RETIRED - Pi Wedge B+ Hookup Guide
This Tutorial is Retired!
The SparkFun Pi Wedge B+ kit has been retired. If you are still looking for a way to connect to the Raspberry Pi's 40-pin header, there is a preassembled 40-pin Pi Wedge version available.
View the updated tutorial: Preassembled 40-pin Pi Wedge Hookup Guide
Byron J. 
Resources and Going Further
Going Further
To take a closer look at programming for the I/O on a Pi, in both Python and C, take a look at our Raspberry gPIo tutorial.
The design files for the PCB, and some WiringPi software examples can be found in the Pi Wedge B Plus GitHib repository.
Resources
For more information about the Raspberry Pi B+ and the software described here, please visit their sites.
- The Raspberry Pi Foundation
- The Pi Foundation's B+ Addons forum.
- The Pi Foundation's GitHub repository for the Raspberry Pi B+ HATs.
- The eLinux.org Raspberry Pi peripherals guide
- WiringPi
- RPi.GPIO module
- Some notes about increasing the available current from the B+ USB ports.
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