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Hardware connections

Raspberry Pi connector specifications

3.3V 1 2 5V
GPIO 0 3 4 -
GPIO 1 5 6 Ground
GPIO 4 7 8 UART TX
- 9 10 UART RX
GPIO 17 11 12 GPIO 18
GPIO 21 13 14 -
GPIO 22 15 16 GPIO 23
- 17 18 GPIO 24
GPIO 10 19 20 -
GPIO 9 21 22 GPIO 25
GPIO 11 23 24 GPIO 8
- 25 26 GPIO 7

Elmo connections

The following describes the current connections used by Elmo.

The LEDs are connected to the GPIO pins and the +ve rail - this means the GPIO must be set low to light the LED, whereas the IR transmitter is connected to the -ve rail so the GPIO must be set high

PinDescriptionIn/OutConnection
13.3V+ve rail. IR Receiver, All LEDs
25VCollector feed for IR TX amplifier
3GPIO 0OUTLED Red via 220 Ohm resistor
5GPIO 1OUTLED Yellow via 220 Ohm resistor
6Ground-ve rail. IR Receiver, IR transmitter
7GPIO 4OUTLED Green via 220 Ohm resistor
15GPIO 22INIR Receiver data line
16GPIO 23OUTIR Transmitter via 5.5V signal amplifier

Schematic

MARK 1. Credit to my Dad for the IR transmitter amplifier circuit

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