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- Introduction to the pyboard
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- To get the most out of your pyboard, there are a few basic things to
- understand about how it works.
- Caring for your pyboard
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- Because the pyboard does not have a housing it needs a bit of care:
- - Be gentle when plugging/unplugging the USB cable. Whilst the USB connector
- is soldered through the board and is relatively strong, if it breaks off
- it can be very difficult to fix.
- - Static electricity can shock the components on the pyboard and destroy them.
- If you experience a lot of static electricity in your area (eg dry and cold
- climates), take extra care not to shock the pyboard. If your pyboard came
- in a black plastic box, then this box is the best way to store and carry the
- pyboard as it is an anti-static box (it is made of a conductive plastic, with
- conductive foam inside).
- As long as you take care of the hardware, you should be okay. It's almost
- impossible to break the software on the pyboard, so feel free to play around
- with writing code as much as you like. If the filesystem gets corrupt, see
- below on how to reset it. In the worst case you might need to reflash the
- MicroPython software, but that can be done over USB.
- Layout of the pyboard
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- The micro USB connector is on the top right, the micro SD card slot on
- the top left of the board. There are 4 LEDs between the SD slot and
- USB connector. The colours are: red on the bottom, then green, orange,
- and blue on the top. There are 2 switches: the right one is the reset
- switch, the left is the user switch.
- Plugging in and powering on
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- The pyboard can be powered via USB. Connect it to your PC via a micro USB
- cable. There is only one way that the cable will fit. Once connected,
- the green LED on the board should flash quickly.
- Powering by an external power source
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- The pyboard can be powered by a battery or other external power source.
- **Be sure to connect the positive lead of the power supply to VIN, and
- ground to GND. There is no polarity protection on the pyboard so you
- must be careful when connecting anything to VIN.**
- **The input voltage must be between 3.6V and 10V.**
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