5. M5StickC built in LED

M5StickC built in LED

  • W

    Any insight on how the red led on pin 10 of the M5StickC is wired up?
    I noticed that, using the Arduino IDE
    pinMode(10, OUTPUT);
    turns the LED on and subsequently
    digitalWrite(10, HIGH);
    turns it OFF, while
    digitalWrite(10, LOW);
    turns it ON again

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  • K

    Its common to wire a LED to a GPIO (pin) as Active "Low".

    One pin of the LED gets wired to +V and the other pin goes to the GPIO.
    At some point there is most likely a resister to limit the current.

    Apparently its easier (less heat?) for the GPIO (pin) to source power by pulling the circut "low".

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