Arduino UNO color sorter with TC230 and 360° servo motor

Hi, so I´ve been trying to make a TSC230 color sensor to control a 360° servo motor, nevertheless i cannot make it work since most of the material i found is for 180° so, can anyone help me create a small code so the motor moves forward a certain time if it detects a color (Red for example) and moves in the other direction if it detects another color (Blue) for example while it prints in the serial monitor the color detected? so far this is what i have:

#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;  
}

Welcome to the forum

Exactly which type of servo do you have ?

For instance, is it a continuous rotation "servo" that does not allow you to move it to a given angle and, if so, does that matter ?

Hi, thanks. Micro servo TS90MD
and yes, i can control the speed and the direction but not in terms of an angle, but as long as it spins for a set time and a specific direction with the signal of the sensor it really doesn´t matter

In that case you do not need the for loops that write changing values to the servo. They can be replaced with a single write() that sets the speed and direction of the servo

Whilst the servo rotates in the required direction for a period is the program required to do anything else such as detecting a change in colour ?

so basically what i need it to do is:

  1. read a color
  2. move 2 servos motors a set amount of time
  3. stop the motors
    4.read the next color
    5.repeat

But as of right now i have still no clue on how to do it either based on the code or another

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