Building the S65-Shield from Arduino

Overview

The S65-Shield is considered as a plug-in module that can be used as an efficient and low cost tool.

Explanation

The device consists of micro SD socket, color TFT 176x132 16-bit display for better and higher resolution, mega boards, Diecimila, and rotary encoder which makes it suitable for Arduino Duemilanove. The whole circuit is being supplied by a 3.3V, 10V LED Backlight Power management system. For wireless transceiver purpose, an expansion port is also included.

Compared to the use of individual buttons, S65-Shield is operating through a rotary encoder which makes it an interesting feature to be much better and efficient. This makes the S65-Shield to transform into a spontaneous user interface where the input is extremely fast.

The Arduino is used in this project since it is an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware/software. This makes it suitable for hobbyists, designers, artists, and anyone interested in creating interactive environments or objects. A variety of sensors can provide input sensed by the Arduino from the environment or can be affected from its surroundings by controlling motors, lights, and other actuators. The Arduino programming glanguage is used to program the onboard microcontroller.