The Daily Duino

Coming off my breadboard and barebones duino, I decided to just build my own.  Wow I suck at wire management.

Mine has a few fancy features (other than lots of wire).  For example I have some headers for plugging up an LCD and some for a FTDI cable.

I also have some headers for additional ground, 5v, and 9v from the battery.

For some reason this thing works and is around the same footprint as a regular Arduino, just a bit taller.  I also learned a few things, the led’s for serial communication come from the FTDI chip on fancy Arduinos, as does the 3.3 volts.

Its just like my Diecimilia’s except that when I have a shield on it, its so much easier to change the power supply. (from usb to 9v external)

Here is a pic of my new baby along with some other boards.