Prototyping with Arduino and a breadboard has many advantages. Circuits can be easily constructed and physical computing projects can be quickly realized. Unfortunately, breadboarded circuits have some disadvantages as well - components and wires are difficult to secure, making the reliability of the circuit questionable and transportation of the project very difficult.
One solution is to create PCBs for your circuit, however this takes a fair amount of time and electronic know-how.
This is where JEP shields come into play. JEP stands for "Just Enough Prototyping." JEP shields are complete circuits for Arduino microcontrollers. They are modular in construction such that the functionality of each can be stacked through pin headers.
Every JEP shield has its own patch panel - two rows of female pin headers, which give access to all Arduino pins. In/out pins of the JEP shields have their own screw terminals, providing a secure connection to peripheral components, like motors or sensors. Every shield has 3 onboard trimpots which can be used to calibrate sensors or digital inputs.
At the moment, there are 5 JEP shields for different uses:
The eagle files to produce the JEP shields yourself are posted here for free download and the shields themselves will be for sale in the Fritzing shop soon.
This project was supported by Fritzing.
And a big thank you to JennyLC for translating this stuff!!!
