Sheilds

Hello! Today I am going to tell you a little bit about shields. First of all ,what is a shield anyway? Well, a shield is a board that has another purpose, but can be inserted into the Arduino's pins so the Arduino can then control it, which is a standard connection which means that no matter what shield you have it can still plug into the arduino. Here are some examples of shields and what they do:

Weather Shield: The Weather Shield is an easy to use Arduino shield that lets you see the  barometric pressure, relative humidity, luminosity (amount of light) and temperature in the area. There are also connections on this shield to optional sensors that can track things such as wind speed, direction, rain gauge and GPS for location and super accurate timing.

WiFi Shield: The WiFi shield  allows an Arduino board to connect to the internet using WiFi. It connects to an Arduino board using long wire-wrap headers which extend through the shield. This keeps the pin layout intact and allows another shield to be stacked on top.

Motor Driver Shield:  This is a motor shield for Arduino that will control two DC motors. It can drive up to 2 amps per channel. The board takes its power from the same Vin line as the Arduino board.

Ethernet Shield: My personal favorite, the Ethernet shield   allows an Arduino board to connect to the internet. he Arduino Ethernet Shield supports up to four simultaneous socket connections. Use the Ethernet library to write sketches which connect to the internet.


Although there are many other types of Shields compatible with the Arduino, these are some of my personal favorites.

Over & Out
Elise