Edge Connector Breakout Board for the BBC micro:bit www.kitronik.co.uk/5601B Introduction: This breakout board has been designed to offer an easy way to Layout: connect additional circuits and hardware to the edge connector on the BBC micro:bit. This edge connector offers access to a large number of the BBC BBC micro:bit compatible connector Solder pads connected to the BBC micro:bit processor pins. For details on these please refer to the next page. micro:bit I2C pins To use the breakout board the BBC micro:bit should be inserted firmly into the connector as shown below. Prototyping area Pin headers connected through to the BBC micro:bit pin numbers as This area has been designed to allow indicated Examples of board in use: This breakout board is used in our Inventors kit for you to prototype small circuits. There BBC micro:bit. This kit is supplied with instructions detailing a number of uses is a 3V and 0V row, and three This area is fitted with a 20x2 row of for the board. These can be found at www.kitronik.co.uk/microbitinvent additional connecting sections. pin headers. These can be used to connect an IDC cable or jumper wires.Edge Connector Breakout Board for the BBC micro:bit www.kitronik.co.uk/5601B Breakout PCB Ref (if applicable) Name Description 0V 0V / ground 22 0V 0V / ground 0V Edge Connector Pinout 0V 0V / ground 21 Note: A number of these pins may not SDA Serial data pin connected to the magnetometer & accelerometer 20 be accessible in all editors. SCL Serial clock pin connected to the magnetometer & accelerometer 19 3V 3V / positive supply 18 3V 3V / positive supply 3V 3V 3V / positive supply 17 DIO General purpose digital IO (P16 in editors) 16 SCK Serial connection - Clock 15 MISO Serial connection - Master Input / Slave Output 14 MOSI Serial connection - Master Output / Slave Input 13 PAD2 General purpose digital / analogue IO (P2 in editors) 2 DIO General purpose digital IO (P12 in editors) 12 BTN B Button B Normally high, going low on press (Button B in editors) 11 COL3 Column 3 on the LED matrix 10 COL7 Column 7 on the LED matrix 9 DIO General purpose digital IO (P8 in in editors) 8 PAD1 General purpose digital / analogue IO (P1 in editors) 1 0V COL8 Column 8 on the LED matrix 7 Special function pin 3V COL9 Column 9 on the LED matrix 6 Digital input / output BTN A Button A Normally high, going low on press (Button A in editors) 5 Analogue input / digital IO COL2 Column 2 on the LED matrix 4 Digital input (shared with a button) PAD0 General purpose digital / analogue IO (P0 in editors) Digital output (shared with LED matrix) 0 3 COL1 Column 1 on the LED matrix