What's a "Shield Shield"?

[voidptr]

So, I was just re-reading my pledge details, and one of the things listed is the "Shield shield" What the heck is that? It's not defined anywhere on the campaign or blog posts, or forums. So? What is it? What's it for?

[wheelsailor]

Perhaps a flutter to larger UNO Shield adapter - so UNO shields (e.g. LCD, Ethernet, IO cards etc) can be easily used?
(Disclosure: Not a kick starter backer - since I only found flutter last year).

[jet_flyer]

Yes as stated above its a shield thst allows you to plug any typical Arduino shield in that's compatible with the voltage. so not all of them but most

[voidptr]

Is this documented anywhere?

[jet_flyer]

via the FAQ on the kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/flutterwireless/flutter-20-wireless-arduino-with-half-mile-1km-ran

"Shield Shield [$5]
The Shield Shield is a simple shield that gives Flutter the same pinout as the Arduino Uno, so you can use Flutter with your existing 3.3v compatible Arduino shields. Many shields were only designed for 5v operation, so make sure your shield works with 3.3 volts if you are unsure! We will offer a 5v level shifting Shield Shield some time after the campaign ends."

so actually it's the 3.3. not the 5 Volt shields and that's a lot of them so just be careful

[taylor]

Yeah, we are sparse on documentation right now. The Shield Shield is pretty simple but currently only exists in my head. My goal this month is to finish all shields, though with the software release coming up, that may bleed into april...

I think I will throw a couple level shifters onto the shield shield so people can more easily use it with 5v shields.