Phi-shield revised and released

It has been a while since I gave the phi-shield a major revision. I’ve been working on this for a while and now I am releasing the Phi-3 shield. This shield continues to support user interaction with LCDs and buttons. Here is a list of the features:

The following hardware are provided by the shield:

• 20X4 LCD with back light on/off control
• Six buttons (up/down/left/right/B/A)
• Two LED indicators
• Speaker
• MicroSD card slot
• Real-time clock (DS3231)
• EEPROM (32KB 24LC256)
• Connector for Adafruit Ultimate GPS module or Bluetooth module
• Stacking headers for easy access to all pins.
• Recessed board right edge for easy access to MEGA’s 18X2 pin headers on the right side.
• Reset button

The following software functions are provided by various supporting libraries:

• User-selectable menu (LCD + buttons)
• Number and text entry (LCD + buttons)
• Scrollable long text (LCD + buttons)
• Date and time (DS3231 or GPS)
• Location (GPS)
• Data and configuration storage (MicroSD card and EEPROM)
• Playing simple tones (speaker)
• Indicators (LEDs)
• Wireless connection (Bluetooth module)

There are three tiers of Phi-3 shield kits: kit0, kit1, and kit2, none of which includes a GPS module. The kits are immediately available. Buttons with color caps as pictured will be included while supplies last.

Here is the Phi-3 shield’s own page. There are links on the page to make purchases. Or you can visit the BUY page to see what stores carry this shield.

Phi-3 shield

Video demonstrations will be available next week. Meanwhile, the support of Phi-2 shield will remain. If you need Phi-2 shields, I have them available.