Hardware Setup

Installing the board:

  • plug the shield onto the Raspberry pi, taking care to line up the pins to the outside corner of the board. 
The add-on board connected to a Raspberry Pi 3 B

 

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The add-on board connected to a Pi Zero* 

Note: for the Pi Zero, you will need to solder some male headers to the board.

The board supports up to 4 digital sensors, and 8 analog sensors:

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Analog sensors

  • plug in your analog sensor(s) onto the headers on the right side of the board. Make sure the orientation is correct (red wire of sensor should be at the top)
This photo shows a single analog sensor plugged into the first port

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This photo shows two sensors, one in the first and last analog ports

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And thats it! Proceed to the basic C examples page, or back to the documentation index!

Digital Sensors

For digital (I2C) sensors, there are 4 ports available.

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This photo shows a digital I2C sensor plugged into the first port

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Take care to align the digital sensor. The image below shows an incorrect configuration