There are shields...and then there are shields

[Andre Kesteloot]

On 5/19/2013 16:07 PM, Gerald Wolczanski wrote:
> Pardon my analog-ness, but it took me a while to figure out that a
> "shield" is a board that provides some functionality and plugs into the
> arduino main board.  Is there a history behind this nomenclature?
it is called a shield because the shield will protect the Arduino board 
itself from falling asteroids, food particles, and assorted mini-drones, 
etc
:-)
André N4ICK