Cytron Arduino Proto Shield

As an electrical engineer I like having the freedom this product offers by having no pre-defined locations for ICs. I can put anything I want anywhere on the board and that allows me to have much greater efficiency in the use of the space. I was surprised that it was so hard to find this option and am delighted that RobotShop had this. I have several projects going on and chose the lowest cost shipping since I knew I wasn't in a rush. Wow, be careful about that - the product took nearly a month to arrive, which I suspect is unusual and maybe a factor of winter weather. Nevertheless, in the future if I need something in predictable time I will go with their flat rate UPS shipping which is very reasonable. Shopping around and considering the prices that RobotShop is offering compared to some competitors, I can actually offset some shipping cost pretty quickly. All in all a good experience.

Being an engineering technologist I use many of these types of boards from various suppliers. This one is very good, although it's short on VCC & GND pads. It also is missing two of the mounting holes at one end which may be an issue. Good solid board though & I expect it will be reliable in all but the most demanding applications.

En tant que technologue en ingénierie, j'utilise beaucoup de ces types de panneaux de différents fournisseurs. Celui-ci est très bon, même s'il manque de pads VCC & GND. Il manque également deux des trous de montage à une extrémité, ce qui peut poser problème. Bonne carte solide cependant et je pense qu’elle sera fiable dans toutes les applications, sauf les plus exigeantes.

It's among the cheapest, yet also provides the greatest open area of 0.1x0.1 grid for flexible circuit layout. Stock up on these!

Tought plate, but it lacks on VCC and GND points.