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...
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 plug-in connector ecosystem for sensors and modules that avoids soldering and jumper wires. Grove compatibility matters because it can make it quicker to add supported I2C devices, as long as the cable and voltage are suitable.
- 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 serial connection that sends data over separate transmit and receive wires, often labelled TX and RX. It matters because this module is designed to replace a wired UART cable with a wireless link while keeping the same serial data format.
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