ARDUINO GUIDE
The Arduino open-source microcontroller platform can be programmed and equipped to
Arduino Starter Kit
$89.99
The best way to get going with the
very capable microcontroller platform,
the starter kit sets you up with the
basic parts necessary for tinkering,
plus a wealth of knowledge in the
included 400+ pages of Making
Things Talk, by Arduino developer
Tom Igoe.
» 1x Arduino Diecimila
» 1x Mini Breadboard
» 1x 3 ft. USB Cable
» 10x 1K Resistors
» 2x 10k Resistors
» 3x Red LEDs
» 2x Green LEDs
» 1X Superbright Blue LED
» 1x Momentary Tactile Switch
» 2x Interlink Force Sensing
Resistors
» 1x Protoshield Kit (unassembled)
» Making Things Talk by Tom Igoe
» 24" each of Red, Blue & Black AWG
jumper wire
» 9V Battery Case w/DC Plug (some
assembly required)
» Yes, even a 9V battery
iDuino
$17.82
Another ‘duino kit designed for use
with electronics breadboards, the
iDuino can be powered via USB and
uses standard 5mm LEDs as status
indicators.
perform a nearly endless list of functions. It’s likely the best all-around centerpiece to a
modern electronics project. But one of the tasks Arduino is best used for is straight-up
fun - the open design means there’s an Arduino board suitable for almost any project, and
a wealth of add-on “shields” extends its abilities with ease.
Visit makershed.com/arduino
Arduino Starter Pack
$65
A different take on the Arduino
survival kit, this pack from Adafruit
includes potentiometers, a DC wall
adapter, and a nice selection of LEDs:
» Arduino Duemilanove -
including 4 rubber feet
» 3' USB cable
» Protoshield Kit
» Tiny Breadboard
» 9V DC regulated wall adapter
» 9V Battery case with switch and a
2.1mm plug
» 10K potentiometer, 1K
potentiometer
» 2 small pushbuttons
» 5 red diffused bright LEDs,
plus one each of red, green
and blue ultra-bright LED
» 5 100 ohm resistors, 5 1K resistors,
5 10K resistors
» CdS photocell sensor
» 4 pieces of 18" long jumper wire in
red, black, yellow and blue
Freeduino
Price $23.99
Another solderable Arduino kit,
the Freeduino is compatible with
standard expansion shields, has
onboard USB port (like the
standard Arduino), and is fully
compatible with add-on shields.
It also looks pretty darn cool in
orange/yellow!
Arduino Duemilanove
$34.99
The new standard Arduino main
board. This latest model auto-switch-
es its power source between USB
and DC jack - whichever is available.
“Duemilanove” means 2009 in Italian
and is named after the year of its
release. Specs include:
» Microcontroller - ATmega168
» Operating Voltage - 5V
» Input Voltage - (recommended) 7-12V
» Input Voltage - (limits) 6-20V
» Digital I/O Pins - 14 (of which 6
provide PWM output)
» Analog Input Pins - 6
» DC Current per I/O Pin - 40 mA
» DC Current for 3.3V Pin - 50 mA
» Flash Memory - 16 KB (of which 2
KB used by bootloader)
» SRAM - 1 KB
» EEPROM - 512 bytes
» Clock Speed - 16 MHz
Arduino Mini Board &
Arduino Mini USB Adapter
$36.99 (Mini board)
$19.99 (USB adapter)
The Arduino Mini offers the same
power and flexibility of the standard
boards, but in a much smaller pack-
age. This makes it an ideal choice for
projects where space is at a premium.
The USB adapter is used to program
the Mini from your computer and can
be removed from a project was your
done wrting and uploading software.
Seeeduino
$23.99
Another variation on the standard
board but featuring some notable
changes, including:
» Duplicate digital IO to 100mil grid
for prototype board compatibility.
» Shrink componets height below
female headers.
» Change Type-B USB port to Mini
USB.
» Replace 3.5mm DC power Jack to
battery 2 Pin plug.
» Reset and power indicator near
RST button.
» Auto-reset selection.
» 3.3V Operating Voltage selection.
» Pin out UART for FTDI232 bit-bang
operation.
» Pin out 2 extra ADC.
» Optional capacitor for improving
3.3V output performance.
» Pin out for I2C and sensors
Arduino Bare Bones kit
$19.99 (kit)
$20.00 (programming cable)
For those who’d prefer to build their
own Arduino from the ground up, the
Bare Bones kit let’s you solder your
way to microcontroller bliss.
