Seeed Studio
Grove Shield for micro:bit
The Grove Shield for micro:bit is a plug-and-play expansion board that bridges the micro:bit with the Seeed Studio Grove ecosystem. It provides 4 Grove conne...
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The Grove Shield for micro:bit is a plug-and-play expansion board that bridges the micro:bit with the Seeed Studio Grove ecosystem. It provides 4 Grove connectors on-board (covering different interfaces) with provision for 4 additional Grove ports, giving access to hundreds of Grove sensors, actuators, displays, and communication modules.
The shield retains the micro:bit's edge connector pins — including P0, P1, and P2 touch-capable pins — for use with crocodile clips or 4mm banana plugs. A micro USB port on the shield provides an alternative way to power the micro:bit.
Key Features
- 4 Grove Connectors – Covering different interfaces (digital, analogue, I2C, UART)
- Expandable to 8 Ports – 4 additional pin-outs for extra Grove connectors
- Edge Connector Access – P0, P1, P2 touch pins and other I/O accessible via crocodile clips
- Micro USB Power – Power the micro:bit directly from the shield
- Plug-and-Play – No soldering required, simply slot in your micro:bit
Ideal For
- Expanding micro:bit projects with Grove sensors and actuators
- STEM education and classroom activities
- Rapid prototyping without soldering
Package Contents
- 1× Grove Shield for micro:bit
Jargon buster
Plain-language definitions for the technical terms used above.
- Grove
- Grove is a standardised 4-pin plug-in connector system for sensors and modules that avoids soldering and jumper wires, with different cable types carrying I2C, UART, analogue or digital signals. When a product is Grove-compatible it can be quicker to connect supported modules, provided the connector type, signal and voltage all match.
- Shield
- An add-on board that plugs into a main controller board to give it extra features such as sensing, motor control or communication. Knowing a product supports shields helps you judge whether it can connect neatly into an existing maker-board setup.
- UART
- UART is a simple asynchronous serial interface that sends data over separate transmit and receive wires, usually labelled TX and RX, with both ends set to the same baud rate. It is a common way for microcontrollers and other serial devices to exchange data.
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