Sparkfun Electronics Inventor's Kit, Manual

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Experiment 6: Reading a Button Press
Introduction
Up until now, we’ve focused mostly on outputs. Now we’re going to go to the other end of the
spectrum and play around with inputs. In Experiment 2, we used an analog input to read the
potentiometer. In this experiment, we’ll be reading one of the most common and simple inputs – a
push button – by using a digital input. We will use it to cycle through different colors on the RGB.
Parts Needed
You will need the following parts:
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1x micro:bit
 1x Micro B USB Cable
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1x micro:bit Breakout (with Headers)
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1x Breadboard
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8x Jumper Wires
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1x Momentary Push Button
 1x 10k Ω Resistor
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1x Common Cathode RGB LED
 3x 100 Ω Resistors
Didn’t Get the SIK for micro:bit?
If you are conducting this experiment and didn’t get the Inventor’s Kit, we suggest using these parts:
Breadboard - Full-Size (Bare)
P R T - 1 2 6 1 5
1 8
micro:bit Board
D E V - 1 4 2 0 8
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