“Expanding our portfolio of Arduino extensions, this new shield can flawlessly connect to any modern Arduino board giving our community more options for connectivity, along with added security elements to their creative projects.” “In this increasingly connected world, the Arduino Wi-Fi Shield 101 will help drive more inventions in the IoT market” said Massimo Banzi, Arduino co-founder and CEO. This ensures that the pin layout is intact and allows stacking of other shields. Easy setup for 101, Due, Leonardo and Zero boards. We have prepared a first configuration sketch, available under Examples -> Bridge -> YunFirstConfig, that allows the easy configuration of the WiFi connection of your Yún Shield. The shield connects to an Arduino board using long wire-wrap headers which extend through the shield. Getting Started with the Arduino Yún Shield Quick Setup. An open-source Wi-Fi library will also be available to enable users to write sketches that connect to the Internet using the shield. The Shield also features an Atmel authentication security device that can be used for keys, passwords or secret data. The new board is targeted at Arduino IoT applications and incorporates Atmel’s WINC 1500 wireless network controller offering IEEE 802.11 b/g/n (1x1) at up to 72 Mbps and supporting IEEE 802.11 WEP, WPA2 security enterprise. This new Shield is said to offer secure, cost-effective, high-performance Wi-Fi connectivity. A recent press release from Atmel has announced the introduction of the Arduino WiFi Shield 101 which can be connected to any modern Arduino R3 board to give connectivity to the Internet via any traditional Wi-Fi access points.

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