Make your own custom Arduino compatible

 by dustinandrews
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Step 2: Get the circuit boards

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You may choose to DIY (Here is how I did it for my prototypes) or send it to a "fab house." Fab services require design files in a compatible format. "Gerber" is a common format just about every board manufacturing service accepts.

Here are the Gerber files. Alternatively, You can also get the Eagle Files from GitHub and make your own Gerbers (or whatever). You can send the Gerbers to a fab house like BatchPCB or www.sunstone.com. I have used both.  Sunstone's prototype service costs about twice as much and you will have boards in half the time. The quality of the Sunstone boards is great. The price at Sunstone is the same for one or two boards so go ahead and get two and consider getting two sets of electronics.

The first and third photos are boards from Sunstone and the second photo is one I did at home with a toner transfer method.
 
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