== Background ==
After our last soldering seminar where some people decided to solder the [[isolated versatile FTDI]] I realized that this was probably not the best skill level for beginners.
I had the idea to design a Arduino Nano compatible board with an microSD slot.
On one fateful Monday evening I talked to [[Benutzer:Tut|Tut]],[[Benutzer: Shintaro | Shintaro]] and [[Benutzer: LeandraChristine | LeandraChristine]] about this idea. Soon after that we were discussing the problems of the PIN Arduino PIN design, which is not in a proper 0.1 inch grid. We started to collect ideas on how a “really nice” shield design could be realized. At some point a crucial idea came to mind.
If you place a shift register on every shield and use it to toggle the SPI chip select u could stack an indefinite number of shields.
I liked this idea so much that I decided to realize it.
We will see if the great potential I can see in it can be realized :)
== Features ==
== Design decisions explained ==
There are lots of Arduino Shields out there. When I started to think about implementing this idea I thought being compatible to old shields would be great, since the “Skyline Shield Design” is almost certainly going to stay niche product.
The original Arduino Shield design has this off by 0,05 inch flaw, also I think it is just too big. I prefer the Arduino Nano or the Arduino Micro design.
With these small boards (Nano, Micro, Mini etc.) it is usual to put shields below the controller board.
At some point and lots of changes in the PIN design I realized that when I put my shields on top of the controller board I could easily achieve compatibility to all the other shields.
The [[HackFFM-Duino Nano]] has the Arduino Nano pinout on the bottom and the Skyline Shield pinout on top.