Arduino ProtoShield Quickstart Guide

This Tutorial is Retired!

Arduino ProtoShield v25 has been retired. If you are looking for the most recent version, check out our revised SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield!

View the updated tutorial: SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield Hookup Guide

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Contributors: jimblom, bboyho

Resources and Going Further

Now that you've successfully got your Arduino ProtoShield up and running, it's time to incorporate it into your own project!

For more information, check out the resources below.

Need some inspiration for your next project? Check out some of these project tutorials. You may also want to add/review the comments on that page or do a Google search for more example projects that use the ProtoShield.

Heartbeat Straight Jacket

An EL project that displays one person's heartbeat on another person's costume.

Lumenati Alien Garden

Use Lumenati LED boards to add glow to your own alien garden.

Headless Raspberry Pi Setup

Configure a Raspberry Pi without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor.

Sending Sensor Data over LoRa

This tutorial will show you how setup a simple peer-to-peer connection to send and receive sensor data using LoRa.

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