Where can I get a dev kit?

**kaepora** · June 12, 2015, 4:25pm

I’m truly sorry if this is considered off-topic. Mod, please delete immediately if it is.

The dev kits are sold out – I found out about Arduboy this morning and I’m dying to start developing software for it. This is the perfect platform for me and as a seasoned programmer, I’m genuinely very interested in growing this effort.

Could anyone help me get a dev kit? I promise to use it to substantially contribute to the development community and I’m willing to pay $50-$90 for it.

You can find out about my previous work here: https://nadim.computer

**Wozza** · June 12, 2015, 4:34pm

@bateske may still have some available. If not you will have to purchase when it goes on general sale.

**subbie** · June 12, 2015, 6:01pm

It would be nice if those of us who got the devkit pack on kickstarter got them a little sooner then 1 month+. =( I regret not buying a devkit separately or I would have been able to do some work on a real unit already.

**uXe** · June 12, 2015, 11:34pm

Adafruit sells two different 128 x 64 OLED displays that use the same SSD1306 controller as the Arduboy:

To start developing tomorrow, all you’d need to do is hook up one of these displays to an Arduino Leonardo / Micro or a Pro Micro, add some buttons, a piezo, and start coding!

**kaepora** · June 13, 2015, 10:33am

That’s a great idea, thanks! I think these should do:

**bateske** · June 14, 2015, 8:12pm

I might have a handfull of dev kits laying around Are you in the IRC? You can PM me here or there let me know

**kaepora** · June 15, 2015, 9:34am

I’m on the IRC now!

**Toasty** · June 16, 2015, 12:57pm

I just got an Arduino Uno @ home… Do I really need an Leonardo or Micro?

**MLXXXp** · June 16, 2015, 3:51pm

@Toasty,
It depends on how close you want to get. The Uno is based on an ATmega328. The Arduboy, Leonardo and Micro are based on an ATmega32U4.

There are differences between the two processors. For example, the 32U4 has 2.5K RAM vs only 2K in the 328. For another, the 32U4 USB can emulate a keyboard and mouse but the FTDI USB chip on the UNO can’t. Some pin mappings and functionality differ.

So, some Arduboy sketches may not run properly on a ATmega329 based system such as the UNO, at least without some modifications. Arduboy libraries also may need to be modified.

**Toasty** · June 16, 2015, 5:22pm

@MLXXXp,
ty for your answer i just ordered an leonardo-board now

**uXe** · June 17, 2015, 1:56am

Not strictly true. The older Arduinos (NG, Diecimila and Duemilanove) used an FTDI chip.

The Uno uses an ATmega8U2 for USB to serial conversion. Which can be made to act as a USB HID device:

**MLXXXp** · June 17, 2015, 11:22am

Thank you for correcting me.

I glanced too quickly at the Uno description and only saw FTDI in the sentence “The Uno differs from all preceding boards in that it does not use the FTDI USB-to-serial driver chip.”

**WWtom** · June 21, 2015, 2:17pm

If you have some laying there anymore, I would like to buy one.
Dont know how to contact you else than in this topic

**bateske** · June 28, 2015, 7:35am

I’ll be shipping out a few Dev kits this next week to people who wanted one. If you already messaged me I’ll make sure I’ve got your information otherwise be sure to let me know soon!

**subbie** · June 29, 2015, 4:31pm

How much longer till the kickstarter devkits ship?

**bateske** · August 17, 2015, 7:56pm

I’m waiting to hear back from the factory any day now, but most of the parts are arrived we are just waiting on the OLED display that are proving to be very difficult to get right now. I’m buying every OLED display like it in china I think.

**MLXXXp** · August 17, 2015, 11:47pm

@bateske, Have you looked into the availability of the blue OLED version, instead of the white ones? Some people may actually prefer a blue display.

**bateske** · August 18, 2015, 1:42am

They are out there, but we will stick with white for now. Would be cool to do one in the future maybe with a custom PCB color

**ChrisS** · August 18, 2015, 4:08am

Of course, if you stick with the white, you can use the Space Invaders / Vextrex trick to make a colour game.

You could likely print about 24 different colour overlays on a single letter sized transparency. Cut them out as rectangles, figure out some way to hold them over the display, and presto - a colour screen Arduboy!