My first Arduino compatible board

Hi everybody! Few weeks ago I did my first ATMega/Arduino compatible board. I tried to make it simple, just to learn how it works (and worked fine!) :-).

I’ve no a large experience with solder, and the result you can see below (more pictures here).

Here is the component parts list that I’ve used:

• (1x) LM7805 voltage regulator
• (1x) IN4007 diode
• (1x) 0.1uF electrolytic capacitor
• (1x) 1uF electrolytic capacitor
• (2x) 22pF ceramic capacitors
• (2x) LEDs (choose your favorite colors)
• (1x) push button
• (1x) 16MHz ressonator crystal
• (1x) 1k-ohm resistor
• (1x) 28-pin single spaced socket
• (2x) 130-ohm resistor (in the leds)

To assembly this board, you can use this tutorial of Instructables – this is a detailed approach to build your own Arduino-compatible Board.

This board is very useful to embed your applications without need to allocate a specific Arduino board by project. I’m planning to make some devices using it, like a led cube and a second version of my Arduino based memory game (see more information on GitHub project page).

Arduino Talk

At April 9th will occur the FLISOL 2011 here in Porto Alegre (and some other cities in Latin America), and I’ll be there talking about Arduino, with some practical examples and cool demos.