4. On the bottom of the board, trim the four Arduino header pins closest to the front of the board on each
side to prevent them from contacting the motor housings. If you think there is a chance these pins might still
touch the motor cases, you can put some electrical tape on the motors to act as insulation.
Jumpers and additional connections
5.
Optional:
If you want to enable the buzzer, enable the battery level input, or disable the compass, now is
a good time to add and/or cut jumper connections to configure the shield to your liking. This can also be done
later, though soldering to these pins is more difficult once the robot is assembled (especially if you decide
later you want to add header pins for use with shorting blocks; this would require a lot of disassembly). The
jumpers are explained in detail in
. The buzzer and battery level jumpers can be connected by
soldering in a short piece of wire between the two holes, while the compass I²C connections can be broken by
cutting the trace on the top of the board between the holes.
Note:
there is not enough clearance to use male
headers on the battery level and compass I²C jumpers if you are using an Arduino with a DIP (through-hole)
microcontroller.
Pololu Zumo Shield for Arduino User's Guide
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