Arduino Pro
$19.95
It’s blue and skinny! The Arduino Pro
is a microcontroller board based on
the ATmega168 (datasheet). It has 14
digital input/output pins (of which
6 can be used as PWM outputs), 6
analog inputs, an 8 MHz resonator, a
battery power jack, a power switch,
a reset button, and holes for mount-
ing a power jack, an ICSP header,
and pin headers. The Arduino Pro is
intended for semi-permanent instal-
lation in objects or exhibitions. The
board comes without pre-mounted
headers, allowing the use of various
types of connectors or direct solder-
ing of wires. The pin layout is
compatible with Arduino shields.
The board can be powered with a
battery, and runs at 3.3V.
» ATmega168V running at 8MHz
external resonator
» Low-voltage board needs no
interfacing circuitry to popular
3.3V devices and modules (GPS,
Accelerometers, sensors, etc)
» USB connection off board
» 3.3V regulator
» Reverse polarity protected
» DC input 3.3V up to 12V
» Resettable fuse prevents damage
to board in case of short
» Power select switch acts as on/
off switch
Sanguino
$25.00
Monster Arduino! The Sanguino is
an Arduino-compatible board that
boasts 4x the memory, 4x the ram,
and 12 extra pins. Its a sweet board
that gives us some room to expand
while still being completely through-
hole for simple assembly.
» atmega644P core
» 32 total general purpose I/O pins
(some are multipurpose)
» 8 analog pins
» 6 PWM pins
» 64K flash memory
» 4K RAM
» 2K EEPROM
» completely through-hole
construction
» breadboard compatible
» 100% open source
» compatible with Arduino 0012 with
minimal hacking
LilyPad Pro Kit
$49.95
The LilyPad Arduino is a microcon-
troller board designed for wearables
and e-textiles. It can be sewn to
fabric and similarly mounted power
supplies, sensors and actuators
with conductive thread. The LilyPad
Pro Kit gives you the full flexibility
and power of the LilyPad system.
Program the LilyPad main board to
respond to physical changes in light,
sound, or motion. Create displays
of light, sound, and get physical
feedback using the various LilyPad
periphery boards. The kit includes:
» LilyPad Mainboard
» LilyPad Power Supply
» LilyPad USB Link
» Mini USB Cable
Arduino Nano
$49.99
So tiny you’ll want to eat it! Arduino
Nano is a surface mount breadboard
embedded version with integrated
USB. It is a smallest, complete, and
breadboard friendly. It has every-
thing that Diecimila has (electri-
cally) with more analog input pins
and onboard +5V AREF jumper.
Physically, it is missing power jack
and power select jumper. Since the
Nano is automatically sense and
switch to the higher potential source
of power, there is no need for the
power select jumper. Nano’s got the
breadboard-ability of the Boarduino
and the Mini+USB with smaller foot-
print than either, so users have more
breadboard space.
» Automatic reset during program
download
» Power OK blue LED on the bottom
» Green (TX), red (RX) and orange
(L) LED
» +5V to AREF jumper
» Auto sensing/switching power
input
» Small mini-B USB for program-
ming and serial monitor
» ICSP header for direct program
download
» Power OK blue LED on the bottom
» Standard 0.1" spacing DIP (bread-
board friendly)
» Manual reset switch
DC Boarduino kit
$17.50 (kit)
$20.00 (programming cable)
An Arduino designed especially for
use with an electronics breadboard,
this Boarduino sports a standard
DC jack for power and can be pro-
grammed with a USB-TTL Serial cable.
Features include:
» Designed to plug into a bread-
board for easy prototyping
» Petite size, only 3"×0.8"
(75mm×20mm)
» All ‘standard’ pins are brought out
- Digital 0 thru 13, Analog 0 thru 5,
ARef, 5V, Ground, Vin and Reset
» Chip comes preprogrammed with
a “no-wait” Arduino bootloader
» 2 LEDs, green power and red “pin
13” just like the Arduino Diecimila
» Available as a low cost kit with
standard parts, so its never out
of stock
» All through-hole parts are easy to
solder
» Reset button
» ATmega168, running at 16.00 MHz,
just like the lastest Arduino, the
Diecimila
» 6-pin standard ICSP header
» Standard 2.1mm DC jack (just like
the original) with 5V regulator to
run on 7V-17V power
» 1N4001 diode protects against
using incorrect wall adapter
» 6-pin header at the end for a USB-
TTL cable
» Auto-reset capability when used
with a USB-TTL cable
 ARDUINO SHIELDS
Pocket Piano kit
$44.95
This is a board for making the
Arduino into a portable stand alone
music synthesizer. It plugs directly
into the Arduino board and provides
25 multiplexed keys (2 full octaves),
4 pots, status LED, reset switch, digi-
tal to analog converter IC, and a RCA
audio jack. The Arduino board with its
powerful AVR processor is more than
adequate for a wide range of sound
synthesis techniques. We have exper-
imented with simple additive / wave-
table synthesis, frequency modula-
tion, ring modulation, sampling,
polyphony, various arpeggiators. The
whole thing can be powered over the
Arduino's USB port for convenient
experimenting. Arduino not included.
