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Technical Specifications
Date: 06.07.2015 Last updated: 20.07.2015 at 17.04
Category: Learning; Online and interactive; Make It Digital
Board layout - front
1. Button A (left button with edge connector at the bottom) – labelled A on the board
2. Button B (right button with edge connector at the bottom) – labelled B on the
board
3. P0 (left large pin (crocodile clip port) with edge connector at the bottom) - labelled
0 on the board
4. P1 (middle large pin (crocodile clip port) with edge connector at the bottom) -
labelled 1 on the board
5. P2 (right large pin (crocodile clip port) with edge connector at the bottom) -
labelled 2 on the board
6. +3V - labelled 3V on the board. This is 3V PWR OUT
7. GND
8. P3 – P22 pins from left to right with edge connector at the bottom. Referred to as
Pins when referencing that part of the board. Text will talk about 'pins' when referring
to individual connections or the general way of connecting to the board – not labelled
on the front of the board
9. LED matrix referred as the 'screen' - not labelled on the board
10. LED coordinates starting at 0,0 top left corner - not labelled on the board
The order of the large pins as follows: P0 P1 P2 3V GND labelled 0, 1, 2, 3V GND
on the board