Velleman VMA501, User Manual

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VMA501
V. 02 – 05/04/2019 5 ©Velleman nv
Chips have legs that come out of both sides and fit perfectly over the ravine . Since each leg on the IC is
unique, we do not want both sides to be connected to each other. That is where the separation in the middle of
the board comes in handy. Thus, we can connect components to each side of the IC without interfering with the
functionality of the leg on the opposite side.
Ravine.
7.2 A Blinking LED
Let’s start with a simple experiment. We are going to connect an LED to one of the digital pins rather than
using LED13, which is soldered to the board.
Required Hardware
 1 x red M5 LED
 1 x 220 Ω resistor
 1 x breadboard
 jumper wires as needed
Follow the diagram below. We are using digital pin 10, and connecting the LED to a 220 Ω resistor to avoid
high-current damaging the LED.