Arduino Pro Mini 328 16MHz Review

So that's everything you love about Arduino but in miniature. I have uno, nano and now mini. Works with all my code and will probably buy again. A bit pricey, but what do you expect from an ultra-light, powerful and tiny Android platform? The only caveat is that you need an FTDI board to set it up. Not the end of the world, without it the energy consumption is better and you really only need it for serial debugging and programming. 5 Stars! I love Sparkfan.

The board works as it should, but obviously not the one in the picture. The pinout connected to FTDI is reversed, so you really should take a look before connecting it. It has a place to mark the voltage and frequency used, but nothing is marked so you must do this before you forget what you bought.

Linked to the 3D Printer Project on Thingiverse and Instructables. Haven't used it yet but it works fine. First learn Arduino on Uno, but it has about the same performance as Uno but cheaper, so it will be built into the project.

This board is great for any project where you want the board to be easy to use, with pine as needed and nothing in the way, and very light weight, just how I wanted it. I used this with a Wii Motion+ board to control a multi-rotor plane. You have to be very careful with the pin out as it can easily be shorted out. It's secure for the most part, but things can be better if you're sure and verify the MAC address with bubbles.

The product came like the picture. Product designed by sparkfun; who is a genuine Arduino dealer. The end user must purchase a programming breakout board. Bought FTDI Basic Breakout - 5V for programming tasks.

I am annoyed that the communication port on it is duplicated from the other 20 ATmega328 development boards I have. I bought this one to A/B test fake processors. Unfortunately, the chip on this board shares the same dubious part number as all my cheap imitations, but costs twice as much.

This board is perfect for any project you want to keep simple to store as needed and nothing bothers and it's very lightweight which is what I wanted. I used this with a Wii Motion+ board to control a multi-rotor plane. You have to be very careful with the pin out as it can easily be shorted out. It's secure for the most part, but things can be better if you're sure and verify the MAC address with bubbles.

So that's everything you like about Arduino but in a small piece. I have uno, nano and now mini. Works with all my code and will probably buy again. A bit pricey, but what do you expect from an ultra-light, powerful and tiny Android platform? One note is that you need an FTDI board to set it up. Not the end of the world, without it the power consumption is better and you really only need it for serial debugging and programming. 5 Stars! I love Sparkfan.

I would definitely recommend getting one that has four extra inputs. Not all applications need (or want) them, but I like having so much hardware available and found a way to solder them in so everything is available. My recommendation: Solder the long sides of the pins under the sides ("down" in reference to the product depiction in the title picture). Solder the programming connector either straight up or with the pins at a 90 degree angle. The extra pins don't line up with anything else. So…