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Hardware integration of different boards

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Would like to know if the following boards are hardware and software compatible. My system would consist of a top display board, a processor board in the middle and another shield on the bottom. If they are compatible, which header pins are required between the three boards.

Top board would be an Adafruit FeatherWing OLED - 128x64 OLED (product # 4650).
Middle processor board would be either ATSAMD21 M0 (product 3403) or ATSAMD51 M4 (product # 3857).
Bottom board Data Logging shield for Arduino (product 1141).

I would also be using a Lithium Ion Polymer Battery (product # 1578).

Thank you in advance,
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Re: Hardware integration of different boards

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Hmm.. the OLED board and processor board are Feathers, while the data logging shield in an Arduino UNO shield. These two things are not physically compatible. Furthermore the shield expect a 5v power source which you won't get with a LiPo battery. You might be able to make them work together but it would be easier to use the Adalogger Featherwing (https://www.adafruit.com/product/2922).

A word about the Feather boards. The M0 (SAMD21) Feather is great if you plan to use C++/Arduino, but I recommend the M4 (SAMD51) if you have interest in using CircuitPython.

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Re: Hardware integration of different boards

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Dave,
Thanks for the quick response. So glad that I asked the question about the physical and electrical interface between the parts that I selected. I will take your advice and use the following configuration. As I do need a RTC and SD card reader/writer. I also need some prototyping area so I selected the Feather Wing Proto board. My system will be:
OLED board #4650
Processor board #3857
Data Logger w/RTC & SD card #2922
Feather Wing Proto Board #2884
Feather Board Female Headers #2830 (three sets)
With the RTC on board, I won't need the battery pack.
Also thanks the heads up about which programming board has which software development environment.
Again, thanks for the help. You have saved me more than a few headaches.
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If you don't want to stack them you can use https://www.adafruit.com/product/4254 or https://www.adafruit.com/product/4253.

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