Arduino ProtoShield Kit

Sparkfun has put together a small but effective Prototyping shield in relation to the Arduino USB board.

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.

Note: The SparkFun ProtoShield Kit does not include the holes for the Uno R3 SDA and SCL.

 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

 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

Documents

• Schematic
• Eagle Files
• ProtoShield Quickstart Guide
• Assembly Instructions
• Arduino Home Page
• Assembly Tutorial by Bob Gallup
• ProtoShield Wishlist
• GitHub (Design Files)

Projects

• Project page