Sensor Shield V5.0 Expansion Board for Arduino

The Sensor Shield V5.0 Expansion Board for Arduino is a plug-on shield compatible with Arduino Uno, MEGA 2560, Duemilanove, and Diecimila boards that breaks out every digital pin D0 to D13 and analog pin A0 to A5 into 3-pin 2.54mm pitch VCC-GND-Signal headers. The sensor shield expansion board eliminates individual sensor wiring on a breadboard — every pin is pre-wired to a power rail and ground, allowing sensors to connect with a single 3-wire Dupont cable directly to the appropriate header without soldering or breadboard jumpers.

The sensor shield v5.0 supports up to 32 servo motor channels on MEGA boards (18 to 23 on Uno), and includes UART, I2C, SPI, SD card, Bluetooth module header, and APC220 wireless RF socket on its 5cm x 5cm PCB weighing 25 grams. The arduino uno r3 shield format means this board mounts directly on the Arduino Uno R3 header pins without modification, and all standard Arduino tutorial sensor wiring diagrams apply without any pin remapping. One practical trade-off: the A0 to A5 analog pins are hardwired to 5V — the sensor shield for arduino cannot power 3.3V sensors from these analog headers. Use an external 3.3V regulator or a Mega V2.0 shield that has the selectable voltage jumper for 3.3V sensor builds.

The non-obvious advantage of the VCC-GND-Signal header format over bare Arduino pin breakouts is standardised cable compatibility — every standard 3-wire sensor module sold in India with a JST or Dupont connector plugs directly into the sensor shield expansion board header without any adapter or rewiring. Available from StemVolt, this unit is suitable for engineers working on Arduino sensor interfacing and practical embedded electronics projects.

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Features:

• VCC GND Signal 2.54mm headers on every digital and analog Arduino pin
• Up to 32 servo channels for multi-servo robotics arm and vehicle builds
• UART I2C SPI SD card Bluetooth and APC220 RF interfaces onboard
• 5cm x 5cm compact PCB at 25gm for easy shield stacking
• Plug-and-play on Uno MEGA Duemilanove Diecimila without any wiring modification

Technical Specifications:

 Applications:

• Sensor Shield V5.0 Expansion Board used for multi-servo robotics arm build
• College lab uses arduino sensor shield for fast plug-and-play sensor demo
• Bluetooth robot uses sensor shield for arduino with HC-05 module connection
• SD card data logger uses expansion board for Arduino sensor file write
• STEM robotics workshop uses arduino shield for quick servo motor interfacing

Package Includes:

• 1 × Sensor Shield V5.0 Expansion Board for Arduino