Introduction
Note to Users:
Thinking about 
engaging in LilyPad? Or possibly it is Arduino that tickles your fancy? Both? Well, whatever it really is, the ProtoSnap LilyPad developing Board is really a great device to focus on!
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The ProtoSnap LilyPad Development Board features a conglomerate of some of the most popular LilyPad panels. During the center of the mish-mash is our LilyPad Arduino Simple Board — a tiny, LilyPad form of the Arduino development that is popular platform. Utilizing the included FTDI fundamental Breakout, it is possible to plan this board to work well with a mess that is whole of and outputs:
Many of these are usually wired as much as the LilyPad Arduino Simple. Then, when you feel comfortable programming the Arduino to speak with dozens of panels, each piece can be broken by you down separately and implement them into the task nevertheless you see fit. But.
Needed Materials
To reprogram and recharge the board, you will need to connect a mini-B USB cable. Make sure it is maybe perhaps maybe not labeled вЂPower Only’ since these kind of cables will likely not send the development information needed by the LilyPad Arduino Simple Board. You can get one from SparkFun if you don’t have one:
SparkFun USB Mini-B Cable – 6 Base
It is a USB 2.0 kind A to Mini-B 5-pin cable. You understand, the mini-B connector that always includes USB Hubs, Cameras, MP3…
Recommended Reading
We recommend checking out these tutorials before continuing if you aren’t familiar with the following concepts.
What’s an Arduino?
Installing Arduino IDE
Preparing a Wearable Electronics Project
Hardware Overview and Features
The LilyPad Development Board features twelve LilyPad elements attached to a LilyPad Arduino Simple microcontroller by conductive pathways called traces. A number of these traces are concealed, however for guide, each component regarding the ProtoSnap has a label that is nearby in white silkscreen using the quantity of the LilyPad Arduino Simple sew tab it’s linked to.
If you have used an Arduino before, you are most likely knowledgeable about its pins — both electronic and analog. An Arduino has 14 pins that are digital and six or eight analog pins, all of these may be used to interface along with other components; for example, those surrounding the Arduino in the ProtoSnap LilyPad Development Board.
It is vital to understand which pin in the Arduino is linked with which component. If you ever require a reminder of just just just what pin links from what, all you really should do is look down.
A number of the sew monitoring of the LilyPad Arduino Simple have actually unique functionality:
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An ’The’ in the front of this true quantity denotes a tab that will work as an analog input. These sew tabs can read sensors that production a varying voltage like the light sensor constructed into the LilyPad Arduino Simple.
Discussing the annotated image above for the LilyPad developing Board, a ’
’ expression at the quantity suggests that tab supports PWM ( Pulse Width Modulation) output. These tabs can output an ”analog” sign which can be used to alter the brightness on LEDs, etc.
Note: The ”A” in the front of analog sew tab numbers in your rule is optional. Nonetheless, usually do not through the ”
” expression for PWM outputs. It’s just supplied making it simple for you to definitely always check which pins can create PWM (analog) production and it is maybe maybe maybe not utilized in development.
But, should your eyes are not up to reading that tiny text, here is a summary of the elements which are attached to the LilyPad Arduino Simple:
Minds up! Whenever intending to snap the LilyPad elements aside for a task, not absolutely all the components should be able to connect because of the design for the LilyPad Arduino Simple’s sew tabs. Specific elements are linked to the LilyPad Arduino Simple via little traces rather than the petals. The dining dining table above indicates which pins are attached to the sew tabs. Remember to prepare the task properly. You shall should also redefine the pins in rule whenever reconnecting the elements to your sew tabs.
As an example, if you opt to snap the components down and make use of the light sensor in place of a white LED, you need to reconnect the light sensor to some other analog pin (like A2-A5). The sensor will be able to be controlled by the LilyPad Arduino Simple again by replacing the connection of one of the components. Changing the LED on A3, will need the rule become modified when it comes to LilyPad light sensor on A3.
LilyPad Tri-Color LED
Inside an RGB LED are three smaller LEDs – a red, green, and blue. All these LEDs is linked to a sew tab on the Tri-Color LED, plus they are all linked through a typical anode (good) pin. Unlike other RGB LEDs, this setup implies that to light within the LED you will need to ground the person red, green, and blue LEDs rather than giving them energy.