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.

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:

Schematic

Eagle Files

ProtoShield Quickstart Guide

Assembly Instructions

Arduino Home Page

Assembly Tutorial by Bob Gallup

ProtoShield Wishlist

GitHub (Design Files)