Loading Profile...
connection to Arduino mega?
Hi Tod;
I am also having the problem of getting the BlinkM to communicate. Does the Arduino mega have diffrent pins as well? All the getting started steps work as described but the BlinkM just keeps following the default color sequence. Here is photo of connections: (edit) well there would be a photo but keep getting an [oject error] no matter what file format I use, as a jpeg it is 750kb. hmmmm.
I am also having the problem of getting the BlinkM to communicate. Does the Arduino mega have diffrent pins as well? All the getting started steps work as described but the BlinkM just keeps following the default color sequence. Here is photo of connections: (edit) well there would be a photo but keep getting an [oject error] no matter what file format I use, as a jpeg it is 750kb. hmmmm.
I’m frustrated
1
person has this question
I have this question, too!
Tell me when someone answers.
The more people who ask this question, the more it gets noticed.
The more people who ask this question, the more it gets noticed.
Create a customer community for your own organization
Plans starting at $19/month
-
Inappropriate?Hi Kesha,
The Arduino MEGA has dedicated I2C pins, so you don't have to give up analog pins 4&5 to get I2C capability. But this also means you can't just plug in BlinkM (or the other tiny I2C devices for Arduino) directly into the MEGA. You have to have use jumper wires or a breadboard. Here's a wiring diagram for how it could be wired up:
The company says
this answers the question
-
-
Inappropriate?do i need to change the code in order to make use of this new wiring set up? -
Inappropriate?I don't think there's a need to change the code. The "BlinkM_beginWithPower()" function in Arduino sketches will just act like "BlinkM_begin()" and you might want to change it to just "BlinkM_begin()" to be more exact that you aren't using a couple of Analog In pins as "power".
EMPLOYEE
