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| ====== DigiX Level Shifter Shield ====== | ====== DigiX Level Shifter Shield ====== | ||
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| ===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
| - | The DigiX Level Shifter Shield allows you to use the plethora of 5V logic / powered shields that exist for Arduino boards such as the Duemilanove, Diecimila, NG and Uno. | + | The Level Shifting Shield allows you to use older Arduino shields that are not 3.3V compatible - also know as 1.0 pinout or R3 compatible shields. It provides level shifting on all standard Arduino pins, allows you to reroute the SPI and I2C pins, and properly level shifts for those protocols as well. The DigiX Level Shifting Shield can also be used with the Arduino Due, UDOO, Spark Core, Maple, etc to allow them to use legacy Arduino shields. |
| ===== The Issue ===== | ===== The Issue ===== | ||
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| ===== The Solution ===== | ===== The Solution ===== | ||
| - | The DigiX Level Shifter Shield, which converts the 5V signals of the shield into the 3V signals that the DigiX and Arduino Due require (and also convert their 3V signals into the 5V signals the shields require). However, if the shield has an IOREF pin, and has been properly designed, then the DigiX Level Shifter Shield is not required. | + | The DigiX Level Shifter Shield, which converts the 5V signals of the shield into the 3V signals that the DigiX and Arduino Due require (and also converts their 3V signals into the 5V signals the shields require). However, if the shield has an IOREF pin, and has been properly designed, then the DigiX Level Shifter Shield is not required. |