If there is an Arduino MEGA, then there should be a MEGAshield
Hi, I just saw the picture of the Arduino MEGA featured in hack-a-day
If there is an Arduino MEGA, then for sure you need a MEGAshield. Here are some pictures of the NKC MEGAShield:
Half Stackable MEGAShield = Monster MEGAShield (As called by ladyada)
I installed long legged 6-pin and 8-pin headers to make the Arduino MEGAshield stackable on the left half side (legacy Arduino side?). Here are some pictures:
March 17th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
[...] folks over at NKC electronics didn’t waste any time with this one. They sent in the MEGA shield for the Arduino MEGA. We just posted the story of the Arduino MEGA yesterday, so that was pretty [...]
March 17th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Very Nice, but only 2 holes matching the Arduino?
March 17th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
@TalkingJazz: There are so many pins, that you actually don’t need any holes to fix this board to the MEGA!!! I added 2 just in case somebody is sending the combo (MEGA+Shield) to the space.
March 17th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
There are problem with attaching shields to the regular arduinos (because of badly soldered connectors - they are not in one straight line). How is it with arduino mega where are three connectors in row instead of two?
March 17th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
No improvements in the alignment of the connectors
March 18th, 2009 at 12:49 am
[...] folks over at NKC electronics didn’t waste any time with this one. They sent in the MEGA shield for the Arduino MEGA. We just posted the story of the Arduino MEGA yesterday, so that was pretty [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 2:18 am
[...] The folks over at NKC electronics didn’t waste any time with this one. They sent in the MEGA shield for the Arduino MEGA. We just posted the story of the Arduino MEGA yesterday, so that was pretty [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 5:36 am
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March 18th, 2009 at 7:50 am
[...] soll nicht funktionieren, mir ist noch unklar, warum). Es ist aber bereits der erste Mega-Shield der Firma NKC Electronics [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 9:46 am
[...] was fast, here’s a MEGAshield for MEGA Arduino… this is starting to sound like an Italian MEGA MONSTER TRUCK rally via HaD. Filed under: [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 10:18 am
What you really need to do is modify the megashield so it can interface with the standard arduino shields that are already in production.
March 18th, 2009 at 10:33 am
@Joe, you can use the long legged pin headers and mount the existing shields on top of the MEGAshield. I will post some pictures. Excellent idea, thanks!!!
March 18th, 2009 at 10:36 am
[...] on what appears to be the first shield created specifically for the forthcoming Arduino MEGA board. NKC’s prototyping shield is of course predictably longer and uhhh … mega-er. The comment thread over at NKC points out [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
@Joe, i posted new pictures showing how you can make this MEGAshield stackable (I made it half stackable, half conventional… you could go 100% stackable if you need).
March 18th, 2009 at 11:11 am
[...] on what appears to be the first shield created specifically for the forthcoming Arduino MEGA board. NKC’s prototyping shield is of course predictably longer and uhhh … mega-er. The comment thread over at NKC points out [...]
March 18th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I get it. You have a huge aperture. You have the biggest aperture around.
Now, can you show some modesty and post some pictures with a better DoF?
March 18th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
This stuff is getting seriously streamlined and sleek. Nice.
March 18th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
@rox0r, what is wrong about focusing on the features that I want to show? Anyways, it is not a matter of showing off my camera, I don’t have a good light, so I am using Full auto mode, with flash and as close as possible to the object, so I don’t need to do any clipping and editing, except for reducing the size and enhancing the picture with AUTO-COLOR in Irfanview. I am not good taking pictures, and I am not an artist. Sorry.
March 19th, 2009 at 2:20 am
[...] on what appears to be the first shield created specifically for the forthcoming Arduino MEGA board. NKC’s prototyping shield is of course predictably longer and uhhh … mega-er. The comment thread over at NKC points out [...]
March 19th, 2009 at 11:54 am
I don’t get it. I get (and have) the Arduino. I get shields. What does this one DO? It’s a proto board for people to build other things (that presumably do something?)
March 19th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
The ProtoShield is the most popular shield of all the shields I sell. It allows arduino users to create more “permanent” projects compared to breadboards.
But basically is a protoboard suited for Arduino. Some say that it’s own existence is because of the odd separation between digital pins 7 and 8.
March 22nd, 2009 at 12:37 am
[...] reporta lo que parece ser el primer escudo creado específicamente para el próximo Arduino MEGA. El prototipo de escudo de NKC es claramente más largo y uhh… más mega. El comentario de la liga a NKC aclara que su [...]
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
@admin
Sorry, I was half-kidding. Some of the full board shots don’t show off the whole board.
But if/when you want to open up your DoF, if you have even a cheap tripod or mini-tripod, you can do a long exposure shot with a smaller aperture. Use the 10-second delay mode to take the shot. If you do have cheap optics, you’ll generally get a sharper shot anyway stepped down a bit.
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July 30th, 2009 at 7:16 am
How do you place a mini-breadboard in the middle when there’s a reset switch and 2×3 header there?.