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Remember, it's all relative. <<Table 9_7>> |  |  | |---|---| <<END Table 9_7>> [image p009_img8.jpg: Reference Axis on the Top Side] [image p009_img9.jpg: Reference Axis on the Bottom Side] ### LED There is one LED on the board. The LED lights up when the board is powered with 3.3V. There is a jumper on the back if you decide to disable the LED. <<Table 9_8>> |  | |---| <<END Table 9_8>> [image p009_img10.jpg: LED] ### Miscellaneous Pins Below are some additional pins that are broken out for the BNO086."},"sources":[{"page":9,"quote":"- RXI — This is an input pin for the serial UART receive pin. Data is received from the microcontroller to this pin. This is also connected to the I 2 C's SCL and SPI's SCK pin. <<Table 9_6>> |  | |---| <<END Table 9_6>> [image p009_img7.jpg: Serial UART] The protocol selection is set for I 2 C by default. You will need to adjust the jumpers on the back of the board for the serial UART. 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