Since the Arduino was launched years ago, many ‘shields’ or add-on boards providing additional functionality have been released. There are hundreds of different shields, from video capture ...

We thought that connecting an Arduino to a Raspberry Pi was overkill, but one thing caught our attention. [Jan Stevens] mentions that the RPi is less expensive than the Ethernet Shield.

Heck, if you’re unable to access your PC, you can even turn a makeshift Raspberry Pi laptop ... terminal shields and breakout boards, which can extend the functionality of your Arduino.