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I am connecting a PIR to the Pyboard and, as a beginner, made the rookie mistake of having a rectangular 2 row header in the corner of the X1 sensor and connecting the PIR simply to the pin that was closest to me which then of course was not X1 but X2. So there I was trying to get things working whi...

Hey, sorry, somehow I did not get a notification about your reply. All very useful infos, thank you very much. I went to the local electronics shop and got myself some headers, connector cables and such and so far things are working almost perfectly. Think I should let this thread rest now and open ...

Thanks for your reply, that's very helpful! So, adafruit.com the US importer of the Pyboard only seems to offer the header-less version (also good to learn those are called headers. Wondering what's the difference to 'terminals' that the other post here is mentioning). I have this PIR: http://www.ad...

Hi! I just purchased a PyBoard and it works great so far via the USB connection. I also purchased a PIR sensor and am wondering now how in general to connect anything to the blank connection holes on the board? Also could not find anything about that in the documentation? The servo motor tutorial sh...