user1304: In the project I am working on, I have a limited space with which I can work. I am using an Arduino Uno with 2 Adafruit motor shields, and when I stack them using normal, female stacking headers it is too tall to fit. I thought that one way to solve this would be to lay them out side to side rather than one on top of the other. So, instead of this
+--------Motor shield 2 ----------+
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+--------Motor shield 1 ----------+
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+---------Arduino Uno ------------+

it would look like this
               -----------------------------------------Wires -------------------------------           
+---------Arduino Uno ------------+    +--------Motor shield 1 ----------+    +--------Motor shield 2 ----------+

Would this be possible if I were to connect all of the pins with wires, and has anyone successfully done this before?

user368: It is possible to have some success with this, but keep in mind that the longer the wire, the higher the inductance and voltage drop across the wire. Prefer to use a star topology rather than a chain topology, with the Arduino in the middle of all the shields in use.

1304: <p>In the project I am working on, I have a limited space with which I can work. I am using an Arduino Uno with 2 Adafruit motor shields, and when I stack them using normal, female stacking headers it is too tall to fit. I thought that one way to solve this would be to lay them out side to side rather than one on top of the other. So, instead of this</p>

<pre><code>+--------Motor shield 2 ----------+
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+--------Motor shield 1 ----------+
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+---------Arduino Uno ------------+
</code></pre>

<p>it would look like this</p>

<pre><code>               -----------------------------------------Wires -------------------------------           
+---------Arduino Uno ------------+    +--------Motor shield 1 ----------+    +--------Motor shield 2 ----------+
</code></pre>

<p>Would this be possible if I were to connect all of the pins with wires, and has anyone successfully done this before?</p>
 368: <p>It is possible to have some success with this, but keep in mind that the longer the wire, the higher the inductance and voltage drop across the wire. Prefer to use a star topology rather than a chain topology, with the Arduino in the middle of all the shields in use.</p>
