Wire up the breadboard using the header leads as shown below.
Its a good idea to reset the board by powering it down, so that all the GPIO pins are set to their input state, before wiring up the breadboard. Otherwise, if the pin being used as an input was last used as an output, this could damage the board.
The pins on the switch are spaced slightly wider in one direction than the other, so they will only fit the correct way around over the gap down the centre of the breadboard.
The top two connections on the right hand BBB expansion header (as the board is pictured above -- P8) are both GND. The blue lead is connected from this GND (0V) connection to one end of the resistor. The red lead is connected to pin 3 of the other connector (3.3V) and the orange lead to pin 12 (P8.12), which is the right-hand connector on the sixth row down.
The resistor 'pulls down the input pin (P8.12) so that it is at 0V (GND) until the push button is pressed, at which point it will be at 3.3V.
The pins are numbered left to right, 1, 2 then on the next row down 3,4 etc. You can find out about all the pins available on the P8 and P9 connecters down each side of the BBB here: http://stuffwemade.net/hwio/beaglebone-pin-reference/.
The top two connections on the right hand BBB expansion header (as the board is pictured above -- P8) are both GND. The blue lead is connected from this GND (0V) connection to one end of the resistor. The red lead is connected to pin 3 of the other connector (3.3V) and the orange lead to pin 12 (P8.12), which is the right-hand connector on the sixth row down.
The resistor 'pulls down the input pin (P8.12) so that it is at 0V (GND) until the push button is pressed, at which point it will be at 3.3V.
The pins are numbered left to right, 1, 2 then on the next row down 3,4 etc. You can find out about all the pins available on the P8 and P9 connecters down each side of the BBB here: http://stuffwemade.net/hwio/beaglebone-pin-reference/.
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