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hi

just a little update on Freeduino's progress. The great news is that several Freeduino-branded products are now available!

And wow, these designs are really open-source, as they:

• include all the files available,
  
• allow you to use the designs for whatever purpose you like, including commercial use, and
• give you a free license to use the increasingly identifiable name 'Freeduino'.  

Maybe that should be the Freeduino motto: "all the files and the name, for whatever purpose, free"!


[size=12]Freeduino Products[/size]

The Wulfden Shoppe
"For more information on the Arduino project, the Freeduino movement within the Arduino world, go to the Freeduino Universe web page."

Modern Device
"The Bare Bones Board is an Arduino-compatible board (Freeduino) that implements the vast majority of the functionality of the Arduino Diecimila with the exception that the USB chip has been removed to a cable."

NKC Electronics
"Freeduino related products, like PCBs, kits, atmega8, atmega168, shield board... Freeduino is an collaborative open-source project to replicate and publish a completely open version of the Arduino"


[size=12]New Freeduino PCB designs[/size]

The ad-hoc group of International Freeduino developers (Germany/USA/Canada!) has also released three
initial PCB routes, available through the Freeduino pcb page here.

Freeduino through-hole version: NKC electronics is selling this Freeduino-branded through hole kit. It is  Diecimila compatible board, derived from the original Arduino 2.1 USB design. Eagle and gerber files are available at the PCB page above.

Freeduino SMT Versions: Westfw has generously contributed two routes, a 0603 and 1206 version. See the Freeduino PCB page above.

Barebones Ardino aka Freeduino Paul Badger at Modern device has posted the files for the Barebones Ard/Freeduino. Go to this link and scroll down, they're near the bottom right. Also available as the famous  low-cost kit at the same link.


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another update:

the ad-hoc international Freeduino team (San Francisco, Miami, Potsdam, Vancouver) have sent files to our manufacturer for 100 pieces of protoype boards in 0603, 1206 and through hole, so stand by for pictures.

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neat, my protoshield design is also cc  by/sa
you can get files here
http://www.ladyada.net/make/pshield/download.html

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let a thousand flowers bloom, as Mao would have said.

Of course let's hope we don't screw things up as badly as he did!

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Potsdam? Really? Who?
I'm in Munich/Bavaria/Octoberfest ... ;-)

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I think the gerber files is missing from the following zip file:
http://www.freeduino.org/files/freeduino_V1.16-WestfW-All-070918.zip

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Thank

you're right... I put the wrong package up. The right one is there now. It's a big file: 1M+. The folder marked "No ULV94" is a sort of message to our board manufacturer to please not put the ULV markings on the boards.

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Hey guys, awesome work.

I've got a request / proposal for you - a single sided version version of the arduino mini.

I've just got my skills up enough in etching boards to make consistently good single sided boards, and I'd love a arduino mini.

I've had a quick play with eagle, and it seems like it'd be a bit of a challenge to make it single sided in the same form factor as the official arduino mini, but you guys have way better skills than me.

OK another (improved) suggestion - a combined mini and step-up power supply - a combined version of Leah Buechley's Lilypad Arduino http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8465and Lilypad power supply http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8466# . How awesome would that be! An arduino with it's own power supply, say in a package twice the size of the existing mini... single sided so you could etch it a home...

Anyways i'd be interested in helping out, I'm sure I could help out with the schematics side.