Introduction
Welcome to the Ultimate Arduino MEGA 2560 Hardware Manual, a reference and user guide for the Arduino MEGA 2560 hardware and firmware. This manual provides up to date hardware information for the Arduino MEGA 2560, the easy to use open-source electronics platform used by hobbyists, makers, experimenters, educators and professionals.
Why Buy this Arduino MEGA Hardware Manual? After the success of the Ultimate Arduino Uno Hardware Manual, ISBN: 978-3-89576434-9 (print), 978-3-89576-435-6 (e-book), by the same author, it was decided to make a hardware manual for the Arduino MEGA 2560. This is a natural progression, as the Arduino MEGA 2560 is the next most popular Arduino board after the Arduino Uno. Progressing from the Arduino Uno to the Arduino MEGA 2560 provides the user with more input/output pins, more communication ports and more memory which may be required by some Arduino projects. As with the Ultimate Arduino Uno Hardware Manual, there are four main reasons to buy this book besides just wanting a handy reference manual for the Arduino MEGA 2560 hardware and firmware for use on the workbench. A discussion of these reasons follows.
1) All the Hardware Information in One Place Although information about the Arduino MEGA 2560 hardware is available online, it is spread out over many pages and websites. Having all of the Arduino MEGA hardware information in one place, in this concise guide, is convenient and a time saver. This is especially true for new Arduino users who may not even know what to look for when
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