Shields
I really enjoy laying out circuit boards so creating shields for CHIPINO is a lot of fun to me plus they can be instantly popular with users of Arduino as well. So here are a few of the shields I've created recently.
Demo Shield

This was the first shield I created because I wanted a shield I could use with my books. There are many readers who are new to electronics so having to breadboard the circuit AND learn software can be a bit more difficult. So I designed the Demo Shield to offer the features I would use in an entry level book and I used it in my chipKIT book. I'm working on an updated version that replaces the jumpers (that can disconnect a feature) with solder pads to make it easier to build.
Battery Shield

This was my first kickstarter project and it was a success. I found these small AAAA batteries and realized they were small enough in diameter to fit below an Arduino shield header. I also didn't like hanging a 9v battery off to the side of a CHIPINO module when I made the project portable. This was my answer. I'm working on a new design that monitors the voltage with an ADC pin.
This design is open sourced and you can get the full story and files at it's own page battery-shield.com. I really like the fact I can stack them on top of each other to get more power. This makes the portable CHIPINO device last longer.
This design is open sourced and you can get the full story and files at it's own page battery-shield.com. I really like the fact I can stack them on top of each other to get more power. This makes the portable CHIPINO device last longer.
Shield Adapter

I actually do a lot of my design projects on a breadboard first so when I want to quickly connect a few LEDs and switch and maybe a speaker then being able to plug a Demo Shield into the breadboard makes it much faster to build the circuit. But the spacing of the pins on the shield prevent it from happening so I created the Shield Adapter. This was my second successful kickstarter project.
There are more details about this shield here.
There are more details about this shield here.