This thread will be for the technical discussion pertaining to the design, production, and use of development kit revision number 2.
The concept is to build all of the components into one working circuit board that can be mass produced same as the Development Kit for the original Arduboy.
I have prepared this hypothetical and top secret image of what the dev kit 2 could look like with a hopeful and hypthetical sponsorship with Hackster.io
I only just sent them an email now, letās cross our fingers they are hopeful. It will actually be awesome if I get them on board, because maybe I can go to Atmel and get them āon boardā too.
Iāll be ditching the battery so it will only work while plugged into USB. The ground and vcc pins pads will be exposed on the back so if you want to attach a battery you can do that too but youāll need your own charging circuit.
Any other feedback is welcome at this time!
EDIT: Oops forgot to move the usb connector to the middle on the back side!
Nice. I want one.
That looks sexy!
I need one too.
This would be another example with some different sponsors:
Iāl take one of those too!
Cool!
I asume you mean Microchip as Atmel is now part of Microchip.
Will it get a RGB LED and Rx and Tx LEDs too ?
Request: Please use a standard 2x3 0.1" spaced through hole ICSP header. It would make it easier to upgrade bootloader.
Request: Could there be a reset button?
Will there be a 3V voltage regulator or will everything be powering at 5V ?
I am not sure what the black rectangle above the A and B button are ā¦ but is there a speaker?
My only request would be some kind of acknowledgement for the people whoāve been involved in the development.
@Mr.Blinky at a minimum, as many of āTeam Falconā as will fit as an ideal.
Like on the Arduventure boards:
I believe thatās the FX chip.
Itās an SMD (Surface Mount Device) Piezo speaker.
I assume the black chip inline with the micro USB is supposed to be the FX chip.
That would be nice. But it may not be what the sponsers want.
I like the Microchip DigiKey mockup. Gives it a profesional vibe.
I didnāt noticed it until now: ALPS buttons FTW 
Fun fact: the reset button on the flash carts are original ALPS tactile buttons.
I stand corrected.
I thought that was for decoration.:P
Microchip I could understand, but Iād be surprised at Hackster not wanting to give credit where credit is due.
Either way Iād be disappointed.
Without people giving up their spare time to help out the FX wouldnāt be where it is.
On a completely non-serious note,
has anyone considered asking Mr Trump if heās willing to give us āa small loan of a million dollarsā? :P
Maybe ask Mr. Musk instead? Free Arduboy with each Tesla and Arduboy will get to space
Prepare your disappointment, I will not be writing everyoneās names on the pcb, there will be other opportunities for credit. My plan is to put the names within the āfirst runā video that plays when users turn on the device for the first time.
Or perhaps āa free insulted cave diver with every Arduboyā? :P
Seriously though, itās a shame thatās not an option.
Both Tesla and SpaceX are pretty cool companies.
I know someone who would probably buy a SpaceX Arduboy just because I says āSpaceXā on it. (Probably.)
I am disappointed and yet unsurprised.
We will all regret it when @Mr.Blinkyās signature is worth $100. :P
Iām willing to accept sponsorship from any company that wants on board lol.
Initial feedback from hackster is good, going to speak with the co-founder on monday! 
EDIT: Going to speak with the co-founder tomorrow! (Thursday)
I guess Iāll put a small reset button on the dev kit, the first one didnāt have one and you had to use a wire or paperclip. Iām gonna look for the smallest surface mount button I can find.
Not sure why it is $1 but I like that it is extremely small!
Components are placed on the board just need to do the routing.
EDIT: This one is a little bigger and half the price:
If you prefer digikey, how about this one?
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/c-k/PTS820-J15M-SMTR-LFS/CKN10506CT-ND/4176681
Doesnāt matter. Both are orders of magnitude more expensive than shopping in Huaqiangbei. Iāve been spoiled. If I was in the markets, and wanted maybe 10 of these I could very easily ask for them as samples. The vendor would likely be insulted if I tried to pay for such a small quantity, itās happened a number of times. Come back and buy several thousand, is what they want.
And of course I could touch, feel, smell and taste every component under the sun to find just the right one.
I knew I wouldnāt be able to make this a 1 layer design like I did the first dev kitā¦ but I didnāt think it would bother me this much!
Iāve considered doing a 4 layer board butā¦ it costs twice as muchā¦ but actually without blind/buried vias then the bottom layer would have a bunch of dots on it anyways soā¦ yeah.
On a scale of 1 to 5 how important is the aesthetics of trace routing on a PCB to you?
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