Body: <p>My EV3 color sensors disconnect a fair number of times. What can I do to prevent this from happening apart from changing the sensors and cables?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What are you doing or what is happening when the sensor disconnects? Both the possible causes and the symptoms could be telling, so please describe such a scenario in as much detail as you can.
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Comments.Text: Just following using PD algorithm until a third sensor sees a certain color, but the problem is with sensors that are following the line. They sometimes just disconnect in the middle of the line following. I hope that helps describing the scenario.
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Comments.Text: It does help a little, at least we now know that the sensor is built in a model, which itself is moving. This means an intermittent contact issue in the cable is not excluded yet, so I'd suggest setting up the model in a way that eliminates all movements and check if the sensor still disconnects even in the absence of movement.
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Tags: <ev3><sensor-colour>
Title: EV3 Color Sensors Disconnecting
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ThreadText: # EV3 Color Sensors Disconnecting
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-24)
  
  My EV3 color sensors disconnect a fair number of times. What can I do to prevent this from happening apart from changing the sensors and cables?
  
  **Tags:** ev3, sensor-colour
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What are you doing or what is happening when the sensor disconnects? Both the possible causes and the symptoms could be telling, so please describe such a scenario in as much detail as you can.  
  > **username_0**: Just following using PD algorithm until a third sensor sees a certain color, but the problem is with sensors that are following the line. They sometimes just disconnect in the middle of the line following. I hope that helps describing the scenario.  
  > **username_1**: It does help a little, at least we now know that the sensor is built in a model, which itself is moving. This means an intermittent contact issue in the cable is not excluded yet, so I'd suggest setting up the model in a way that eliminates all movements and check if the sensor still disconnects even in the absence of movement.  
  
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