The Arduino ProtoShield is a bare PCB that mates directly with Arduino development boards, giving you a compact soldering area right on top of your board. It's ideal for building custom circuits that stay permanently attached to your Arduino without the bulk of an external breadboard.

The board includes footprints for two general-purpose LEDs, a pushbutton switch, and a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth socket. The Arduino reset switch is also brought up to the top level for easy access.

Key Features

• Prototyping Area – Dedicated soldering grid sized to fit the Arduino footprint
• LED Footprints – Two general-purpose LED positions for status indicators
• Button Footprint – General pushbutton switch position
• BlueSMiRF Socket – Footprint for Bluetooth serial module
• Top-Level Reset – Arduino reset button accessible without unstacking

Ideal For

• Building permanent custom circuits on Arduino
• Prototyping without a breadboard
• Adding status LEDs and buttons to projects

Package Contents

• 1× Arduino ProtoShield bare PCB (components and headers not included)

Resources

• Schematic (PDF)
• Eagle Files
• GitHub Repository