Chapter 2
No Soldering! Grove Connectors for Building Things
IN THIS CHAPTER
Discovering how to plug hardware together
Avoiding the Box of Death!
Working with the four types of sensors
Understanding using Patch cables
Okay, okay. We all have been talking about Python for the past several hundred pages. Time to build something! But before we get to that, we need to talk about how to plug things together.
Grove is a modular, standardized connecter prototyping system. Grove takes a building-block approach to assembling electronics. Compared to the jumper or solder-based system, it is easier to connect, experiment, and build, and it simplifies the learning system, but not to the point where it becomes dumbed down. Some of the other prototype systems out there take the level down to building blocks. There is good stuff to be learned that way, but the Grove system allows you to build real systems. However, it requires some learning and expertise to hook things up.
The Grove system consists of a base unit and various modules (with standardized connectors).
The base unit, generally a microprocessor, ...
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