Launchpad issue?

[swodaem]

So i was looking at all of the pictures of the examples on that link, and something just popped to mind. Am i supposed to connect my buttons via a ribbon cable to the pins on the top of the board?

[ILAMtitan]

Originally Posted by swodaem

So i was looking at all of the pictures of the examples on that link, and something just popped to mind. Am i supposed to connect my buttons via a ribbon cable to the pins on the top of the board?

Swodaem, we used the ribbon cables in the examples, but you dont have to. They provided an easy way to breakout all the signals to solderable connections, and hold really well to the LaunchPad pin headers.

I've also had success using header wires like these: http://www.amazon.com/Jumper-Wires-P...s=header+wires
You just chop off one end and its easy to solder to your switches.

Or, you can desolder the headers that are on there, and solder straight to the board. The connection and buttons are all to you. All the LaunchPad cares about is getting the 3.3V signal.

[swodaem]

Sweet! Hopefully it will work!