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The Rugged Audio Shield is the most powerful and flexible audio playback, recording, and processing shield for the Arduino family. Includes 3.5mm jacks for stereo Line In and Headphone Out, mono Microphone In, microSD card socket with built-in FAT filesystem drivers, analog potentiometer, dedicated 32 MHz microcontroller (with hackable/upgradable firmware!) and stacking headers. Fully assembled and ready to work. Free Arduino GUI library and example code.

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Rugged+Arduino = Ruggeduino: this Arduino compatible microcontroller board is fully protected. Every I/O pin can withstand 24V applied to it, every I/O pin is fused, and short circuits are no problem.

On the job or in the classroom, you no longer have to worry about that one little mistake that destroys your Arduino.

Gadget Shield

Compatible with Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove, and Ruggeduino. Accelerometer, RGB LED, IR LED, IR detector, visible light sensor, speaker, microphone, pushbuttons, potentiometer, and 4 LED’s. Fully assembled.

$29.95

Rugged Motor Driver Shield

Compatible with Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove, and Ruggeduino. Also use standalone with any controller. Controls 2 brush DC motors or one bipolar stepper. Two 2.8A H-bridges, fully protected, fully assembled, ready to work

$23.95

Rugged Circuits Yellowjacket

Tiny (1.6” x 1.1”) WiFi module with ATmega328P microcontroller. Compatible with Arduino GUI, includes Arduino bootloader for easy programming.

$54.95

Basic Motor Driver Shield

Compatible with Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove, and Ruggeduino. Also use standalone with any controller. Controls 2 brush DC motors or one bipolar stepper. Uses popular L298P 2A dual H-bridge

$15.95

Quick Shield

Compatible with Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove, and Ruggeduino. Breaks out all 28 I/O pins, power, ground, and reset to quick-connect terminals.

$9.95 kit

QuadRAM Shield

The QuadRAM shield adds 512 kilobytes of external RAM to your Arduino Mega or Mega2560.

$24.95

BeatVox Shield

Inexpensive way to make sounds with your Arduino. Includes 3.5mm stereo headphone output, 512Kbyte NAND FLASH, thumbwheel potentiometer. Stacking friendly and fully assembled.

$14.95

Flexible MIDI Shield

Add MIDI IN and MIDI OUT connections to your Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove, or Ruggeduino. Flexible choice of I/O pins, stacking headers, fully assembled.

$17.95

Aussie Shield

Compatible with Arduino Uno, Mega, Duemilanove, and Ruggeduino. Breaks out all 28 I/O pins, power, ground, and reset to quick-connect terminals.

$10.95 kit

Custom Design Services

Need a custom design? Do you have an idea for an Arduino Shield and want to bring it to production? We can help. Contact us at <support@ruggedcircuits.com> and we’ll walk you through the process. Or read more about our custom design services.

Why Rugged Circuits?

Our motto is “industrial quality at student prices”. We believe electronic circuits should be tough and reliable. Too many low-cost electronic products available today are so easily destroyed with just a simple slip of the hand or a careless wiring mistake. This kind of mistake leads to wasted money and wasted time. Our rugged products forgive your mistakes, save you money, and save you time.