Mercurial > d1workshop
changeset 42:b47ccf72bc4a
Update setup instructions
| author | Radomir Dopieralski <sheep-devel@sheep.art.pl> |
|---|---|
| date | Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:34:52 +0200 |
| parents | 9bfd98bb0eb5 |
| children | 45226dcfc595 7f7108ebd3da 3b15fc72fb39 |
| files | setup.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/setup.rst Mon Oct 10 01:31:36 2016 +0200 +++ b/setup.rst Tue Oct 11 10:34:52 2016 +0200 @@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ The firmware that is flashed on the boards is also available at https://bitbucket.org/thesheep/d1workshop/downloads/firmware-combined.bin -There will be also some additional hardware available for experimenting. - Development Board ================= @@ -59,10 +57,9 @@ * ``3v3`` - this is a fancy way to write 3.3V, which is the voltage that the board runs on internally. You can think about this pin like the plus side - of a battery. There are several pins like this, they are all connected - inside. + of a battery. * ``gnd``, ``G`` - this is the ground. Think about it like the minus side of - the battery. They are also all connected. + the battery. * ``gpioXX`` - "gpio" stands for "general purpose input output". Those are the pins we will be using for sending and receiving signals to and from various devices that we will connect to them. They can act as output -- @@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ your program. Or they can act as input, telling your program whether they are connected to plus or minus. * ``a0`` - this is the analog pin. It can measure the voltage that is applied - to it, but it can only handle up to 1V. + to it, but it can only handle up to 3.3V. * ``5V`` - this pin is connected with the 5V from your computer. You can also use it to power your board with a battery when it's not connected to the computer. The voltage applied here will be internally converted to the @@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ Connecting ========== -The board you got should already have Micropython with all the needed libraries +The board you got should already have MicroPython with all the needed libraries flashed on it. In order to access its console, you will need to connect it to your computer with the micro-USB cable, and access the serial interface that appears with a terminal program.
