Orbit BoosterPack (Legacy)
Reference Manual
Technical Support
Orbit Booster Pack
Input/Output Add-on Board Designed for the Tiva LaunchPad
Features
- 3-axis accelerometer
- 256 Kbit I2C EEPROM
- I2C temperature sensor
Connectivity and On-board I/O
Add-on Capabilities
Add-on board for TI
Stellaris LaunchPad and Pmod
expansion connectors
Stellaris LaunchPad and Pmod
expansion connectors
Display
128×32 pixel OLED display
Pmod Port
2 1×6 Pmod ports
Push-buttons
2
Slide Switches
2
User LED
4
Potentiometer
1
This module is no longer manufactured, sold, or supported by Digilent. All available resources, including PCB design files, are freely available on the Orbit BoosterPack Resource Center, courtesy of Digilent and the Cosmiac group at the University of New Mexico.
The Digilent Orbit BoosterPack is an add-on board for the Texas Instruments® Stellaris and Tiva™ C Series LaunchPad microcontroller evaluation kits. The Orbit greatly expands the input/output capabilities of the LaunchPad, as well as introducing Digilent Pmod expansion connectors.
Documentation
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- Technical description of the Orbit BoosterPack and all of its features. The Wiki may contain more up-to-date information than the PDF.
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- PDF Schematic of the PCB generated by Altium
- LM4F120H5QR ROM User Guide: PDF hosted by TI
Downloads
All materials below were developed by Digilent in coordination with the Cosmiac group at the University of New Mexico
- Download Orbit Booster basic demo for the Stellaris LaunchPad: A simple program that shows the functionality of some features on the board.
- Download Orbit Booster full demo for the Stellaris LaunchPad: Demonstrates use of the buttons, LED's, potentiometer, and OLED display.
- Download Orbit Booster full demo for the Stellaris LaunchPad: Demonstrates use of the buttons, LED's, potentiometer, OLED display, accelerometer, and temperature sensors.
- Download Orbit Booster OLED library for the Stellaris LaunchPad: An API for use with the onboard OLED display.
- Download Orbit Booster basic demo for the Tiva C Series LaunchPad: Demonstrates the use of buttons, LED's, potentiometer, and OLED display.
- Download Orbit Booster full demo for the Tiva C Series LaunchPad: Demonstrates the use of buttons, LED's, potentiometer, OLED display, accelerometer, and temperature sensor.
- Download Orbit Booster OLED library for the Tiva C Series LaunchPad: An API for use with the onboard OLED display.