Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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No need to buy after-market WeDo 2 or Power Functions 2.0 wires! With this breakout board, you can use your ultrasonic distance sensor to get access to the electronics in your hub. This board turns the pesky 0.05-inch port into regular 0.1-inch headers you can connect to your breadboard with jumper wires.

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00:00:00 Distance Sensor Breakout Announce
00:00:50 How to make the connection with the Ultrasonic Sensor
00:01:31 Demo with Neopixel ws2812 LEDs
00:02:40 Spacing of the pin headers

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Code repository and example projects:
👉 github.com/antonvh/LMS-uart-esp

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