I'm running raspbian on my pi 3 model b and trying to get the i2c TCS3472 colour sensor working

Question

I am trying to get the TCS3472 color sensor to work with RaspberryPi, I have setup I2C succesfully and can detect the sensor with i2cdetect -y 1 which outputs

    0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  a  b  c  d  e  f
 00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
 10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 
 20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 -- -- -- -- -- -- 
 30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

ls /dev/i2*

gives 2 devices

/dev/i2c-1  /dev/i2c-2

If I test the connection with this.

import board
import adafruit_tcs34725
i2c = board.I2C()
sensor = adafruit_tcs34725.TCS34725(i2c)

I get a runtime error

 RuntimeError: Could not find sensor, check wiring!

The unit works with Ardiuno.

Using Python 3.9.2

Based on the CircuitPython module for the TCS34725 color sensor. It is not an original AdaFruit product but I would definitely buy one if that was the problem

Answer 1

I looked at the line producing the error in the adafruit_tcs34725.py library file and printed out the sensor ID and added it to the expected list (was 77 is 0x4D in hex)

        print(sensor_id)
        if sensor_id not in (0x44, 0x10, 0x4D):
            raise RuntimeError("Could not find sensor, check wiring!")

Hope this helps someone save a bit of time.