Introducing Adafruit Crickit #MakeRobotFriend

Make your robot pal who's fun to be with using Crickit!

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published May 16, 2018, last edited November 10, 2025

posted in Circuit Playground Robotics & CNC Programming/ MicroPython / CircuitPython

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Project guide

Arduino Signals

The 8 GPIO pins on the Crickit are in the Signals block of pins. You have the 8 data pins, each input/output, 3.3v logic, analog or digital.

These GPIO are controlled by the Crickit's seesaw chip, not directly by the microcontroller or the Raspberry Pi. Thus programming them takes a bit more work but they provide some great benefits.

Signals on the Crickit are available on the following pins:

Silkscreen Label	Arduino Macro	Seesaw Pin
1	CRICKIT_SIGNAL1	2
2	CRICKIT_SIGNAL2	3
3	CRICKIT_SIGNAL3	40
4	CRICKIT_SIGNAL4	41
5	CRICKIT_SIGNAL5	11
6	CRICKIT_SIGNAL6	10
7	CRICKIT_SIGNAL7	9
8	CRICKIT_SIGNAL8	8

You can use these as analog or digital I/O pins, setting the mode, value and reading with the seesaw library directly:

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#include "Adafruit_Crickit.h"

Adafruit_Crickit crickit;

#define BUTTON_1 CRICKIT_SIGNAL1
#define BUTTON_2 CRICKIT_SIGNAL2
#define LED_1 CRICKIT_SIGNAL3
#define LED_2 CRICKIT_SIGNAL4

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  if(!crickit.begin()){
    Serial.println("ERROR!");
    while(1) delay(1);
  }
  else Serial.println("Crickit started");

  //Two buttons are pullups, connect to ground to activate
  crickit.pinMode(BUTTON_1, INPUT_PULLUP);
  crickit.pinMode(BUTTON_2, INPUT_PULLUP);

  // Two LEDs are outputs, on by default
  crickit.pinMode(LED_1, OUTPUT);
  crickit.pinMode(LED_2, OUTPUT);
  crickit.digitalWrite(LED_1, HIGH);
  crickit.digitalWrite(LED_2, HIGH);
}

void loop() {
  if(!crickit.digitalRead(BUTTON_1))
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_1, HIGH);
  else
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_1, LOW);

  if(!crickit.digitalRead(BUTTON_2))
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_2, HIGH);
  else
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_2, LOW);
}

#include "Adafruit_Crickit.h"

Adafruit_Crickit crickit;

#define BUTTON_1 CRICKIT_SIGNAL1
#define BUTTON_2 CRICKIT_SIGNAL2
#define LED_1 CRICKIT_SIGNAL3
#define LED_2 CRICKIT_SIGNAL4

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  
  if(!crickit.begin()){
    Serial.println("ERROR!");
    while(1) delay(1);
  }
  else Serial.println("Crickit started");

  //Two buttons are pullups, connect to ground to activate
  crickit.pinMode(BUTTON_1, INPUT_PULLUP);
  crickit.pinMode(BUTTON_2, INPUT_PULLUP);

  // Two LEDs are outputs, on by default
  crickit.pinMode(LED_1, OUTPUT);
  crickit.pinMode(LED_2, OUTPUT);
  crickit.digitalWrite(LED_1, HIGH);
  crickit.digitalWrite(LED_2, HIGH);
}

void loop() {
  if(!crickit.digitalRead(BUTTON_1))
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_1, HIGH);
  else
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_1, LOW);

  if(!crickit.digitalRead(BUTTON_2))
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_2, HIGH);
  else
    crickit.digitalWrite(LED_2, LOW);
}

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