Modulino --> QWIIC
Rayman
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Just noticed these things on the Arduino page:
https://store-usa.arduino.cc/collections/boards-modules/products/modulino-pixels
They look a lot like some QWIIC things from Adafruit and Sparkfun.
If reading it right, think it is QWIIC, they just went with a tan plastic connector instead of the usual black.
This is nice as it adds to the collection of QWIIC things.
Am a fan of QWIIC, so have started adding to generic boards, like the P2 Platform and the SWaP Carrier.
Makes it easy to play with things...
Added it to SWaP carrier after @JonnyMac mentioned existence of a vertical QWIIC connector...
Guess this doesn't have to be just P2, pretty sure would be fine with P1 too... Maybe better as lower cost entry...
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I made a board like the P2 Eval for the P1 (FLiP). Any time I build a P2 accessory board that has two spare pins, I just throw on a QWIIC.
Technically, QWIIC (Sparkfun) and Stemma (Adafruit) are marketing names for the JST SM04B-SRSS-TB (H) and BM04B-SRSS-TB (V) which seem only to be available in ivory. I prefer the black parts from Sparkfun; thankfully these can be obtained through Digikey with my other parts.
Digikey:
@JonnyMac Board looks good, you should sell it! (maybe you already are? don't check P1 page often enough...)
Might move reset button closer to the edge of board?
Sometimes find the desire to create some sort of shield for things like this and they often prevent access to the reset button...
Think seeing RESN on one of the pins though, so guess one could just add another reset button, if needed...
I built that board for Josh and me so we'd have a quick prototyping/development for use with P2-type accessory boards. Long term we may start building boards that we resell, but that's down the road. Right now Elite just sells full products (and spare parts to existing customers).
Diptrace doesn't allow for an orthographic view in its 3D window so the reset button looks out-of-place. In the attached image is my V1 board and you can see that there is no access problem. I put it at that end of the FLiP for people who are used to hunting for the little reset button on that end of the FLiP
V2 has Grove connector added (shared with the QWIIC pins) because there seem to be a lot of low-cost experimenter boards that use Grove. Also, the header with the programming pins is meant to be compatible with the Parallax WiFi adapter.
Looks good. Think there are also QWIIC to Grove adapter cables, so could just use QWIIC connectors...
There probably are, but it I was updating the board, anyway, and it seemed like an easy add. My friend John Huffman bought a kit of parts to learn with, and all the boards in it use Grove, and it comes with a bunch of Grove cables. For this scenario -- especially for newcomers who aren't as adept at acquiring parts as we are -- putting the connect on made sense.