Arduino Boards
Arduino Board Components:
1. Microcontroller
2. Digital Input/output pins
3. USB Interface and Connector
4. Analog Pins
5. Reset Button
6. Power button
7. LED's
8. Crystal Oscillator
9. Voltage Regulator.
Types of Arduino Boards
1. Arduino Uno
2. Arduino Nano
3. Arduino Mega
4. Arduino Micro
5. Arduino Leonardo
6. Arduino Due
7. Arduino Shields
8. Arduino Lilypad
9. Arduino Bluetooth
10.Arduino Robot
Arduino Uno
Arduino Uno is based on an ATmega328P microcontroller. It is easy
to use compared to other boards, such as the Arduino Mega board, etc.
The Arduino UNO includes 6 analog pin inputs, 14 digital pins, a USB
connector, a power jack, and an ICSP (In-Circuit Serial Programming)
header.
Arduino Nano
The Arduino Nano is a small Arduino board based on ATmega328P or
ATmega628 Microcontroller. The connectivity is the same as the
Arduino UNO board.
The Nano board is defined as a sustainable, small, consistent, and
flexible microcontroller board. It is small in size compared to the UNO
board. The devices required to start our projects using the Arduino
Nano board are Arduino IDE and mini USB.
Arduino Nano
The Arduino Nano includes an I/O pin set of 14 digital pins and 8 analog
pins. It also includes 6 Power pins and 2 Reset pins.
Arduino Mega
The Arduino Mega is based on ATmega2560 Microcontroller. The
ATmega2560 is an 8-bit microcontroller. We need a simple USB cable to
connect to the computer and the AC to DC adapter or battery to get started
with it. It has the advantage of working with more memory space.
Arduino Mega
The Arduino Mega includes 54 I/O digital pins and 16 Analog Input/Output
(I/O), ICSP header, a reset button, 4 UART (Universal Asynchronous
Reciever/Transmitter) ports, USB connection, and a power jack.
Arduino Micro
The Arduino Micro is based on the ATmega32U4 Microcontroller. It consists
of 20 sets of pins. The 7 pins from the set are PWM (Pulse Width
Modulation) pins, while 12 pins are analog input pins. The other components
on board are reset button, 16MHz crystal oscillator, ICSP header, and a
micro USB connection.
Arduino Leonardo
The basic specification of the Arduino Leonardo is the same as the Arduino
Micro. It is also based on ATmega32U4 Microcontroller. The components
present on the board are 20 analog and digital pins, reset button, 16MHz
crystal oscillator, ICSP header, and a micro USB connection.
Arduino Due
The Arduino Due is based on the 32- bit ARM core. It is the first Arduino
board that was developed based on the ARM Microcontroller. It consists of
54 Digital Input/Output pins and 12 Analog pins. The Microcontroller present
on the board is the Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 CPU.
Arduino Shields
The Arduino shields are the boards, which can be plugged on the top of the
PCB. The shields further extend the potential of the PCB's. The production
of shields is cheap. It is also easy to use. There are various types of Arduino
shields that can be used for different purposes. For example, the Xbee
shield.
Arduino Lilypad
The Arduino LilyPad was initially created for wearable projects and e-
textiles. It is based on the ATmega168 Microcontroller. The functionality of
Lilypad is the same as other Arduino Boards. It is a round, light-weight
board with a minimal number of components to keep the size of board small.
Arduino Bluetooth
The Arduino Bluetooth board is based on ATmega168 Microcontroller. It is also named
as Arduino BT board. The components present on the board are 16 digital pins, 6
analog pins, reset button, 16MHz crystal oscillator, ICSP header, and screw terminals.
The screw terminals are used for power.
