I'm trying to add an external sensor to an arduino shield that doesnt have any specific documentation on how to do it. I'm pretty new to stuff like this so I just want to make sure im not doing it wrong! The board does not have any headers attached, but it does have these spaces available on the analog pins. I have confirmed that they are not used by the shield (Thinxtra Xkit if it matters) and I should be able to atach a sensor here.
What I want to know is how to go about actually connecting the sensor? Do i just solder some headers onto the analog pin and the GND/3V3 spaces next to it?
Ah yeah, sorry about that, I dont actually have any specific sensor to attach yet, this is more just for future additions.
Pretty much just asking how the ground and 3v3 pin holes shown in the image work, and if just soldering some headers into them will let me attach the power/ground from a sensor into them and have it run (assuming the sensor would work with the normal arduino GND/3v3 pins)
It's your shield. You can solder whatever you want there but I should tell you everyone else just orders the proper headers and solders those in. There are times when you want to install female headers instead of
male headers and vice versa, but it's pretty much your call.
