It’s a significant update. The Arduino UNO and Arduino Mega 2560 update the Duemilanove and Mega respectively. They now use an ATMega8U2 instead of an FTDI USB to serial converter chip.

A spectrometer is a pretty common lab instrument, useful for determining the absorbance of a sample across a spectrum of light. The standard design is simple; a prism or diffraction grating to ...

However, these two areas are where the Arduino Mega shines. It's built with 256 KB of flash memory and over 50 pins, perfect for managing larger and more demanding projects with multiple components.

In the case of my Vetinari Clock, for example, I have an Arduino Mega at the bottom of my stack. On top of this, we have a large prototyping board containing the circuits used to drive my antique ...

Meanwhile, the Arduino Mega is getting the same USB chip along with an ATMega2560 processor with twice the memory. Right now only 128K is available, but that's a software limitation and they're ...

Watch the video below to learn more about the slim lined version of the Arduino Mega that removes the bulkiness and “ugly bits” offering a smaller form factor for a wide variety of projects.

Arduino Nanos also come in handy for prototyping and experimental projects that primarily use a breadboard. Unlike the standard boards like Uno and Mega that come with female pin headers ...

If you are searching for a new project to keep you busy for the next couple of weekends you might be interested in this hexapod robot project powered by an Arduino Mega 2560 development board.

The Arduino Mega's PWM pins are digital output pins located on D2 to D13 and D44 to D46, coming to a total of 15. While they function as normal digital pins that can switch a component either ...