User Manual

Assembly

Only the Circuit Playground Express + Crickit combination needs assembly, the Feather and micro:bit Crickits have

sockets which the microcontroller plugs into.

The Crickit HAT for Raspberry Pi does not need assembly either, it has female receptors for a male Raspberry Pi

header.

The Circuit Playground Express version of Crickit comes

with a package of six threaded, hexagonal brass

standoffs. These will hold the Circuit Playground

Express above and onto the Crickit.

Using a Philips screwdriver and the provided screws,

attach the standoffs to the six large holes on the inside

ring of Crickit. There are three holes near the Adafruit

logo and three more near the Neopixel and speaker

outputs. You do not want to put the standoffs on the

holes on the outside edge of Crickit - there are 8

mounting holes there but these standoffs are needed for

the Circuit Playground Express.

Tighten the screws firm but do not try to tighten excessively. A good mechanical and electrical connection is needed

but excessive torque could crack a circuit board or at least make things hard to take apart later.

Once you have the six standoffs screwed into Crickit, place a Circuit Playground Express board (ID 3333, not the Circuit

Playground Classic board ID 3000) onto the standoffs with the silver USB-B port of the Express pointing in the same

direction as the Crickit black power jack. This will align the standoffs to the following pads:

4 o'clock: A1, "4:30": A0, 5 o'clock: VOUT

10 o'clock: SDA, "10:30": SCL, 11 o'clock: GND

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