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[qin__23]

Hi all, Thinking of buying a netduino, but was wondering if it's possible to have multiple shields on the same netduino. Like a Wifly shield, and a GPS shield both mounted on the same netduino. Thanks. qin__23

[Chris Walker]

Hi qin__23, Welcome to the Netduino community! As long as the shields use different pins and are "stackable", you'll be fine. Stackable shields have pin headers on top which match the layout of the Netduino. Also, GPS drivers should be easy--but you may need to write an interface for the Wifly shield. You'll also want to make sure that it's compatible with 3.3V signals. Netduino can take 5V--but it's an ARM board so it only outputs 3.3V. Chris

[pascal06]

In theory yes,

You need to check if a shields doesn't use the same pin as another ... Look at schematic of each shield,
And some shield are designed to be the last shield, like lcd,

Chris is the winner,

Pascal

[qin__23]

Hi qin__23,

Welcome to the Netduino community!

As long as the shields use different pins and are "stackable", you'll be fine. Stackable shields have pin headers on top which match the layout of the Netduino.

Also, GPS drivers should be easy--but you may need to write an interface for the Wifly shield. You'll also want to make sure that it's compatible with 3.3V signals. Netduino can take 5V--but it's an ARM board so it only outputs 3.3V.

Chris

Great!
Thanks for the reply.

qin__23