Making my own Arduino-style dev board from the actual IC instead of just buying an Arduino.
I’m designing the circuit, power section, USB/programming, headers and PCB myself. The goal is simple: understand how an Arduino actually works by building one.
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Today was the big build day for ArduCore.
I spent almost 7 hours designing and finishing my custom Arduino-style development board using the DIP ATmega328P.
This isn’t using a ready-made Arduino board — I built the main circuit myself and had to figure out how all the important parts connect and work together.
One thing I learned is that this board doesn’t have a built-in USB programmer, so I’ll need to use another Arduino as an ISP programmer/burner to upload the bootloader and program the ATmega328P.
Today I:
And finally… ArduCore is complete! 🚀
Now comes the fun part — getting the actual hardware, programming it, and seeing if my board really works. 👀
Today I officially Started working on my own custom Arduino style development board called ArduCore
I also started exploring` KiCad, trying out different tools and plugins to get familiar with the workflow.
Of course, KiCad had to test my patience with a few “Not Responding” moments 😭💀
Still a lot to figure out, but the goal is to understand everything properly before I start designing the actual board.
Day 1 done 🚀
