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Kickstarter campaign for Arduino UNO board

25 November 2015 Computer/Embedded Technology

The UNO R3 is the staple of most Arduino-based projects but it’s been around for a number of years and many of the features have been improved, for example by Adafruit and Sparkfun which make excellent enhanced UNO compatibles. However, FTDI’s additional requirements for a full 1 A current without excess heat dissipation and FCC/CE conformity led the company to consider a new third-party UNO compatible reference design that met these requirements; hence the inspiration behind NerO.

NerO was initially developed as an accessory for another project, but FTDI then decided to make boards available to interested customers at a promotional price, leading to the inception of the KickStarter project. On launch the company will make the NerO schematic and PCB design files available publicly as a reference design under OSHWA (Open Source Hardware Association) terms.

General specifications for the board are:

• 16 MHz ATMega328 MCU with Optiboot bootloader.

• Input voltage: 7 V to 20 V (9 V or 12 V recommended).

• UNO R3 form factor.

• 14 digital I/O pins (6 PWM outputs).

• 6 analogi.

• FTDI FT231XS USB UART interface.

For more information contact Fernando Da Silva, Electrocomp, +27 (0)11 458 9000, [email protected], www.electrocomp.co.za



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