35000 Parallax

Web Site: www.parallax.com Office: (916) 624-8333 Forums: forums.parallax.com Fax: (916) 624-8003 Sales: sales parallax.com Sales: (888) 512-1024 Technical: support parallax.com Tech Support: (888) 997-8267 Board of Education Shield ( 35000) Plug this shield into your own Arduino module to give it the useful features and form factor of the original Board of Education . This shield makes circuit prototyping simple and convenient with a 2 row x 17 column breadboard. Headers along the side. top, and bottom provide easy access to supply voltages and the Arduino modules digital I/O and analog inputs. The Board of Education Shields four corner mounting holes and servo ports make it compatible with the Boe-Bot robot chassis, continuous rotation servos, and many sensors and accessories from Parallax. The 3-position power switch allows you to turn on power in stages, first to the power header above the breadboard, and then to any servos plugged into the ports. This is especially useful for cutting servo power so that you can monitor sensors on your breadboard while keeping motors from moving. This board also has a RESET button for restarting the program and pass-through headers for stacking more shields on top. Features 17 row x 2 column breadboard with adjacent headers for Vin, 5 V, 3.3 V, GND, digital I/O and analog in Onboard 5 V regulator supplies up to 1 A for robotics and animatronics applications Onboard 3.3 V regulator supplies up to 250 mA for project circuits and accessories such as Digis XBee RF modules 4 servo ports with power selection jumper for regulated 5 V or Vin (Arduinos supply voltage) 3-position power switch for power header or header + servo ports RESET button resets the Arduino Supply indicator LEDs for breadboard and servo power Key Specifications Power Requirements: 7 to 12 VDC Communication: Serial over USB through Arduino (sold separately) Operating temperature: 32 to 158 F (0 to 70 C) Dimensions: 4 x 3.05 in (102 x 77.5 mm) Application Ideas Mount your Arduino microcontroller brain on the Boe-Bot robot chassissee Robotics with the Board of Education Shield for Arduino at Assembly Instructions (Arduino module not included) Step 1 The four groups of pins under the Board of Education Shield plug into the four Arduino socket headers. If you have an Arduino Mega, the four pin groups fit into the four headers closest to the USB and power connectors. If your Arduino is Revision 3 it will have UNO R3 or MEGA R3 on the back. When you have socketed the shield, Revision 3 and newer revisions will have two empty pairs of sockets at the far left, closest to the USB and power connectors. Earlier revisions such as 2, 1, and Duemilanove have the same number of sockets as the shield has pins, so there should be no empty sockets on the Arduinos left side. Uno R3 Mega R3 Step 2 Carefully line up the shields pins with the Arduinos sockets. Before pressing the two boards together, look through the shields three smaller mounting holes from straight above. They should line up with the mounting holes on the Arduino module. Align BOE Shield pins with Arduino Sockets Arduino power and programming ports are Make sure BOE Shield mounting away from the BOE Shields breadboard holes align with Arduinos Copyright Parallax Inc. Board of Education Shield ( 35000) v1.2 3/2/2012 Page 2 of 8