G<65 & G>55){
    color = 1; // Red
  }
  if(G<55 & G>43 & B<47 &B>35){
    color = 2; // Orange
  }
  if(R<53 & R>40 & G<53 & G>40){
    color = 3; // Green
  }
  if(R<38 & R>24 & G<44 & G>30){
    color = 4; // Yellow
  }
  if(R<56 & R>46 & G<65 & G>55){
    color = 5; // Brown
  }
  if (G<58 & G>45 & B<40 &B>26){
    color = 6; // Blue
  }
  return color;  
}


I'm using this sensor for my project build

What color do You get here?

R= 289  G= 370  B= 313  
R= 284  G= 360  B= 298  
R= 285  G= 357  B= 305  
R= 286  G= 344  B= 300  
R= 283  G= 358  B= 309  
R= 282  G= 359  B= 297  
R= 283  G= 361  B= 305  
R= 282  G= 342  B= 301  
R= 287  G= 364  B= 300  
R= 278  G= 365  B= 303  
R= 289  G= 366  B= 312  
R= 290  G= 369  B= 310  

This type of values, serial monitor is showing
i think the code is not correct for my sensor

means? I don't how to see the color that it is showing

Print the value of the color returned from the resdColor() function.

And what values of raw R, G and B do you get with your red, green and blue test colored items? The lost you posted is meaningless if we don't know what was being sampled.

a7

Did you read the example you linked?

Here are the RGB values that I got from the sensor for each skittle. Note that these values can vary because the sensors isn’t always accurate

YOU must make an accurate range for YOUR colors. You also need a plan for "no color"

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