Tempus Fugit... Part 3: micro:bit Interfacing 5V Logic

RE: Tempus Fugit... Part 3: micro:bit Interfacing 5V Logic

DAB — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 18:42:22 GMT

Yes, transistors are your friend.

I had to use a transistor to boost the current of a RPi to drive a circuit. Simple solutions are always the best.

DAB

RE: Tempus Fugit... Part 3: micro:bit Interfacing 5V Logic

shabaz — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:20:25 GMT

Hi Enrico,

Excellent, detailed post! Thank you for this, I'd not seen such comprehensive information on the micro:bit hardware - I did not realize the schematics were available. Also all the valuable detail about the test points and interfacing are awesome!

It's a really great platform - I purchased another one today, to explore it further and make more use of them, because it is very small and powerful. The fact that you're not exposing the LEDs provides some ideas. For some applications people could embed a micro:bit in equipment like you have, with just the USB exposed for external interfacing, and no-one would know that the system processor board was a micro:bit inside!

RE: Tempus Fugit... Part 3: micro:bit Interfacing 5V Logic

luislabmo — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 13:24:12 GMT

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Luis