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Octopus Electronic Bricks, you can use them build electronics projects just as easy as piling bricks. By using Octopus electronic bricks, you may connect Arduino/Freaduino compatible boards easily with various digital, analog and I2C/Uart interfaces. These the breadboard-less firm connection are prepared to extensive modules like poteniometers, sensors, relays, servos even buttons, just plug and play. 

This is a Button Switch with Circle Transparent Cap, which detects your press action. It is ideal for beginner class to test the Arduino or be your first sensor in your project. It was easy to be used for Chipkit, STM32, AVR, ARM and other mirc-MCU.

The Freaduino Sensor Shield is the perfect shield to connect this senor to Arduino. Or Freaduino UNO which we had pre-stray Octopus Brick interface.

You can add the label under the Circle Transparent Cap.

Features

3P buckled wires connector

Easy to plug and play

Large button keypad and high-quality first-class hat

Able to achieve very interesting and an interactive work

Specification

Big button module pin definition: (1) Output (2) VCC (3) GND

Quick Start

Hardware Connection

Connection note: Connect this module to the P1 port on OCTOPUS:BIT, and insert the micro:bit into the OCTOPUS:BIT. 

Programming

Code

Program links

Results

When pressing the switch, a "square" pattern can be seen on the 5x5 led screen, or a "icon" pattern shows on the screen without being pressed.

Resources:

Schematic

Please visit the ElecFreaks wiki page for more info about this product. It will be appreciated if you can help us improve the documents, add more demo code or tutorials. 

The Octopus Button Switch Brick OBButton appears in the following collections:

SKU EF-EF04033