ARPI600 – Adapter Board for Arduino & Raspberry Pi

Want to use Arduino shields with your Raspberry Pi? The ARPI600 lets you do just this!

Many of us tinkered with the Arduino Uno before starting out with the Raspberry Pi, and now you can use your collection of Arduino shields with your Pi.

The ARPI600 fits straight onto any 40-pin Raspberry Pi and offers a number features on top of the Arduino shield compatibility. There’s an Xbee connector for fitting various XBee modules, a sensor interface for connecting your favourite sensors, an onboard USB to UART for serial debugging (can also be configured as an XBee USB adapter), an onboard ADC (11 channels – 6 channels for Arduino interface, 5 channels for sensors) and RTC (*CR1220 battery not included).

Note: Raspberry Pi and Arduino/XBee shields not included

ARPI600 Features

• Standard Raspberry Pi 40-pin GPIO extension header
• Compatible with Arduino UNO, Leonardo, easy to connect with various Arduino shields
• XBee connector for connecting various XBee modules
• Sensor interface for connecting various sensors
• Onboard USB TO UART for serial port debugging, can also be configured as XBee USB adapter
• Onboard ADC, 10 bit, 38KSPS, 11 channels (6 channels for Arduino interface, 5 channels for sensors)
• Onboard RTC

Package Contents

• 1x ARPI600
• 1x USB type A plug to mini-B plug cable
• 1x RPi screws pack (2pcs)

Resources

• Product Wiki

What’s Onboard?

1) Arduino connector: for connecting Arduino shields
2) ICSP interface: Arduino ICSP
3) XBee connector: for connecting XBee communication modules
4) Sensor interface: for connecting sensors
5) Raspberry Pi connector: for connecting Raspberry Pi
6) USB TO UART
7) TLC1543: AD converter
8) PCF8563: RTC
9) CP2102
10) 32.768KHz crystal: for RTC
11) Power indicator
12) XBee state LED
13) XBee and Arduino interface RESET button
14) XBee EASYLINK button
15) RTC battery holder: for CR1220 button battery
16) TLC1543 reference voltage configuration jumper
17) RTC jumper
18) UART jumper
– When connecting P_RX and CP_TX, P_TX and CP_RX respectively, USB TO UART is connected to Raspberry Pi serial port
– When connecting XB_RX and CP_TX, XB_TX and CP_RX respectively, USB TO UART is connected to XBee serial port
– When connecting XB_RX and P_TX, XB_TX and P_RX respectively, Raspberry Pi serial port is connected to XBee serial port
19) Arduino AD selection jumper
– Short 2 and 3 : Arduino A0-A5 as AD input
– Short 1 and 2 : Arduino A0-A5 as digital control
20) Arduino I2C selection jumper
– Short the jumper : Arduino A4-A5 as I2C control (the A4-A5 of Arduino AD selection jumper should be opened)
21) Arduino SPI selection jumper
– Short 1 and 2 : Arduino D11-D13 as SPI control (default)
– Short 2 and 3 : Arduino D11-D13 as digital control