Riding on the waves of the very popular Arduino USB board is this small prototyping shield. Originally spawned with collaboration between the folks at SFE and ITP @ NYU, the ProtoShield mates with the Arduino USB board and gives the user a small soldering area, two general LEDs, access to a BlueSMiRF socket, a general pushbutton switch, and most important of all – the Arduino reset switch is brought to the top level. A ProtoShield quickstart guide is available!

This comes in kit form and must be soldered together by the end user. Please note – we do not ship assembly instructions, but you can find a big, clean photographed assembly guide here! There are a few tutorials on assembly listed below. All soldering is through-hole (relatively easy) but always check your component orientation before soldering!

The kit is pictured with the bread-board option. We highly recommend this breadboard! See the related items below for all the colorful options of breadboards you have.

Kit Includes

• 1x ProtoShield bare PCB
• 2x Stackable Headers 6-pin
• 2x Stackable Headers 8-pin
• 2x 5mm Basic Yellow LEDs
• 2x 330 Ohm resistors
• 1x 10k resistor
• 2x Momentary push buttons
• 2x 0.1uF Ceramic Capacitors

Features

• All Arduino pins are brought to the top level
• 5V, GND, and Vin pins are exposed as well
• BlueSMiRF socket for wireless communication between Arduinos
• 2 general use LEDs
• 1 general use button
• Reset button brought to top level

Documents

• ProtoShield Quickstart Guide
• Assembly Instructions
• ProtoShield Schematic
• Arduino Home Page
• Assembly Tutorial by Bob Gallup
• ProtoShield Eagle Files