New Shield Connects Phidgets Sensors to Arduino Board

Link: reg:exp: New Shield Connects Phidgets Sensors to Arduino Board.

I just received my first Arduino Shield PCB design in the mail from Advanced Circuits. We have lots of Phidgets sensors lying around in the lab; they may be a bit pricey, but their plug-and-play model is sure handy when you're in a hurry. This PCB makes it easy to connect these sensors to the Arduino platform. The board has six Phidgets (aka 3 pin Molex C-GRID) connectors which are routed directly to the Arduino's A2D ports. It also breaks out 8 bits of digital IO to .1" headers and provides the all-important reset switch and status LED.

相変わらずの勢いで発展し続けているArduinoですが、こんな拡張ボード（シールド）も登場しました。Arduinoのボードと接続することでPhidgets用のセンサをケーブルを加工することなく接続できるというものです。こういうのは、オープンソース・ハードウェアのいい例ですね。誰か、GAINERのアレンジも作ってくれないかなぁ（笑）。

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