BUILD-A-BOARD
SYNTH-POP
An exclusive sneak peek at
Arduino’s back-to-basics
Uno kit!
Early Arduinos mostly consisted of a simple PCB,
an ATmega8 and a handful of simple components,
plus a DB9 or USB connector for programming
and debugging. Today’s most powerful Arduinos,
such as the Portenta X8, feature multiple cores
running 100 times the speed of the original.
But sometimes it’s fun to go back to where it all
started, which is what Arduino has done with
their new Make Your Uno Kit, announced at
Maker Faire Rome as this issue went to press!
This exciting release comes as a box of parts
that are easily solderable by most novices, thanks
to choices like an assembled USB-C module, as
opposed to the tricky surface-mount FTDI chips
of those early days.
The Uno form factor popularized the original
shield ecosystem, so it’s only logical that the kit
includes a DIY add-on for the full Uno experience!
And what an exciting shield this is, allowing you
to transform the kit and its packaging into a tiny
little electronic audio synthesizer!
(Figure
A
).
DAVID J. GROOM loves writing
code you can touch. If he’s not
hacking on wearables, he’s building
a companion bot, growing his
extensive collection of dev boards, or
hacking on 90s DOS-based palmtops. Find him on
Twitter at @IShJR
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David J. Groom
RASPBERRY PI 4, MODEL B
Rock Pi 4 Model C+
Pi form factor, 64-bit Rockchip RK3399
(dual-core Cortex-A72 + quad Cortex-A53)
DFRobot LattePanda 3 Delta
64-bit Intel Celeron N5105 (quad-core
x86-64); own form factor and tons of I/O
Khadas VIM4
64-bit Amlogic A311D2 (quad-core Cortex-A73,
quad-core Cortex-A53), Pi-compatible 40-pin header
BeagleBone family
Stalwart SBC range — own
form factor, varied capabilities
PINE64 Quartz64 Model B
Pi form factor, 64-bit quad-core
Rockchip RK3566
NOTE: Non-Pi options other than BeagleBone
and PINE64 may lack community/support.
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