Grove Shield for Seeed Studio XIAO is a plug-and-play Grove extension board for Seeed Studio XIAO series. With the on-board battery management chip and battery bonding pad, you could easily power your Seeed Studio XIAO with lithium battery and recharge it. 8 Grove connectors onboard includes two Grove IIC and one UART. It acts as a bridge for Seeed Studio XIAO and Seeed's Grove system. Flash SPI bonding pad allows you add Flash to Seeed Studio XIAO to expand its memory space, providing Seeed Studio XIAO with more possibilities.
Feature
- On-board Lithium Battery Charging and Management Function
- Grove connectors (Grove IIC*2, Grove UART*1), all 14 GPIO led out
- Compact and Breakable Design
- SPI-Flash Bonding Pad Reserved
- On-board Power Switch and Charging Status Indicator Light
Description
Seeed Studio XIAO has been becoming more and more popular in our community since it was released! As we have Grove Shield for many mainstream boards for easy test and better use of our Grove modules, many fans of Seeed Studio XIAO have been asking whether we will have a Grove Shield for it, the much-anticipated Grove Shield for Seeed Studio XIAO is now on board!
It’s a plug-and-play Grove extension board for Seeed Studio XIAO. This Shield helps you get rid of jumper wires and soldering work by pulling out the pins of the Seeed Studio XIAO and expands to 8 Grove connectors, including two Grove IIC and one UART. It acts as a bridge for Seeed Studio XIAO and Seeed's Grove system, which provides 300+ of different Grove modules including sensor, actuator, communication, display, etc. No more jumper wires and soldering work, you could enjoy creating more projects with Seeed Studio XIAO easily and quickly.
With the on-board battery management chip and battery bonding pad, you could easily power your Seeed Studio XIAO with lithium 3.7V battery and recharge it, making your projects, especially wearables ones, more flexible and in portable. You could even break the board through the onboard PCB stamp holds according to your actual needs of the project (only 25*39mm in dimension after break-off), making it smaller than smaller.
As an extension board, the Grove Shield for Seeed Studio XIAO also pulls all 14 pinout from Seeed Studio XIAO, and its on-board power switch and charging status indicator light makes it more user-friendly. The Shield even reserves the SPI-Flash bonding pad for an advanced developer who may need to add Flash to Seeed Studio XIAO to expand its memory space, providing Seeed Studio XIAO with more possibilities.
If you are a fan of Seeed Studio XIAO already, you would not miss this Grove Shield; if you are hesitating to have one because of the scare of soldering works, it is the chance to start the wonderful experience with Seeed Studio XIAO now!
A pair of non-soldered 7-pin headers are accompanied in the product of Seeed Studio XIAO. You could solder them before connecting Seeed Studio XIAO with this Shield by plugging the soldered pin headers into the female headers on the Shield.
Hardware Overview
Application
- Wearable devices
- Rapid prototyping
- Grove modules testing
- Projects require small size
Specifications
| Parameters | Values |
|---|---|
| Power Supply | 5V / 3.7V Lithium Battery |
| Load Capacity | 800mA |
| Charging current | 400mA (Max) |
| Operating Temperature | - 40°C to 85°C |
| Storage Temperature | -55°C to 150°C |
| Grove Interface | Grove * 8 (IIC*2 / UART*1) |
Pinout
Supported Boards
| Product | Pin Difference |
|---|---|
| Seeed Studio XIAO SAMD21 | Perfectly compatible |
| Seeed Studio XIAO RP2040 | slightly different |
| Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 | slightly different |
| Seeed Studio XIAO nRF52840 Sense | slightly different |
| Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3 | slightly different |
| Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 | slightly different |
| Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32S3 Sense | slightly different |
Part list
| Items | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Grove Shield for Seeed Studio XIAO | 1 |
| 1*7pins male header | 2 |
What is Grove?
Grove makes it easier to connect, experiment, and simplify the prototyping process. No jumpers or soldering required. We have developed more than 300 Grove modules, covering a wide range of applications that can fulfil a variety of needs. Not only are these open hardware, but we also have open-source software.
