Volksduino: complete low-cost Arduino clone

The Volksduino is a low cost, high power, shield compatible, complete Arduino clone kit.

Key benefits of the Volksduino

• Compatibility: the Volksduino works with the Arduino environment
• High-power voltage regulator: 1A at 5V
• High-power 3.3V available: easily drop in a TO-220 or TO-92 3.3V regulator
• Low component count: a nearly-minimal Arduino Duemilenova clone
• Ease of assembly: it's easy for anyone of any age to put together

More information

Curious about the details? Here's more of them:

• The current schematic (as an image; eagle .sch: volksduino_v12.sch)
• volksduino v1.2 board layout (Eagle .brd file)
• Illustrated Volksduino parts list
• Volksduino assembly instructions

Also: this kit doesn't include a programming cable! To upload software to it, you'll need an FTDI cable of some sort; Adafruit has one for $20: FTDI cable at Adafruit.