Pololu Wixel Shield for Arduino - Manual (Page 8)

Wixel shield for Arduino with included hardware.
• two extended 1×8 female headers (for Arduino
shields)
• two extended 1×6 female headers (for Arduino
shields)
• one 1×12 female header
[http://www.pololu.com/product/1030] (Wixel socket header)
• one 1×11 female header
[http://www.pololu.com/product/1021] (Wixel socket header)
• one pushbutton [http://www.pololu.com/product/1400]
(Arduino reset button)
This provides everything you need to plug an assembled
Wixel [http://www.pololu.com/product/1336] into the shield and
the shield into an Arduino [http://www.pololu.com/product/
2191] .
The left picture below shows a fully-assembled Wixel shield, and the right picture below shows that assembled shield
being used with a Wixel and an Arduino Uno. Note that the header pins should be soldered into the outer rows of
through-holes as shown in the pictures below; the inner rows provide additional access to the Arduino and Wixel pins.
Note: If the headers are not soldered in straight, it might be difficult to plug the shield into the Arduino
or the Wixel into the shield. One technique for soldering headers on straight is to solder only a single
header pin to the shield. If the header is not straight, you can melt the solder on this pin with your
soldering iron and adjust the header with your free hand until it is. You should only solder the rest of
the header pins when you are sure the header is straight.
If none of your Wixels has header pins soldered in, you will need to assemble at least one Wixel with the included
male headers as shown in the picture below:
Pololu Wixel Shield for Arduino User's Guide © 2001–2014 Pololu Corporation
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