ARDUINO

SHIELDS
Arduino Shields

• Modular circuit boards that fits onto the Arduino

that adds wide variety of functionality into the
Arduino devices.
The Arduino Wireless SD Shield is a great way to prototype wireless applications, using an
SD card to store data to easily transfer data to computer.
 Arduino Wireless SD Shield

Purpose: Wireless SD shield allows an Arduino board to communicate

wirelessly using a wireless module.
 Arduino Wireless SD Shield

Application: Smart Doorbell

A smart doorbell that will take a picture of whoever rings the doorbell and
sends it right to a mobile device.
 2A Motor Shield for Arduino
This Arduino motor shield allows for motor control with Arduino right away. Stack up
this shield on your controller and drive 2 DC motors with higher power requirements.
 2A Motor Shield for Arduino

Purpose: The 2A Motor Shield for Arduino allows for motor

control with Arduino
 2A Motor Shield for Arduino

Uses:
• Creating automated robot vehicle.

• This Arduino motor shield is ideal for building Arduino robot or

other Arduino motor control projects.
 2A Motor Shield for Arduino
Application: DFRobot using 2A Motor Shield
A simple automatic wheeled robot.
 Sparkfun Arduino ProtoShield Kit

The SparkFun ProtoShield Kit lets you customize your own Arduino shield
using whatever circuit you can come up with and then test it to make
sure everything is working the way it should.
 Sparkfun Arduino ProtoShield Kit

Purpose: It allows for easy connections between a breadboard and an

Arduino.

Uses:
• As prototyping board
• Solderable prototyping board
• Extension board for Arduino in order to create new device.
 Sparkfun Arduino ProtoShield Kit
Inclusion:
• 1x SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield - Bare PCB
• 1x Arduino Stackable Header Kit - R3
• 2x LED - Basic Yellow 3mm
• 2x Mini Pushbutton Switch
• 2x Resistor 330 Ohm 1/6th Watt PTH
• 1x Resistor 10k Ohm 1/6th Watt PTH
 Sparkfun Arduino ProtoShield Kit
Application:
• It can applies in breadboard to Arduino for building any devices
 Arduino Ethernet Shield
The Arduino Ethernet Shield 2 allows an Arduino board to connect to the internet
using the Ethernet library and to read and write an SD card using the SD library.
 Arduino Ethernet Shield
Purpose: The Ethernet Shield allows the Arduino to make a
connection between the device and Internet.
 Arduino Ethernet Shield
Uses: It can be used in Connecting into a Webserver.
 Arduino Ethernet Shield
Application: Control lights in a room via mobile device.
 Arduino Motor Shield Rev3
The Arduino Motor Shield is based on the L298, which is a dual full-bridge driver
designed to drive inductive loads such as relays, solenoids, DC and stepping motors.
 Arduino Motor Shield Rev3
Purpose: It lets the user drive two DC motors with the Arduino board, controlling
the speed and direction of each motor.
 Arduino Motor Shield Rev3
Uses: Arduino Motor Shield is used to measure the motor current absorption of each
motor.
Application: It applies on Wireless Internet powered robots.
 Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield
This shield features a surface-mounted L298 H-bridge IC, which is a very well
proven motor driver. It can control up to two DC motors bi-directionally, at
up to 2 amperes per motor.
 Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield
Purpose: This is a motor shield for Arduino that will control two DC motors.
 Ardumoto - Motor Driver Shield
Uses: This shield is used to control two DC motors of remote controlled vehicle.
Application: It can be apply on remote controlled vehicle robots.
 Bluetooth Shield
The Bluetooth Shield integrates a Serial Bluetooth module. It can be easily
used with Arduino/Seedstudio for transparent wireless serial communication.
 Bluetooth Shield
Purpose: Bluetooth Shield plugs right in and lets you send and receive data
and commands from your sketches
 Bluetooth Shield
Uses: This Shield can be used for Mobiles, Tablets, Laptops and for controlling
Motors using of Bluetooth.
Application: It can applies for creating a hardware that controlled by Bluetooth
connections.
 Danger Shield
The Danger Shield mounts on top of your Arduino or Arduino Pro and
equips it with a variety of fun and useful inputs and outputs.
 Danger Shield
• Move one of the sliders to get a different sound out of the buzzer.

• Move another slider to change the digit being displayed on the seven segment display.

• Move the last slider to change the brightness of one of the two status LEDs. Press one of the large
buttons to toggle on/off the status LED.
 Danger Shield
- It can be used for controlling lights (High-low alternate) and for producing sound
- It can applies for the for creating buzzers
 EL Shield
The EL Shield kit is an easy to use shield to control electroluminescent (EL)
devices (such as EL wire) with either an Arduino or Seeeduino.

