
The first part we're going to solder is a 10K resistor. Place the circuit board in a vise so that you can easily work on it Next, heat up your soldering iron and clear off your desk. Prepare to assemble the kit by checking the parts list and verifying you have everything! Onboard 3.3v regulator is both a reliable reference voltage and also reliably runs SD cards that require a lot of power to run Prototyping area for soldering connectors, circuitry or sensors. Included libraries and example code for both SD and RTC mean you can get going quickly Real time clock (RTC) keeps the time going even when the Arduino is unplugged.

3.3v level shifter circuitry prevents damage to your SD card SD card interface works with FAT16 or FAT32 formatted cards. The included Real Time Clock timestamps all your data with the current time, so that you know precisely what happened when! We even have a tutorial on how to use two free software programs to plot your data.

You can get going within an hour - saving data to files on any FAT16 or FAT32 formatted SD card, to be read by any plotting, spreadsheet or analysis program. Not only is it easy to assemble and customize, it also comes with great documentation and libraries. We worked hard to engineer an inexpensive but well-rounded design. Here's a handy Arduino shield: we've had a lot of people looking for a dedicated and well-designed data logging shield.
