Arduino Shields

[Jay Vaughan]

> I saw a couple of people with Arduino prototype shields at SDIY,  
> where di
> you guys get them?
>

There's quite an aftermarket for 3rd party Arduino shields - there are  
tons of things, like a control surface shield, an LED Matrix, etc.   
And of course our trusty Pocket Piano's.

Check the Ardunio forums - most shield developers lurk in there and/or  
spam their wares.  Its a real market, like I said.

> Also, is it possible to write some assembly language using the  
> Arduino IDE?
> One of the main things I like about the Arduino is the fact I can  
> use it on
> my Mac without having to load a windows VM.


Yes, you can write AVR assembly .. either inline it, like normal, or  
use avr-as in a Makefile-type project .. I don't know how well it  
works inside the IDE, never bothered with the IDE much myself (vim 
+Makefile is just fine for me), but I'm sure you can do it as there  
are a couple Arduino projects with assembly files included ..

What're you doing with it, btw?  Control surface?


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Jay Vaughan