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Grove Module

Grove Module Backpack Documentation​

1. Introduction​

The Grove backpack Module is an expansion module that allows you to connect Grove sensors and actuators to Elioblocs.

2. Technical Characteristics​

  • Number of Ports: 4
  • Type of Ports: Grove
  • Operating Voltage: 3.3V to 5V
  • Interface: I2C, UART, Analog, Digital

3. Pin Configuration​

Grove Module Pinout

4. Using Module Grove with CircuitPython​

Library Installation:

  1. No library installation is required to use the Grove Module backpack in Elioblocs.

Code Example With a Grove Button:

import board
import digitalio
import neopixel
import time

button = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.IO2)
button.direction = digitalio.Direction.INPUT

# Built in Neopixel declaration
pixels = neopixel.NeoPixel(board.NEOPIXEL, 1, brightness=0.2, auto_write=False, pixel_order=neopixel.GRB)


while True:
    if button.value:
        pixels.fill((255, 0, 0))
        pixels.show()
        time.sleep(1)

    else:
        pixels.fill((0, 0, 0))
        pixels.show()