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mikromedia 7 CAPACITIVE U S E R M A N U A L
CONNECTIVITY
5.7 mikroBUS
™
shuttle connector
Mikromedia 7 is the first development board made in the world that uses
the mikroBUS
™
Shuttle connector, a brand new addition to the mikroBUS
™
standard in the form of a 2x8 pin IDC header with 1.27mm (50mil) pitch.
Unlike mikroBUS
™
sockets, mikroBUS
™
Shuttle connectors take up much
less space, allowing them to be used in cases where more compact
design is required. There are five mikroBUS
™
Shuttle connectors (1) on the
development board, labeled from MB1 to MB5.
Typically, a mikroBUS
™
Shuttle connector can be used in combination with
mikroBUS
™
Shuttle extension board but is not limited to it.
mikroBUS
™
Shuttle extension board (3) is an add-on board equipped
with the conventional mikroBUS
™
socket and four mounting holes. It
can be connected to the mikroBUS
™
Shuttle connector by a flat cable.
This ensures compatibility with the huge base of Click boards
™
. Using
mikroBUS
™
Shuttles also provides a number of additional benefits:
∫ When using flat cables, the position of mikroBUS
™
Shuttle is not fixed
∫ mikroBUS
™
Shuttle extension boards contain additional mounting holes
for permanent installation
∫ An arbitrary length of flat cables may be used (depending on the
particular use cases)
∫ Connectivity can be additionally expanded, by cascading these
connectors using Shuttle click (2)
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