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9. Pin Assignment Tables

General features of the Pololu 3pi robot, top view.

Labeled bottom view of the Pololu 3pi robot.

Specific features of the Pololu 3pi robot, top view.

Pin Assignment Table Sorted by Function

 Function   ATmegaxx8 Pin   Arduino Pin 
free digital I/Os (x3)
(remove PC5 jumper to free digital pin 19)
PD0, PD1, PC5 digital pins 0, 1, 19
free analog inputs (if you remove jumpers, x3) PC5, ADC6, ADC7 analog inputs 5 – 7
motor 1 (left motor) control (A and B) PD5 and PD6 digital pins 5 and 6
motor 2 (right motor) control (A and B) PD3 and PB3 digital pins 3 and 11
QTR-RC reflectance sensors (left to right, x5) PC0 – PC4 digital pins 14 – 18
red (left) user LED PD1 digital pin 1
green (right) user LED PD7 digital pin 7
user pushbuttons (left to right, x3) PB1, PB4, and PB5 digital inputs 9, 12, and 13
buzzer PB2digital pin 10
LCD control (RS, R/W, E) PD2, PB0, and PD4 digital pins 2, 8, and 4
LCD data (4-bit: DB4 – DB7) PB1, PB4, PB5, and PD7 digital pins 9, 12, 13, and 7
reflectance sensor IR LED control (drive low to turn IR LEDs off) PC5 (through jumper) digital pin 19
user trimmer potentiometer ADC7 (through jumper) analog input 7
2/3rds of battery voltage ADC6 (through jumper) analog input 6
ICSP programming lines (x3) PB3, PB4, PB5 digital pins 11, 12, and 13
reset pushbutton PC6 reset
UART (RX and TX) PD0 and PD1 digital pins 0 and 1
I2C/TWI inaccessable to user
SPI inaccessable to user

Pin Assignment Table Sorted by Pin

 ATmegaxx8 Pin   3pi Function   Notes/Alternate Functions 
PD0 free digital I/O USART input pin (RXD)
PD1 free digital I/O connected to red user LED (high turns LED on)
USART output pin (TXD)
PD2 LCD control line RS external interrupt 0 (INT0)
PD3 M2 control line Timer2 PWM output B (OC2B)
PD4 LCD control line E USART external clock input/output (XCK)
Timer0 external counter (T0)
PD5 M1 control line Timer0 PWM output B (OC0B)
PD6 M1 control line Timer0 PWM output A (OC0A)
PD7 LCD data line DB7 connected to green user LED (high turns LED on)
PB0 LCD control line R/W Timer1 input capture (ICP1)
divided system clock output (CLK0)
PB1 LCD data line DB4 user pushbutton (pressing pulls pin low)
Timer1 PWM output A (OC1A)
PB2 buzzer Timer1 PWM output B (OC1B)
PB3 M2 control line Timer2 PWM output A (OC2A)
ISP programming line
PB4 LCD data line DB5 user pushbutton (pressing pulls pin low)
Caution: also an ISP programming line
PB5 LCD data line DB6 user pushbutton (pressing pulls pin low)
Caution: also an ISP programming line
PC0 QTR-RC reflectance sensor (drive high for 10 us, then wait for line input to go low) sensor labeled PC0 (leftmost sensor)
PC1 QTR-RC reflectance sensor (drive high for 10 us, then wait for line input to go low) sensor labeled PC1
PC2 QTR-RC reflectance sensor (drive high for 10 us, then wait for line input to go low) sensor labeled PC2 (center sensor)
PC3 QTR-RC reflectance sensor (drive high for 10 us, then wait for line input to go low) sensor labeled PC3
PC4 QTR-RC reflectance sensor (drive high for 10 us, then wait for line input to go low) sensor labeled PC4 (rightmost sensor)
PC5 analog input and digital I/O jumpered to sensors’ IR LEDs (driving low turns off emitters)
ADC input channel 5 (ADC5)
ADC6 dedicated analog input jumpered to 2/3rds of battery voltage ADC input channel 6 (ADC6)
ADC7 dedicated analog input jumpered to user trimmer potentiometer ADC input channel 7 (ADC7)
reset reset pushbutton internally pulled high; active low digital I/O disabled by default

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