Expanding the use of the Micro:bit
Updated: Aug 6, 2018
The BBC Micro:bit is great to get you started into programming, it has a whole range of inbuilt functionality like an accelorometer and and a simple 5x5 display. But what if you want to connect this little device to more, perhaps a robot or move away from just using crocodile clips on the simple connections available?
What I have used in many projects now is to add an edge connector to the Micro:bit, this allows all 20 pins available to be used, and you can easily plug in jumper leads to expand the use.
I typically use this edge connector in my projects:
You can then use standard jumper wires to access the pins and add them to your own projects.
You will need to have a female ended jumper wires to plug into the edge connector. These are available in many places for sale, Amazon is always a good starting point.
You also will need to then know what pins are available and I have found the best way to work this out is use the pinout diagram available here.
This will allow you to see which connections you can use as digital pins or analog pins.
I used the edge connector and this pin out diagram on one of my projects here.
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