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Edge Connector Breakout Board for BBC micro:bit - Pre-built
The Edge Connector Breakout Board for the BBC micro:bit provides easy access to all of the processor pins on the micro:bit's edge connector. Pre-built with p...
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The Edge Connector Breakout Board for the BBC micro:bit provides easy access to all of the processor pins on the micro:bit's edge connector. Pre-built with pin headers already soldered, it's ready to use straight out of the box.
21 pins are broken out in total, including additional I/O lines, direct access to buttons A and B, LED matrix outputs, and the I2C bus. The SCL and SDA pins are separated at the board edge for easy identification. A built-in prototyping area with 3V, 0V, and unconnected rows lets you solder on switches, sensors, and pull-up or pull-down resistors as needed.
Key Features
- 21 Breakout Pins – Access all important pins from the micro:bit edge connector
- Prototyping Area – Dedicated area with 3V and 0V rows for quick circuit building
- Pre-built – Straight double-row PCB pin headers pre-soldered for immediate use
- Clear Labelling – All pins labelled with straightforward documentation
Ideal For
- Accessing additional pins and functionality on the BBC micro:bit
- Prototyping circuits with jumper wires and breadboards
- Educational electronics projects and experiments
Specifications
- Dimensions – 60 × 40 × 11.8 mm
- Pins Broken Out – 21
- Connector – Edge connector for BBC micro:bit
Package Contents
- 1× Edge Connector Breakout Board for the BBC micro:bit (pre-built)
Resources
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Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- breakout
- A breakout board carries a small or fine-pitched component and brings its connections out to standard, breadboard- and header-friendly pins. Describing a part as a breakout means it can be wired into a project without soldering directly to the component's tiny contacts.
- Headers
- Rows of connector contacts on a fixed pitch (commonly 2.54 mm) used to link a board to a breadboard, jumper wires, or another board. They come as male pin headers and female socket headers; when a module ships with pre-soldered headers it can be used straight away, whereas bare pads require soldering the pins yourself.
- I2C
- I2C is a two-wire communication bus used by many sensors and small modules. It matters because several I2C devices can share the same two wires, but each device needs a compatible address and your controller must support I2C.
- LED
- A light-emitting diode (LED) is a small electronic component that emits light when current flows through it in the correct direction. Because it only conducts one way, its polarity matters, and a through-hole LED must be soldered the correct way around to light up.
- PCB
- A printed circuit board (PCB) is a board, usually rigid, with etched copper tracks that connect electronic components together without loose wiring. Components are mounted on the board and signals route between them through the copper layout.
- SCL
- The clock line used by the I2C bus to keep data transfers timed between a controller and connected devices. When wiring I2C, SCL must be connected to the SCL pin on every device sharing the bus.
- SDA
- The data line used by the I2C bus to carry information between a controller and connected devices. When wiring I2C, SDA must be connected to the SDA pin on every device sharing the bus.
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