Greetings!
I am looking for an interface for the micro:bit that will allow access to qwic devices.
I sure thought that you have them, but I have not been able to find them.
Can help?
Thanks!
Jim “JR”
Hi Jim,
Unfortunately, we do not have any breakouts/micro:bit carrier boards that include a Qwiic connector. I am not sure if we have anything planned as of right now since nearly all of our micro:bit boards are based around alligator clips [like this. That may change in the future but, in the meantime, the best option (albeit a bit convoluted) would be to use an adapter cable like the [Breadboard Jumper or the [Female Jumper version along with some [alligator to pigtail cables to connect to a micro:bit or one of our gator:bit boards.
You could also connect directly to the micro:bit’s I2C pins using the micro:bit Breakout ([with or [without headers) using those same Qwiic adapter cables.
I hope this helps you find a good way to use our Qwiic devices with a micro:bit. Just be aware that the only components we have MakeCode extensions built for are going to be on our various gator:bit/micro:bit carrier boards found in the [micro:bit Category.](micro:bit - SparkFun Electronics)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13988)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13989)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14303)](Flexible Qwiic Cable - Female Jumper (4-pin) - CAB-17261 - SparkFun Electronics)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14425)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15162)
El_Duderino:
Hi Jim,Unfortunately, we do not have any breakouts/micro:bit carrier boards that include a Qwiic connector. I am not sure if we have anything planned as of right now since nearly all of our micro:bit boards are based around alligator clips [like this. That may change in the future but, in the meantime, the best option (albeit a bit convoluted) would be to use an adapter cable like the [Breadboard Jumper or the [Female Jumper version along with some [alligator to pigtail cables to connect to a micro:bit or one of our gator:bit boards.
You could also connect directly to the micro:bit’s I2C pins using the micro:bit Breakout ([with or [without headers) using those same Qwiic adapter cables.
I hope this helps you find a good way to use our Qwiic devices with a micro:bit. Just be aware that the only components we have MakeCode extensions built for are going to be on our various gator:bit/micro:bit carrier boards found in the [micro:bit Category.
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Hello!I dislike disagreeing with Sparkfun staff, but what about this one https://www.sparkfun.com/products/16129 and it does have the connectors on its back. But first I would try out his suggestions including the breadboard connectors.
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Doctor Who8
“Please do not ask me to explain “Eureka!”.”](micro:bit - SparkFun Electronics)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13988)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13989)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14303)](Flexible Qwiic Cable - Female Jumper (4-pin) - CAB-17261 - SparkFun Electronics)](Qwiic Cable - Breadboard Jumper (4-pin) - PRT-14425 - SparkFun Electronics)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15162)
Hey doctorwho8,
Thanks for replying here with updated products. You’re 100% right here. As of my original post writing, we did not have any micro:bit carrier boards with a Qwiic connector but now we have several including the one you linked. The only caveat here is, as I mentioned in my previous post, we do not have MakeCode packages for most of our Qwiic products so if you intend to use a Qwiic board with one of our micro:bit carrier boards you’ll need to do the coding on your own.
That said, if you wanted to add say, a [Qwiic BME280 breakout to a micro:bit carrier board like the controller:bit, you could use the weather:bit make code package since that board uses the BME280 sensor. Similarly, we have several Qwiic breakout versions of our gator:bit and micro:bit carrier boards so you can use the MakeCode packages for those if you use the Qwiic version.
Long story short, any of the micro:bit carrier boards in the [micro:bit category with Qwiic at the end of the the name now come with a Qwiic connector on the board. Thanks for bringing this up, doctorwho8!](micro:bit - SparkFun Electronics)](https://www.sparkfun.com/products/15440)