Quick Shield

The Quick Shield is an add-on (shield) for the Ruggeduino, Arduino Uno, Duemilanove, and Mega boards (and other compatible boards). The shield extends the connection pins out to 28 quick-connect terminals that accept 20AWG to 24AWG wire. Unlike screw terminals, these quick-connect terminals require no tools -- just push, insert wire, and release. Stacking headers allow another shield to plug in on top and have access to all 28 pins. Use the Quick Shield for easy breadboarding, using shields standalone without an Arduino, or cross-wiring shield pins.

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• The Quick Shield

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  The Quick Shield comes as two boards that plug in to the top of an Arduino and bring out the pins to quick-connect terminals. The terminals require no tools and accept 20AWG to 24AWG wire.

  

• Arduino Mega

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  The Quick Shield is shown mounted on an Arduino Mega, with our own Gadget Shield plugged in.

  

• 28 Connections

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  All 28 pins found on a Duemilanove/Uno are broken out: D0 to D13, A0-A5, AREF, three GND pins, 5V, 3.3V, RESET and VIN

  

• Standalone Shields

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  The Quick Shield lets you work with shields without needing an Arduino. Use wires to directly connect shield pins to breadboards, for example.

  

• Quick Shield Kit

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  You can purchase the Quick Shield as a kit or fully assembled. These are the parts included in the kit. Only simple through-hole soldering is required.

  

• The Quick Shield

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  The Quick Shield is shown mounted on an Arduino Mega. Another shield is ready to plug in on top of the 28-pin socket headers.

  

• Netduino

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  The Quick Shield also works with boards that share the Arduino form factor, like the Netduino shown here.

  

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Features

The Quick Shield includes:

• PCB for pins D0-D13, GND, and AREF
• PCB for pins A0-A5, VIN, two GND pins, +5V, +3.3V, and RESET.
• Two sets of 8-pin stacking headers
• Two sets of 6-pin stacking headers
• Two sets of 8-pin quick-connect terminals for 20AWG-24AWG wire
• Two sets of 6-pin quick-connect terminals for 20AWG-24AWG wire

In kit form, all of the parts must be assembled together. This requires soldering 8 through-hole connectors for a total of 56 pins.

Also consider our Aussie Shield, a similar product.

The Quick Shield was designed in the USA and is assembled in the USA using lead-free components and lead-free manufacturing and assembly processes.

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