Arduino Project Board

The Arduino Project Board is basically a board to transer your ATMEGA168/328 to when you have completed your project and no longer need to use the Arduino as a development board. Simply transfer the programmed chip from the Arduino board to the Arduino project board and you are in business. Now your Arduino is no longer tied up in your finished project and you have a simple breakout board to work with independently of the Arduino.

Here are some basic instructions for assembling it and getting started.

Step 1 Go get stuff:

The complete Arduino Project Board Kit includes:

(x1) Arduino Project Board PCB (or you can make your own with ProjectBoard.pcb)
(x1) Bootloaded ATMEGA328 chip
(x1) 28-pin socket
(x1) 16 mhz crystal
(x2) 22pF capacitors
(x1) 0.1uF, 25V capacitor
(x1) 10uF - 47uF, 25V capacitor
(x1) 1K, 1/4 watt resistor
(x1) tactile switch
(x1) 7805 regulator
(x1) 9V battery clip

Comments

[ewaldo]

The link points to a invalid file: FT4WHPKGS5TYQOA.tmp

[pcooper2]

Yeah, and the write-up doesn't even mention what application opens a ".pcb" file, even if the uploaded ProjectBoard.pcb file were valid. It could be any of half-a-dozen freeware design programs, none of which are compatible. I tried PCB Designer in Ubuntu Linux. It didn't puke, but it also didn't display a layout.

[Irock148]

hi ifim going to do this, i would also like to know where to get extra chips for arduino uno

[generalgeek314]

http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10524
It's out of stock, but these are Atmega328 chips loaded with the Arduino Uno bootloader

[akinich]

also can anybody tell me if this is a double layer board or single layer??
i am new to all this and i am going to order pcb from a manufacturing company!!

[akinich]

can anybody give me the size of this board
and if anybody doesnt mind making a gerber file or a eagle CAM
file and uploading
thanks in advance
aki

[Frank Strudel]

+1 on the "where do you get the kit?" front... any UK distributors?

[arnefl]

When I don't feel like making my own boards I have had very good experience with this seller on e-bay. One can buy boards as a kit or just the boards.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATTiny48-88-ATMega48-88-168-328-Breadboard-Adapter-Kit-/280705915159?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415b605917

[akinich]

does this work exactly like the board above???
if not wat are the differences????
thanks in advance
akinich

[laxap]

Thank you very much for the info!

[IronWill]

Hey, can anyone tell me how I can add a USB (or any other in-put method) to this board or make a separate bootloader "pc to chip".
I'd really appreciate the help, and thanks in advance!

[JoshuaZimmerman]

To be honest the most easy way to program it is to have a separate programing setup, either an Arduino compatible board or build one on a breadboard.

I built this little guy just for programing these project boards. Easy to do because I had all the parts around. You could do the same thing on a breadboard if you have the parts.

http://adventuresinarduinoland.blogspot.com/2011/05/evil-arduino.html

I then use a FTDI cable to plug it into my computer.

http://evilmadscience.com/productsmenu/partsmenu/130-usbttl

Though the most easy method is buying an Arduino board for $15-20 and then moving the chip over to one of these project boards once you have your program all worked out.

[JoshuaZimmerman]

The author recommended that someone add a status LED onto the board, as well as widen the holes a bit.

If someone has the "know how" you could probably add a resistor behind the 5V regulator and then an LED on the far left of the board.

Anyone up for the challenge?

[arnefl]

Here is a double sided with wider holes an a red LED with a 120 Ohms resistor

[JoshuaZimmerman]

You rock. I'm going to get 100 of these made up. At bulk prices they're not too expensive per board. Use a bunch for personal and school projects, and sell the rest.

That is if anyone is interested.

[jhardiman]

Anybody in the UK interested in getting some of these brilliant boards made locally?
James JamesHardiman co uk

[jhardiman]

I have some quotes ... they work out at about £2.50 each (plus postage) if I can get enough interest to be able to order 100 boards.

[e-mail]

[jhardiman]

I just costed this in the UK, sourcing components as cheaply as I could. Turns out it's a great idea, but not worth the effort. I will either go with Arduino mini pro (which is VERY small), or Ardweeny (and I'll buy a bunch next time in the US!)

http://proto-pic.co.uk/arduino-pro-mini-328-5v-16mhz/

http://www.active-robots.com/solarbotics-ardweeny.html

[arnefl]

I changed a little bit to make the PCB single sided - by putting the + and - on the left hand side

[cbrink]

Arnefl -

Thanks, that is great. Is there any way you could post the gerber file?

[arnefl]

I have the pcb file made by ExpressPCB (a free program) and have no idea how to post it here. I can only see the option to upload an image.

Aaahh found it :-)

[cbrink]

Thanks!

[jamwaffles]

Great work - now us people using the toner method can make these boards. Thanks!

[typomaniac]

great! I would love to buy a kit or at least the pcb board. Do you plan to make some?

[Gstv.Inc]

the boards cam be make and sell by the same website from the pcb program expresspcbDOTcom/ExpressPCBHtm/Specs.htm

[dgx]

Arduino community love this.
Thank you for your work !
What software can open the attached file: FT4WHPKGS5TYQOA.tmp ?

[Gstv.Inc]

try change the name extension FT4WHPKGS5TYQOA.tmp to FT4WHPKGS5TYQOA.pcb AND SAVE!!!

[Rednecknerd]

This is all I have found.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/610437050/arduino-project-board

[dgx]

It works !

Thanks arnefl and FastEddie.

[Fast.Eddie]

Like arnefl said, you can open or modify this file in ExpressPCB, a freely downloadable program found at

http://www.expresspcb.com/ExpressPCBHtm/Download.htm

after first renaming the file from .tmp to .pcb. Note that Instructables renames and then adds the .tmp extension to every file uploaded, including the ProjectPCB.pcb that arnefl uploaded earlier. Hope this helps. Thanks, arnefl and especially the original author, randofo!

[Photo-Worx]

Instructables tends to list files with a random name.tmp. This is the software that serves the files.
Just save it as something like projectboard.pcb.
I don't know what program it is for since Eagle will not open it.

[arnefl]

ExpressPCB

[Spyvingen]

Where to buy this is perfect.

[bill2009]

If R1 is the reset pull-up it's usually a 10K. It wouldn't be hard to program this with a serial cable but the 1k rx would probably not thet the cable reset it.

[bill2009]

That is really nicely laid out. Congrats and thanks.

[tem494]

From the first picture it appears that the board is commerically available. Could you tell where you bought it. I have checked some places on line and could not find it.
Nice project and very well written.

[Jordan arduino]

how do you program it i dont see any usb cable

[lancruz]

I believe you program it on an existing Arduino board (Arduino Uno) that has a USB interface. Then you would pop off the Arduino IC and put it on this circuit board. The advantage would be to free up your existing Arduino for something else. This one can be powered up with a 9 volt battery too. just a note the main Arduino can be powered with a 9 volt battery too, but this adds more possibilities and the circuit board is more compact.

[arnefl]

As the author says - "program the chip and transfer it to the board."

[Eirinn]

Nice... I'd love to see pinouts on the boards though, but i guess it's a tradeoff - so the board becomes smaller?