Using the IoT Proto Shield Plus with Arduino and ESP boards

Published : 02/11/2022 08:36:34
Categories : IoT Proto Shield Plus , Proto Shield Plus

Using the IoT Proto Shield Plus with Arduino and ESP boards

The IoT Proto Shield Plus let's you to easily prototype with Arduino NANO, NANO33 , ESP32 and ESP8266 boards, let's see how it works.

Using the IoT Proto Shield Plus with Arduino NANO boards

Plug the NANO board in the Arduino NANO SOCKET paying attention to pin alignment and orientation.
Connect the NANO board by means of a USB cable to your PC and start using it.

Consider that NANO and NANO EVERY boards operate at 5V, while NANO33 family boards operate at 3V3.

It is strongly suggested to read the technical specification of the board you are using to become familiar with it.

An ARDUINO NANO (NANO33 IoT) plugged into the IoT Proto Shield Plus

ARDUINO NANO signals routing on the IoT Proto Shield Plus

Using the IoT Proto Shield Plus with ESP32 Mini boards

Plug the ESP32 MINI board in the ESP SOCKET paying attention to pin alignment and orientation.
Connect the ESP32 MINI board by means of a USB cable to your PC and start using it.

Consider that ESP32 boards operate at 3V3.

It is strongly suggested to read the technical specification of the board you are using to become familiar with it

The ESP32 MINI D1 plugged into the IoT Proto Shield Plus
The ESP32 mini D1 board

ESP32 signals routing on the IoT Proto Shield Plus

Using the IoT Proto Shield Plus with ESP8266 Mini boards

Consider that the footprint of the ESP8266 mini board is a "shrinked" version of the ESP32 footprint (or the ESP32 is an "extended" version of the ESP8266 footprint....) and they are compatible since they share the pinout on some pins.
Plug the ESP8266 MINI board in the ESP SOCKET paying attention to pin alignment and orientation.
Connect the ESP8266 MINI board by means of a USB cable to your PC and start using it.

Consider that ESP8266 boards operate at 3V3.

It is strongly suggested to read the technical specification of the board you are using to become familiar with it.

The shared pinout on the ESP32 MINI and the ESP8266 MINI boards
The ESP32 mini footprint and the pinout shared with 8266 D1 mini footprint