The board is designed to mount eas-
ily to 1/8" panel material, and 1/2"
round keys can be made out of wood
or plastic. Features include:
» 25 keys and multiplexer circuitry
» 4 potentiometers, 1 controls
output level
» Microchip MCP4921 12 bit SPI
DAC
» Passive low pass output filte
Arduino AVR Scope Clock
Shield
$34.95
Turn your X-Y capable analog
oscilloscope it a very unique clock
with this kit. A very cool (and
practical) way to put your idle
scope to work!
Waveshield Kit
$21.95
Adding quality audio to an
electronic project is surprisingly dif-
ficult. Here is a shield for Arduinos
that solves this problem. It can play
up to 22KHz, 12bit uncompressed
audio files of any length. A great
low cost easy-to-make kit. It has an
onboard DAC, filter and op-amp for
high quality output. Audio files are
read off of an SD/MMC card, which
are available at nearly any store.
Volume can be controlled with the
onboard thumbwheel potentiometer.
This shield is a kit, and comes
with all parts you need to build it.
Arduino, SD card, tools, speaker and
headphones are not included. It is
fairly easy to construct and anyone
with a successful soldering project
under their belt should be able to
build it.
ProtoShield kit
$15.00
A great way to make your own
custom shield for Arduino, the
ProtoShield can accommodate
a mini-breadboard or can be soldered
to directly via its versatile perforated
pattern. Features include:
» Reset button up top
» ICSP header
» Lots of GND and +5V rails
» DIP prototyping area makes it
easy to add more chips
» SOIC prototyping area above USB
jack for up to 14-pin SOIC chip,
narrow medium or wide package.
» Use 'mini' or 'medium' breadboard
» Two 3mm LEDs with matching
resistors
» Extra 6mm button
Additional hardware that attaches directly to Arduino
Danger Shield kit MotorShield for
$44.95 Arduino Kit
The Danger Shield is an add-on for $19.50
the Arduino micro controller board. It Put projects in motion with this kit's
contains a variety of fun and useful specialized connectivity
electronic circuits that you can use for motors. The shield can
to do fun and useful things. It is a accomodate:
fully self-contained shield. You plug it
into your Arduino, and you can imme-
» 2 connections for 5V 'hobby' ser-
diately start using it. No extra things
vos with high-resolution dedicated
to hook up, no external components.
timer - no jitter!
Just a really rad board ready to rock.
» 4 H-Bridges: L293D chipset pro-
Soldering required. Features include:
vides 0.6A per bridge (1.2A peak)
with thermal shutdown protec-
» 3x Linear sliders w/ integrated
tion, internal kickback protection
LEDs (independently hooked up
diodes. Can run motors on 4.5VDC
to PWM)
to 36VDC.
» 3x Pushbuttons
» Up to 4 bi-directional DC motors
» 2x Indicator LEDs (each with a
with individual 8-bit speed selec-
PWM)
tion (so, about 0.5% resolution)
» 1x Piezo buzzer (for making noise!)
» Up to 2 stepper motors (unipolar
» 1x Temperature sensor
or bipolar) with single coil, double
» 1x Light sensor
coil or interleaved stepping.
» 1x Knock sensor
» 1x 7 segment LED (with shift
Features include:
register)
» Power LED and reset button
» Big terminal block connectors to
easily hook up wires (10-22AWG)
and power
» Arduino reset button brought up
top (Diecimila only)
» 2-pin terminal block and jumper
to connect external power, for
seperate logic/motor supplies
» Tested compatible with Diecimila
(NG is next!)
» Download the easy-to-use Arduino
software library, check out the
examples and you're ready to go!
XPortShield
$15.00 (shield kit)
$28.00 (X-Port module)
Add Ethernet! Want your Arduino
to check email? How about sending
a twitter (which can then be easily
forwarded to a phone via SMS)? Or
grabbing data from a website? There
are so many possibilities for projects
that connect to the Internet to get
data, now there's an easy way to do
it with an Arduino. This shield kit
allows you to add and use an XPort
or XPort direct(+) Ethernet module
Arduino Ethernet Shield
(not included) using any 4 pins. All $45.00
of the TCP/IP stack awfulness is The official ethernet offering from
done for you in the module so its the Arduino development team, uti-
super easy to just connect to any lizing a WizNet w5100 chip.
server. The kit does not include an
Ethernet module!

