Arduino ProtoShield Quickstart Guide

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Arduino ProtoShield v25 has been retired. If you are looking for the most recent version, check out our revised SparkFun Arduino ProtoShield!

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Resources and Going Further

Now that you've successfully got your Arduino ProtoShield up and running, it's time to incorporate it into your own project!

For more information, check out the resources below.

Need some inspiration for your next project? Check out some of these project tutorials. You may also want to add/review the comments on that page or do a Google search for more example projects that use the ProtoShield.

Mario the Magician's Magical Lapel Flower
A guest tutorial from the astonishingly talented Mario the Magician showing how to put together your own servo-controlled lapel flower.

LilyTiny Plush Monster
Craft a stuffed monster while exploring the LilyTiny preprogrammed microcontroller. This is a project based on the Plush Monster Activity created at MIT's High-Low Tech Lab by Emily Lovell, Jie Qi, and Natalie Freed.

BadgerHack: Sensor Add-On Kit
Turn your Badger or Redstick into a temperature and soil moisture sensing display with the BadgerHack Sensor Add-On Kit

Wireless Glove Controller
Build a wireless glove controller with Arduinos to trigger an LED using XBees!

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