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Raspberry Pi 3 Model B GPIO 40 Pin Block Pinout

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago +6
    Want to print this out for use on your header? I saved the image to my PC. Open with MSPaint. Go to Page Setup. Change your scaling to 18%. Print the image. Cut it out and press in place on your GPIO header…
  • gwideman
    gwideman over 10 years ago in reply to clem57 +4
    clem57 I fully realize that you are not responsible for the RPi's deficient docs. And I thanked you earlier for your contribution to try to fill in the blank. You seem to think I'm criticizing you and…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 10 years ago in reply to gwideman +4
    I agree. It is quite moving that Element14's entire team, and Farnell/Newark, clem57 and others in the community do such a fantastic job supporting as best as they can, and get people up-to-speed on the…
  • gwideman
    gwideman over 10 years ago

    Are there any actual electrical specs for this I/O?  In particular,

     

    • what voltage standard do these I/Os employ?
    • if not 5V I/Os, are they 5V tolerant inputs?
    • how much current can they deliver?
    • are there requirements regarding power-up sequence relative to attached devices?

     

    Also, schematics?

     

    Thanks, Graham

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  • cstanton
    cstanton over 10 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Pin one of the GPIO diagram is square, if you look at the underside of the Raspberry Pi 3 you will see that one of the solder patterns on the pins is also square, as this is pin one.

     

    This is the key to line up the diagram with.

     

    Hope that helps.

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Thanks for the tip!

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 11 years ago

    This post arrived just while I was searching for something with all the pinout !!! Many thanks Pauline image

     

    Enrico

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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 11 years ago

    Look on the bottom of the board.  That square soldering pad is pin 1.  All those graphic representations are showing a top down view of the soldering pads.  Now look back at the business side of the GPIO while keeping the square pad in mind.  You'll see it.

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