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Prototyping your own shields with 2.54 pitch PCB breadboards

Published : 06/06/2018 10:48:35
Categories : Proto Shield Plus


Prototyping YOUR OWN SHIELDs with 2.54 pitch PCB breadboard


Which is the most annoying thing about the Arduino UNO board form factor?
I would say that everyone agrees on the issue that one of the four I/O connector is not in standard 2.54 pin pitch.
During the past years it has also become some kind of a "new standard", but it is quite a pain in the neck when you want to prototype your own shield with a standard 2.54 pin pitch PCB breadboards.


Highlighted in RED the not-standard 2.54 pin pitch connector of the UNO board (in GREEN all the other standard 2.54 pitch pins)

The Arduino UNO misaligned connector


Thus, if you want to prototype your custom shield, using a standard 2.54 pitch pcb breadboard, you have to exclude that connector, or bent pins, or find some other trick to use the I/O lines 8 to 13.


In LIGHT GREEN, a standard 2.54 pin pitch PCB breadboard (in RED the resulting misaligned connector)

The Arduino UNO form factor with misaligned connector


The UNO socket of the Proto Shield Plus provides additional holes to let you mount a connector that will fit the a 2.54 pitch breadboard.
It is up you to mount a male or female connector depending on your needs.


Highlighted in GREEN the additional 2.54 pin pitch holes of the UNO socket of the Proto Shield Plus

The Proto Shield Plus additional 2.54 pin pitch holes


In LIGHT GREEN, a standard 2.54 pin pitch PCB breadboard (the additional connector fits it)

A standatd 2.54 PCB breadboard fits on the Proto Shield Plus additional holes


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