Seeeduino Film and Motion Capture

The Seeeduino Film is a very small and flexible Arduino-compliant board.  It uses a single 20-pin bus on a Flat Flexible Cable (FFC) to connect to a variety of breakout boards designed to be used with the Seeeduino Film.  

In this tutorial, I will show you how to program your Seeeduino Film as well as connect the Seeeduino Motion Frame to the Seeeduino Film.

Tools and Materials:
Seeeduino Film
Seeeduino Motion Frame
Soldering Iron and Solder
Jumper Wires/5-pin Header
Breadboard
Programmer (3.3V FTDI Breakout1 or 3.3V FTDI Breakout2  or UartSBee)

Step 1 Pin Outs and Mistakes to Avoid

The Seeeduino Film is incredibly small, which makes it a really great for applications where size and weight are important (RC Planes/Cars, Wearables, etc.).  And, while the Film and breakout boards are durable, the FFC is still fragile and should be handled delicately. 

We want to solder to the Programming Port labeled in the first picture.  The pin outs are order from left to right are: DTR, GND, TX, RX, and VCC.  I first used standard male breakaway headers.  These are usually great for prototyping, especially with a breadboard.  The problem I found was that if you are not careful when removing the Seeeduino Film from the breadboard, you can easily rip the Film.  Which is exactly what I did.

Comments

[uberdum05]

To avoid the problem of the film ripping on removal from a breadboard you could always glue some thin cardboard from a cereal box onto the film to provide some support