• 8 Channels, with Eight opto-isolated, zero-crossing

control channels

• Control EL as easy as turning a LED on and off

• Compatible with 5V or 3.3V Arduino

 EL Shield
Purpose: The controlling method is as simple as controlling an LED. Driven by PWM, it can create a
colorful and florid effect by controlling each EL wire with a simple program
 EL Shield
Purpose: It is use for displaying light from the dark
Application: This shield can be apply when making a signage like fire exit.
 GPRS Shield

GPRS stands for General Packet Radio Service. GPRS is a mobile service on the 2G
and 3G cellular communication.
 GPRS Shield
The GSM GPRS shield is particularly useful as it
allows to:

• Connect to the Internet over GPRS network

• Send and receive SMS

• Place and receive phones calls

 GPRS Shield

Uses:

• Remote control of electronic appliances – sending an SMS to turn

something on.
• Receive notifications – send SMS to your cell phone if movement is
detected in your house
• Receive sensor data – send periodic SMS to your cell phone with daily
weather data.
 GPRS Shield
Application:
It applies for creating a hardware SMS or Video Calling modules
 Grove - Motor Shield
The Grove - Motor Shield is a perfect platform for robotics and mechanical
applications.
 Grove - Motor Shield
You can use the shield to easily connect 2 brushed DC motors, which makes it great
for controlling wheeled platforms like the Budget Bot Chassis.

Budget Bot Chassis

Grove – Motor Shield
 Grove - Motor Shield
Uses:
• To control motors from 6-15 volts, with up to 2 amps per channel.
• Can be pair up with Grove sensors
• Can control DC Motors
 Grove - Motor Shield
Application: Grove Motor Driver
 Music Shield
Very project is better with music! Build your own music player with the music
shield. Or use it to give your robot a voice and/or sound effects.
 Music Shield
Purpose: The Music Shield is an audio encoder/decoder compatible with
Arduino, Seeeduino, Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega. It can play many
format including:
• MP3
• WMA
• WAV
• AAC
• MIDI
• Ogg
• Vorbis.
 Music Shield
Uses:
• This shield serves as an audio codec.
• It can work with Arduino, Seeeduino, Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega.
• Recording is only supported on Seeeduino Mega and Arduino Mega for
now.
 Music Shield
Application: Arduino Music Shield can be apply when making electronic instrument.
 MUX SHIELD
If you need a lot of inputs and/or outputs, this is your solution! The Mux
(Multiplexer) Shield
 MUX SHIELD
Purpose:MUX SHIELD adds the capacity for up to 48 inputs or outputs on the Arduino
and Arduino Mega.
 MUX SHIELD
• It can be use for machines that needed multiple Inputs and Outputs

• It can be apply on making the 7 segment LCD circuit

 Wi-Fi Shield
The newest version of the Xbee Shield is a standardized and stackable shield for
Arduino. You can easily stack any modules from the Bee series and build a wireless
network for your project!
 Wi-Fi Shield
Purpose: The Arduino Wi-Fi Shield connects the Arduino to the internet
wirelessly.
 Wi-Fi Shield
Uses: To apply wi-fi connection in the Arduino to connect to the Internet.
Application: Monitoring your device remotely using wi-fi connection.
 2.8" TFT Touch Shield
This TFT display is big (2.8" diagonal) bright (4 white-LED backlight) and colorful
(18-bit 262,000 different shades)! 240x320 pixels with individual pixel control.
 2.8" TFT Touch Shield
Purpose: It can be used as display device. With a SD card module integrated also on
this shield, this shield reserves great room for other expansions to your project.
 2.8" TFT Touch Shield
Uses:
• It can be use to detect finger presses to like draw anything in the screen or using it
for controls.
• This shield can also be used for display screen.
 2.8" TFT Touch Shield
Application: The 2.8” TFT Touch Shield can be apply in any Arduino device that has touchscreen related
features. It can be also apply in Arduino devices for screen display with a colored pixels display. Unlike on
a regular LCD screen that only displays black and white pixels.
 RobotGeek Sensor Shield (Version 2)

RobotGeen Sensor Shield allows the user to connect this shield to Arduino
devices. The RobotGeen Sensor Shield v2 will fit on any Standard Arduino
Compatible Board.
 RobotGeek Sensor Shield (Version 2)

Purpose: To connect any Sensor devices in the Arduino. The RobotGeek Sensor
Shield serves as an extension of sensors for the Arduino devices.
 RobotGeek Sensor Shield (Version 2)

Uses: To connect a wide variety of sensors, actuators and output boards to the
Arduino.
 RobotGeek Sensor Shield (Version 2)
Application: Digital Clock Including Alarm and Motion Sensor

Features:
• Alarm
• Temperature
• Humidity
• PIR (Presence Infrared Sensor)
RobotGeek Sensor Shield (Version 2)
 Seeeduino Mega Protoshield Kit
With this protoshield, users will find a large prototyping area, you can even use
Xbee with this board to make it a Xbee shield.
 Seeeduino Mega Protoshield Kit
Purpose: The Seeeduino Mega Protoshield Kit is used for prototyping large devices.
Like the Arduino, it has complex ability to create large devices.

Features:
• Supports both Seeeduino MEGA and Arduino Mega
• All pins are brought to the top level
• Supports GPRS shield
 Seeeduino Mega Protoshield Kit
Application: Android Open Accessory DemoKit With Arduino Mega ADK Running On
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