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 Duemilanove 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.

This comes in kit form and must be soldered together by the end user. Please note - we do not ship assembly instructions! 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! The bread board can be purchased separately as a related item shown below.

Kit Includes:

• 1 - Protoshield bare PCB
• 1 - 40pin break-away male header
• 3 - 6-pin female connector
• 2 - 8-pin female connector
• 1 - 4-pin female connector
• 2 - Bright 5mm LEDs
• 2 - 330 Ohm resistors
• 2 - Momentary push buttons
• 1 - 10k resistor
• 2 - 0.1uF Capacitors

Features:

• All Arduino pins are brought to the top level
• 5V, GND, and Raw 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

 Note:  Whilst this can be used with the Mega not all of the Mega's digital pins will be accesible from the shield.

Documents:

• Protoshield Schematic
• Assembly Tutorial by Bob Gallup
• Arduino Home Page