Arduino Leonardo

Have only tried a couple of trial programs thus far, but already have a great impression. Installed drivers easily(WinXP), software works great. Have many ideas for future projects based on this little gem!

Great

I have spent a lot of time using Arduino microcontrollers, and one of the limiting factors in most any of their legacy platforms has been the FTDI / USB / Printer USB hangups that mean you have to use a form of serial peripheral interface communication that is unfamiliar and a bit clunky to program their units.Recently, however, the Arduino platform has moved towards having integrated USB compatibility built in so that - in the case of this unit at least - I can connect directly from the PC to a micro USB cable and program the unit (as well as provide it with power).If you note on this specific model, the profile is thinner because the DC jack is not provided - as well as the huge old printer-style USB terminal. This means embedding this in a thin-profile case is much easier. It also means that you have the choice of whether to hard-wire your own power source directly to the original power jack terminals on the board. Likewise with all of your I/O terminals - either go with a fixed configuration for prototyping or hardwired configuration for a finished product.In short this is for those slightly more familiar with the Arduino platform - I recommend start on an Uno, move on to the Leonardo, and that the Leonardo makes a great component for a finished product.

Used this to mod my wacom tablet, adding auxiliary keystroke functionality. After a month or two of use, the usb receptacle no longer seats the cable properly and it constantly disconnects. Board is not suitable for daily use.

I missed the fact that this board does not come with headers to connect to the outside world. Other than that it is OK. I like the price and the software is free and open source.

Every thing ok

it's what was advertised