Adafruit CRICKIT for Circuit Playground Express
{"id":6060100550849,"title":"Adafruit CRICKIT for Circuit Playground Express","handle":"adafruit-crickit-for-circuit-playground-express","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Crickit - That's Creative Robotics \u0026amp; Interactive Construction Kit. It's an add-on to the popular \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.makershed.com\/products\/circuit-playground-express-base-kit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCircuit Playground Express\u003c\/a\u003e that lets you #MakeRobotFriend using CircuitPython, MakeCode, or Arduino.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBolt on your Circuit Playground using the included stand-off bolts and start controlling motors, servos, solenoids. You also get signal pins, capacitive touch sensors, a NeoPixel driver and amplified speaker output. It complements \u0026amp; extends the Circuit Playground so you can still use all the goodies on the CPX, but now you have a robotics playground as well.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Crickit is powered by seesaw, our I2C-to-whatever bridge firmware. So you only need to use two data pins to control the huge number of inputs and outputs on the Crickit. All those timers, PWMs, sensors are offloaded to the co-processor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e this robot board does not require any soldering but you will need a power supply and a Circuit Playground Express to go along with the Crickit and these are not included! If you're going to be running more than 2 large motors or servos at a time, we recommend a 5V 4A power supply\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince you'll be working with high-current devices, we wanted to have a good solid power supply system that minimizes risk of damage. The power supply has an 'eFuse' management chip that will automatically turn off if the voltage goes above 5.5V or below 3V and has over-current protection at 4A. Every motor driver has kick-back protection. 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It's an add-on to the popular \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.makershed.com\/products\/circuit-playground-express-base-kit\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCircuit Playground Express\u003c\/a\u003e that lets you #MakeRobotFriend using CircuitPython, MakeCode, or Arduino.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBolt on your Circuit Playground using the included stand-off bolts and start controlling motors, servos, solenoids. You also get signal pins, capacitive touch sensors, a NeoPixel driver and amplified speaker output. It complements \u0026amp; extends the Circuit Playground so you can still use all the goodies on the CPX, but now you have a robotics playground as well.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Crickit is powered by seesaw, our I2C-to-whatever bridge firmware. So you only need to use two data pins to control the huge number of inputs and outputs on the Crickit. All those timers, PWMs, sensors are offloaded to the co-processor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note:\u003c\/strong\u003e this robot board does not require any soldering but you will need a power supply and a Circuit Playground Express to go along with the Crickit and these are not included! If you're going to be running more than 2 large motors or servos at a time, we recommend a 5V 4A power supply\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSince you'll be working with high-current devices, we wanted to have a good solid power supply system that minimizes risk of damage. The power supply has an 'eFuse' management chip that will automatically turn off if the voltage goes above 5.5V or below 3V and has over-current protection at 4A. Every motor driver has kick-back protection. We think this is a nice and durable board for robotics! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}