HI
here a suggestion:
I would like to see Arduino boards with a full pinout as edge connector, so you can simply just plug in the entire board . similar to the micro:bit or arduino-mkr-vidor-4000 ( just not a pci express bus)
See my reply to your other recent topic
This would be a niche product and hence expensive
i don't think it should be very much more expensive, since it is just a little bit more PCB, no extra components. but of course if it is just small quantities the price goes up.
Into what?
Breadboard? No.
Stripboard/Protoboard? No.
Custom PCB? Maybe, but only with a specialist edge connector socket. It won't be secure for use in environments with vibration, unlike soldering a conventional Arduino board like Nano onto a PCB. It won't be compact/low profile, unless a right-angle connector is used.
So in my view this idea would make Arduino inconvenient for it's target market of hobbyist/educational. An inconvenient form factor already exists: that used by Uno/Mega. Let's not have another.
Consider how simple and low cost it would be to produce a small PCB with an edge connector and that you soldered the Arduino into the board via its normal 0.1" pin headers, hey presto, plug in Arduino.
Such a PCB would cost very little indeed to have made, and if there were a market for it, you could sell lots.
that is what i was planning to do anyway.
can't be that bad if others do it like micro:bit.. all you need is a old ISA plug. done.
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