GPS Shield and
data logger kit
$19.50
GPS shield for Arduino kit with data-
logging capability. After building this
easy kit, you can create your own
geo-locative project. Features:
» This shield is designed to make
GPS projects straight-forward and
easy. Plug in a supported GPS
module and run any of the example
Arduino sketches for parsing GPS
data (NMEA sentences), logging to
a FAT16-formatted SD flash mem-
ory card and storing analog sensor
data along with precise location,
date and time in CSV format.
» The shield is designed specifically
for use with the EM-406a module:
the small surface-mount GPS con-
nector is pre-soldered for you. (It
is a high-quality engine with quick
time-to-fix and excellent recep-
tion, even in downtown New York
City!) It can also be used with a
Tyco A1035D, EB-85A or Lassen IQ
module. GPS module, Arduino, and
SD memory card are not included.
» The examples work fine on
ATmega168-based Arduino (or
compatible). Run-time is approxi-
mately 3 hours with a 9V battery
and up to 12 hours using a
MintyBoost, assuming no power-
saving features are enabled.
Doublewide
ExtenderShield kit
$18.33
The shield-lover's shield!
Liquidware's extension add-on
provides more room for attaching
multiple shields - also available in a
double-tall format. Features:
» 4.2in tall × 2.7in wide
» 108mm tall × 69mm wide
» Arduino replicated mounting holes
» Arduino replicated plated
through-holes
» Solderable dev area
Sanguino
Breakout Shield
$15.00
This is a kit of the Sanguino
Breakout Shield board. It is primari-
lyintended as a shield for existing
Sanguino boards, but we've also
included the footprint for a full
Sanguino on the PCB as well. Its up
to you as the builder to decide what
shape the board should take: You
can build it as a single board with
an integrated Sanguino, or you can
add headers that allow you to plug
an existing Sanguino into the board.
its your choice!
TouchShield kit
$139.63
This high-end kit enhances
Arduino's capabilities with a touch-
sensitive OLED screen and built-in
memory for graphics storage and
more. Features include:
» 128×128 OLED Screen
» 262K Colors
» Touch Screen
» Powered from the Arduino's
5 VDC pins
» Only Uses Arduino Pins: 2 and 3
» Holds 60 Full Screen Images
» Compatible with Arduino
Environment
» Arduino Graphics Core Ready
to Go
» Draw Shapes, Pixels, Colors,
Graphs, Buttons and More directly
from the Arduino IDE
ARDUINO EXTRAS
Hardware add-ons & other items designed for use with Arduino
Getting Started
with Arduino
$12.99
The perfect companion to your first
Arduino, this valuable little book
offers a thorough introduction to
the open-source electronics pro-
totyping platform that's taking the
design and hobbyist world by storm.
Getting Started with Arduino gives
you lots of ideas for projects and
helps you get going on them right
away. Written by Massimo Banzi,
co-founder of the Arduino Project.
Covering topics such as:
» Interaction design and physical
computing
» The Arduino hardware and soft-
ware development environment
» Basics of electricity and
electronics
» Prototyping on a solderless
breadboard
» Drawing a schematic diagram
Xbee adapter kit
$10.00
Add wireless to your projects! This
adapter board is designed to make
adding wireless point-to-point or
mesh networking easy. Adafruit
looked at all the XBee adapter
boards available and decided to
design something better. brought
out along the edge, making it easy
to breadboard or wire up.
» For use with any XBee/Pro
pin-compatible module
BlinkM-Smart LED
$12.95
Have you wanted an LED that
can fade from deep red to bright
purple? Flash like a police light?
Turn on with the subtle fade of an
incandescent bulb? Flicker like a
candle? That's BlinkM.
We've attached an ultra bright
wide-angle RGB LED to a microcon-
troller. Using BlinkM Sequencer, our
software that fuses a color picker
with a drum machine, you program
BlinkM to be any color, and blink
and fade in virtually any pattern.
When you've programmed your
BlinkM, you unplug it and pop it
into your project. Apply 5 volts, and
it does its thing, whether that's
glowing your favorite pinkish purple,
or pulse like an old neon light.
Open Heart kit
$18.00
The Open Heart is an LED matrix of
individually addressable LEDs. It can
be used to create a brooch or bag
light with highly customizable anima-
tions. It can be configured so that you
can temporarily attach it to fabrics
with headers that you simply push
through, or you can configure it to be
sewn into a project using conductive
fabric for a more permanent setup.
You'll need an Arduino to complete
this project as well as a soldering iron
and basic hand tools. Features:
» Heart PCB
» 27 Red LEDs
» 6 Resistors
» Right angle headers
» Crimp housings with metal crimps
» 6 wire cable