{"id":233,"date":"2016-12-17T23:17:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T22:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2025-11-15T23:19:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T22:19:13","slug":"lego-robot-controller-pin-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Lego robot controller &#8211; Pin-outs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wiring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the pin mapping we have for the onboard components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arduino pins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>D7<\/td><td><em>RF port<\/em> pin 3 (RF_CE)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D8<\/td><td><em>RF port<\/em> pin 4 (RF_CS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D9 (PWM)<\/td><td>Motor B1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D10 (PWM)<\/td><td>Motor B2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D11 (SPI MOSI)<\/td><td><em>RF port<\/em> pin 6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D12 (SPI MISO)<\/td><td><em>RF port<\/em> pin 7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D13 (SPI SCK)<\/td><td><em>RF port<\/em> pin 5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A4 (I2C SDA)<\/td><td><em>10DOF port<\/em> pin 5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A5 (I2C SCL)<\/td><td><em>10DOF port<\/em> pin 4<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the same, but from the other direction<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RF port pins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>1-GND<\/td><td>2-VCC &#8211; 3.3V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3-CE &#8211; D7<\/td><td>4-CSN &#8211; D8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5-SCK &#8211; D13<\/td><td>6-MOSI &#8211; D11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7-MISO &#8211; D12<\/td><td>8-IRQ &#8211; Not connected<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10DOF port pins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>1 VIN<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2 (3V3)<\/td><td>Not connected<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3 GND<\/td><td>GND<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4 SCL<\/td><td>A5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5 SDA<\/td><td>A4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6 (M_DRDY)<\/td><td>Not connected<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7 (G_ADO)<\/td><td>Not connected<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8 (G_INT)<\/td><td>Not connected<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Extension port pins<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the extension port pin-out. Top view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>D3<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>D2<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>D10 (shared with Motor B2)<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A3<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A2<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A1<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A0<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dual color sensor extension panel<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Logical:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>A0<\/td><td>Sensor1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A2<\/td><td>Sensor2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A3<\/td><td>Light out RED<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D2<\/td><td>Light out GREEN<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>D3<\/td><td>Light out BLUE<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical (top view):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>D3 &#8211; BLUE OUT<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>D2 &#8211; GREEN OUT<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>D10 &#8211; Free \/ Motor B2<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A3 &#8211; RED OUT<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A2 &#8211; Sensor2<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A1 &#8211; FREE<\/td><td>5V<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>GND<\/td><td>A0 &#8211; Sensor1<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BPX 43 wiring<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/?attachment_id=235\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"304\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-17-at-23.14.22.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-12-17-at-23-14-22\" class=\"wp-image-235\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiring This is the pin mapping we have for the onboard components. Arduino pins D7 RF port pin 3 (RF_CE) D8 RF port pin 4 (RF_CS) D9 (PWM) Motor B1 D10 (PWM) Motor B2 D11 (SPI MOSI) RF port pin 6 D12 (SPI MISO) RF port pin 7 D13 (SPI SCK) RF port pin 5\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/?p=233\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arduino","category-lego-robot-controller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=233"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1123,"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233\/revisions\/1123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharedinventions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}