Qwiic MultiPort Hookup Guide

Contributors: bboyho

Introduction

The SparkFun Qwiic Multiport adds additional ports to boards that have only one Qwiic port on their I²C bus. Once added, you can use it as a hub to add as many I²C devices to the bus as you need ^[1] ! You can also use the board as an alternative to a daisy chained configuration.

SparkFun Qwiic MultiPort

BOB-18012

The Qwiic MultiPort adds additional ports to boards that have only one Qwiic port on the I2C bus.

$2.10

Required Materials

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need a microcontroller or single board computer with a Qwiic connector. You will also need a Qwiic cable and a way to power the board. You may not need everything though depending on what you have. Add it to your cart, read through the guide, and adjust the cart as necessary.

Besides having the Qwiic MultiPort in your cart, here are the parts if you decide to go with a microcontroller. You can easily swap out the microcontroller depending on your project's needs with MicroMod. Make sure to include the Qwiic-enabled device in your cart as well!

SparkFun Qwiic Cable Kit

KIT-15081

To make it even easier to get started, we've assembled this Qwiic Cable Kit with a variety of Qwiic cables from 50mm to 500mm…

$8.95

SparkFun MicroMod ATP Carrier Board

DEV-16885

If you need a "lot" of GPIO with a simple to program, ready to go to market module, the ATP is the fix you need.

$19.95

USB 3.1 Cable A to C - 3 Foot

CAB-14743

USB C is fantastic. But until we have converted all our hubs, chargers, and ports over to USB C this is the cable you're goin…

$5.50

SparkFun MicroMod SAMD51 Processor

DEV-16791

With a 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4F MCU, the SparkFun MicroMod SAMD51 Processor Board is one powerful microcontroller packaged on a …

$18.95

Here are the parts if you decide to go with a single board computer. The Qwiic SHIM kit is a great starting point if you do not have a Qwiic-enabled device in mind.

SparkFun Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit - 4GB

KIT-16386

The SparkFun Raspberry Pi 4 Desktop Kit (4GB) includes everything you need to turn any monitor with an HDMI port into a deskt…

$171.50

SparkFun Qwiic SHIM Kit for Raspberry Pi

KIT-16987

The SparkFun Qwiic SHIM Kit for Raspberry Pi comes with everything you need to turn your Raspberry Pi into a Qwiic enabled de…

Retired

Suggested Reading

If you aren't familiar with the MicroMod ecosystem, we recommend reading here for an overview. We recommend reading here for an overview if you decide to take advantage of the Qwiic connector.

MicroMod Ecosystem	Qwiic Connect System

We also recommend taking a look through the following tutorials if you are not familiar with the concepts covered in them: