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Most new Modtronix Single Board Computers have a 6 pin female Micro Match connector
with I2C, SPI, 5V and GND pins on them. The Micro Match connector is manufactured by AMP, and
is a very small, polarized and cheap connector! This connector is also supported by other
manufactures of I2C equipment, which allows devices from different manufactures to be interchanged.
Male Micro Match connectors that fits into this connector are available from various distributors
and also from the
Modtronix online store.
Particularly useful is the "male-on-wire" type connector, seeing that they
can be crimped onto a standard 1.27mm ribbon cable. Multiple of these connectors can be daisy chained
together to allow several I2C on a single bus. Pre made cables are also available from the Modtronix online
store.
The pinouts of the Micro Match I2C connector is:
| Micro Match Connector Pin
| I2C Signal
| SPI Signal
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| 1 |
SDA - I2C data I/O |
SDI - SPI data in |
| 2 |
+5V |
+5V |
| 3 |
Ground |
Ground |
| 4 |
SCL - I2C clock |
SCK - SPI clock |
| 5 |
PIC port pin - Can be used as general purpose pin |
SDO - SPI data out |
| 6 |
No Connection |
No Connection |
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