The MakerShield is a great prototyping shield but the button can be a little confusing to use. Since it connects to ground when pressed, it takes a little extra wiring and one change in the code to get to work with with the Arduino example sketch. Follow along!
Thank you so much…I’m new to arduino and just soldered the makershield together with my son…we were lost on how to verify that we set everything up correctly. This was exactly what we needed and will make our experience with the protoshield even better!
Me too! Success! It worked. Both LED’s light up (after moving the jumper wire.)
mine didn’t come with the bread board to put on top. :(
It’s sold separately – http://www.makershed.com/Mini_Breadboards_p/mkkn1.htm
hi i just put together the makershield and I wanted to say that it is very easy to solder, although
I have not experience and after testing it (thanks to this step by step guide) I realized that it works fantastically!!!
I can not find the 10K Ohm resistor nor the pushbutton, could you please give me the links?
Hello,
The button is included in the MakerShield Kit – http://www.makershed.com/MakerShield_Kit_p/msms01.htm
We include the 10K resistor in our Getting Started with Arduino Kit, Ultimate Arduino Microcontroller Pack, and Mintronics: Survival Pack. You can also pick one up from your local RadioShack.
Hope that helps!
The comments below are my personal opinions only. Your experience may vary.
‘Make’, ‘Maker Shed’, etc are basically blatant commercial money-making endeavors. I would caution anyone thinking of buying this ‘Maker Shield’ that it is NOT a ‘breadboard’, there is no ‘manual’ except brief blurbs online, in fact it is a waste of $17 if you have any circuits knowledge whatever.
Note that the ‘mini breadboard’ appears to be available ONLY from Maker Shed. Rat Shack breadboards will not fit, nor will any other breadboard I see available online.
The button, capacitors, LED’s resistors, wire jumpers, etc can be added to any ordinary breadboard, thus eliminating the totally unnecessary expense and effort involved in this ‘Maker Shield’ commercial product.
Did I mention that there is no easily available manual containing even any DESCRIPTION of the underlying CIRCUIT on the ‘Maker Shield’ board itself? And, one cannot easily see into the various levels of circuit to decipher whether one would, for example, simply BLOW OUT the Led’s? For that matter, how many levels are there in the PC board?
My opinion is that this is mainly a come-on to buy more gimmicks from ‘Make’, which is mostly just that – a store.
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