  In this paper we introduce a proposal to provide students in labs with an
alternative to the traditional visible range spectrophotometers, whose
acquisition and maintenance entails high costs, based on smartphones. Our
solution faced two aspects. On the one hand, the software for the smartphone,
able to perform the typical functionalities of the traditional
spectrophotometers. On the other hand, the portable peripheral support needed
to capture the images to be analyzed in the smartphone. The promising results
allow this solution to be applied in Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD) contexts.
