How to build an Arduino TM from scratch
I know everybody heard about Arduino and how easy is to build, but lately most of the boards have SMD components which are a little more complicated to solder than the through hole ones.And when a lot of the big companies start to sell the board is like is loosing its original credo.
So I decided to see how easy is to make an Arduino for myself. I will buy the parts and the board undrilled.
My only dirty secret is that I own a CNC machine that allows me to cut the PCB boards , but the boards could be made through other procedures that require less equipment like the transfer method.
So the first step was to go to the official site http://arduino.cc/it/main/boards
So I decided to see how easy is to make an Arduino for myself. I will buy the parts and the board undrilled.
My only dirty secret is that I own a CNC machine that allows me to cut the PCB boards , but the boards could be made through other procedures that require less equipment like the transfer method.
So the first step was to go to the official site http://arduino.cc/it/main/boards
There I noticed that there was a single sided board http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardSerialSingleSided3
which had all the information to build the board.The web site suggests the paper transfer method , but
because I can , I will use the CNC machine.
So downloaded the Eagle files .
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcb-gcode/
This script is used to generate the g code for the CNC machine. You have to register to the group to be able to download the script.
Just I case I attached the g code.
Part list
Since Digikey is the closest to me as physical location I ordered the parts from there .
Milling
Assembling
Testing
Software
because I can , I will use the CNC machine.
So downloaded the Eagle files .
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcb-gcode/
This script is used to generate the g code for the CNC machine. You have to register to the group to be able to download the script.
Just I case I attached the g code.
Part list
Since Digikey is the closest to me as physical location I ordered the parts from there .
Milling
Assembling
Testing
Software
Here is the G code file that is going to be fed to the CNC mill.It is a text file with commands for the machine.
| arduino_s3v3_r2.bot.etch.tap |