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2. Soldering the headers

3. Plugging the board in

Once you have soldered the headers your 
board is ready to be placed into the desired 
mikroBUS

 socket. Make sure to align the 

cut in the lower-right part of the board with 

the markings on the silkscreen at the 

mikroBUS

 socket. If all the 

pins are aligned correctly, 
push the board all the way 

into the socket.

Turn the board upward again. Make sure 
to align the headers so that they are 
perpendicular to the board, then solder the 
pins carefully.

Turn the board upside down so that 
the bottom side is facing you upwards. 
Place shorter pins of the header into the 
appropriate soldering pads.

Before using your click board

, make sure 

to solder 1x8 male headers to both left and 
right side of the board. Two 1x8 male headers 
are included with the board in the package.

4. Essential features

The TPCIC6A595 chip combines an 8-bit 
serial-in, parallel-out shift register with an 
8-bit D-type storage register. On the input 
side,  Expand 4 click uses a SPI interface, 
with few additions. The CLR IN pin will clear 
all input shift registers when held low. The 
EN IN pin set all drain outputs to OFF when 
held high. The CS pin provides the impulse 
for shifting the data from the shift to the 
storage register. The outputs are open-drain 
transistor with continuous sink capability.

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Expand 4 click carries 

TPCIC6A595

, a power 

logic 8-bit shift register. It’s intended for 
use as a port expander for connecting high 
power peripherals (up to 50V/350-mA). The 
mikroBUS™ MOSI pin serves as the data input 
from the MCU, with SCK providing the clock, 
and CLR IN, CS and EN pin providing additional 
functionality. The output interface comprises 
16 pins: D0-D7 outputs paired with 8 GND 
pins. Uses 5V power supply.

1. Introduction

EXPAND 4 click manual

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EXPAND 4

 

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