I'm very excited about this first shot of the new Arduino MEGA. It is built around an ATMEGA1280 and looks like it has some pretty hefty specs. It has a completely new I/O layout so it does not look like it will be compatible with existing Arduino shields made for the Diecimila or Duemilanove. This is good news for any of us craving more digital, analog and PWM pins. No word on release date or pricing just yet.
- 128KB of Flash
- 4KB RAM
- 4KB EEPROM
- 53 IO
- 4 HW UARTs
- 14 PWMs
- I2C bus
- 16 Analog Input pins
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