The Arduino team have released a new board called the “Arduino Mega”, it’s built around an ATMega1280 microprocessor, featuring 128 kilobytes of FLASH ROM, 4 kilobytes of EEPROM and 8192 bytes of RAM, which should be more than plenty for your next big Arduino project!
The Arduino Mega is equipped with 4 hardware serial ports (UART), 54 digital I/O pins (of which 12 can be used for PWM), 16 analog inputs and a dedicated I²C port (two wire interface). The rest of the specs are similar to the Arduino Deumilanove: it’s equipped with an USB Port, ICSP header, reset button, external power input socket and it’s compatible with almost all standard Arduino shields, so no need to upgrade your current Arduino shield collection.
A new Arduino IDE with support for the Arduino Mega will become available when the official announcement has been made. We have a limited quantity of Arduino Mega boards available, so get ‘em while they’re hot!
Check the official announcement on the Arduino blog for all details about the Arduino Mega.
Arduino Mega with ATMega1280
As soon as I have a few dollars I’ll be ordering one immediately. LED control to the max with that thing. Damn.
Posted by David Fisher on April 1st, 2009.
Yeah, it’s pretty cool.. What about driving 128 leds without using any multiplexers? Check what Tom Igoe came up with: http://www.tigoe.net/pcomp/code/category/arduinowiring/424
We’d love to see a video of that setup!
Posted by admin on April 1st, 2009.