Introduction The Mbed Shield is the Mbed application board based on Mbed LPC1768 Prototyping Board. Just try imagine controlling Ethernet devices using environmental data from sensors. It integrates a series of external interfaces,such as CAN, Ethernet, USB and 4 standard Grove sockets, all together on a single board.The Mbed Shield is also compatible with other standard Arduino Shields, providing you an even more powerful extension for your Mbed. ![enter image description here][1] ![enter image description here][2] Feature Standard shield shape design Arduino-compatible basepins Various on-board interfaces: CAN, Ethernet, USB, Grove Interface ![enter image description here][3] Usage Here is a brief description of how to read the Ethernet data and a removable disk data. Connect the USB connector of Mbed Protyboard Board to the computer’s USB port. 1) Wait for the new found hardware prompt. 2) Download the Mbed serial port Driver and install it. 3) The following picture indicates a successful installation. Plug the Mbed Protyboard Board into the Mbed Base Shield. Demo 1: Read a U disk The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is the most widely used bus in today's computer. USB has particularly been designed to standardize connections between the computer and peripherals. For instance, keyboards, mice, USB audio devices, printers, scanners, disk drives or cameras can use the same bus to exchange data with a computer. A USB device stack has been developed in order to provide all great capabilities from USB to mbed. Plug a U disk into the USB interface. ![enter image description here][4] Download the File:MSCUsbHost.bin and copy the File into Mbed Disk . Note: 1) The MSCUsbHost.bin File is generated by Mbed online compiler. 2) Delete any unrelated bin files appear in Mbed disk. Press the Reset button. The Serial port should receive following information. ![enter image description here][5] Demo 2: Read a Ethernet data The example demonstrates how to get started with the Ethernet function. Connect an available Ethernet cable into the Ethernet interface. ![enter image description here][6] Download the File:TCPSocket_HelloWorld.bin and copy the File into MBED Disk . Note: Delete any unrelated bin files appear in Mbed disk. Press the Reset button. The Serial port should receive following information. ![enter image description here][7] ![enter image description here][8] [1]: /editor/20160111/569384ca0a0e3.png [2]: /editor/20160111/569384d05bbea.png [3]: /editor/20160111/569384e846779.png [4]: /editor/20160111/5693851075aff.png [5]: /editor/20160111/56938526056f2.png [6]: /editor/20160111/5693851075aff.png [7]: /editor/20160111/56938558cb966.png [8]: /editor/20160111/5693855fca023.png