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      Foundation Kit Contents

      The Foundation Kit comes with every pi-top [4] and includes a range of sensors, LEDs and connectors so you can start learning to code and run experiments immediately.

      FOUNDATIONPLATE

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      Foundation Plate 

      1

      Modular connector: Single 100p Connector carrying Raspberry Pi GPIOs, USB 2.0, Power, Display Serial Interface (DSI) and Camera Serial Interface (CSI) for interfacing to pi-top [4]

      2

      Sensor ports:

      8x Digital (inc. 1x PWM, 1x UART)

      4x Analogue

      4x I2C

      Sensors and components

      • 1 x Buzzer 
      • 2 x Red LEDs 
      • 2 x Green LEDs
      • 2 x Yellow LEDs
      • 2 x Rotary Angle Sensors/Potentiometers
      • 1 x Ultrasonic Sensor 
      • 1 x Loudness sensor 
      • 2 x Buttons 
      • 1 x Light Sensor 
      • 3 x Male to Male Headers (2x20 pins, 2.54mm Pitch)
      • 8 x Lego Connector Bracket 
      • 12 x Cables

      Foundation Kit 3-1

      There are a number of challenges that you can complete using the Foundation Kit available on pi-top's learning platform, Further.