Wiring TI Launchpad

[Crossle86]

Finally getting back to this issue. I'm wondering about the statement in the last post that indicated the boostxl-iobkout board has pwm style 3 pin headers. There are no headers on the boostxl I have, only screw terminals.

[dyanoshak]

Originally Posted by Crossle86

Finally getting back to this issue. I'm wondering about the statement in the last post that indicated the boostxl-iobkout board has pwm style 3 pin headers. There are no headers on the boostxl I have, only screw terminals.

The way I worded that was a little misleading. The headers need to be added by the user. Standard 0.1" pitch breakaway headers will work. You can usually find these at your local electronics store or Radio Shack (if it hasn't closed down yet). You can also find them anywhere components are sold online like Digikey. It would be a great use of the DigiKey voucher that came in the kit this year.

• Breakaway Headers
• DigiKey Voucher: www.digikey.com/first

[Crossle86]

I'm sure I being dense here, but how do you use these headers to make one pin on the launchpad (I assume you are talking about doing the pad itself as the booster would be unnecessary if you can wire to the pad) into a 3 pin connection. Do you break off 3 pins but just put one pin in the socket on the launchpad?

[dyanoshak]

Originally Posted by Crossle86

I'm sure I being dense here, but how do you use these headers to make one pin on the launchpad (I assume you are talking about doing the pad itself as the booster would be unnecessary if you can wire to the pad) into a 3 pin connection. Do you break off 3 pins but just put one pin in the socket on the launchpad?

You break off rows of headers and solder them to the pads that are directly behind the screw terminals. They are labeled the same as the screw terminals and are in the standard 3-pin arrangement: Signal-Power-Ground (S + -).

Take a look at the attached picture.

[Crossle86]

Picture is worth 1k words! Thanks so much.