Hello,
Does anyone knows why does the arduino site says that the arduino pro mini is for semi-permanent purposes??
I ask this because I want to use this board in an application because its tiny size.
When it was first introduced, it was being compared to the "prototyping" nature of the traditional Arduino board.
I'm watching the schematic hardware design and seems pretty good, is there anything in the bootloader or something else to worry about it ? or may I use this board for long term ?
lu2is:
I'm watching the schematic hardware design and seems pretty good, is there anything in the bootloader or something else to worry about it ? or may I use this board for long term ?
It's not a problem. It just doesn't offer a built USB serial hardware for programming the board or shield connectors for add on boards.
As long as you have a way to program the board with either an external USB serial cable or via ICSP using a hardware programmer, it works the same as any of the arduino 328P based boards. They come in 5 volt and 3.3 volt versions so be sure to use the one compatible with your project needs.
For 'embedded projects' I've used the arduino compatible NANO type E-bay asian boards that includes a FTDI usb serial converter as the price is pretty good and I haven't had any problems with them.
example: Iduino Nano V3.0 Atmega328 Board 5v/16mhz FTDI Chip Ft232rl for Arduino for sale online | eBay
Lefty
Ok, thank you very much both of you. In fact I want to make a simple home personal project but it will be dedicated to its task for a long time, so I will proceed, thanks again.