Any leave-behind board for programmed processor?

Question

Over at kickstarter.com I found this:

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

- ie. a very cheap bare bones board that you put your your already Arduino-programmed processor into so you have an as-cheap-as-possible unit that you put into your thing instead of leaving a whole Arduino there.

Now, based on the comments on that kickstarter page, it is probably not advisable (if at all still possible) to purchase this board there so I'm wondering if there are any more official/established alternatives around?

Thank you! :-)

Former Member · Answer

I haven't seen any board like that but you could easily get 10 PCBs made for $10 on iteadStudio or Seedstudio (or on your local PCB manufacturer for a bit more). Just fire up Eagle or any other PCB layout tool and lay down a simple board, it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes.

the guy at kickstarter is a total rip off.

ntewinkel · Answer

I totally agree about the price on that kickstarter - $10 for the board, plus parts and time... you can buy a complete Arduino Nano or Uno for about $15 on eBay (usually with free shipping) and they would be much easier to use. Of course, the idea of kickstarter is to help fund a project to get it designed and built, not really to sell items as this one seems to do (somewhat successfully for the guy by the look of it!).

If you do want to build your own, Instructables.com has a fair number of examples.

This one, for example, includes the PCB layout and takes you through all the steps of building it: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Arduino-or-The-DIY-Duino/

Any leave-behind board for programmed processor?

Top Replies