Arduino Leonardo (with headers) Arduino

DESCRIPTION

The Arduino Leonardo is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega32u4 . It has 20 digital input/output pins (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as analogue inputs), a 16MHz crystal oscillator, a micro USB connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button. It contains everything needed to support the microcontroller; simply connect it to a computer with a USB cable or power it with a AC-to-DC adapter or battery to get started.

The Leonardo differs from all preceding boards in that the ATmega32u4 has built-in USB communication, eliminating the need for a secondary processor. This allows the Leonardo to appear on a connected computer as a mouse and keyboard, in addition to a virtual (CDC) serial / COM port.

FEATURES

• Microcontroller: ATmega32u4
• Operating Voltage:5V
• Input Voltage (recommended:7-12V
• Input Voltage (limits):6-20V
• Digital I/O Pins: 20
• PWM Channels: 7
• Analog Input Channels: 12
• DC Current per I/O Pin: 40 mA
• DC Current for 3.3V Pin: 50 mA
• Flash Memory: 32 KB (ATmega32u4) of which 4 KB is used by the bootloader
• SRAM: 2.5 KB (ATmega32u4)
• EEPROM: 1 KB (ATmega32u4)
• Clock Speed: 16 MHz

RESOURCES

Schematic & Reference Design:

• EAGLE files
• Schematic

Power:

The Arduino Leonardo can be powered via the micro USB connection or with an external power supply. The power source is selected automatically.

External (non-USB) power can come either from an AC-to-DC adapter (wall-wart) or a battery. The adapter can be connected by plugging a 2.1mm center-positive plug into the board’s power jack. Leads from a battery can be inserted in the Gnd and Vin pin headers of the POWER connector.

The power pins are as follows:

• VIN.
• 5V.
• 3V3.
• GND.
• IOREF.

Memory:

The ATmega32u4 has 32 KB (with 4 KB used for the bootloader). It also has 2.5 KB of SRAM and 1 KB of EEPROM (which can be read and written with the EEPROM library).

Input and Output:

Each of the 20 digital i/o pins on the Uno can be used as an input or output. They operate at 5V. Each pin can provide or receive a maximum of 40 mA and has an internal pull-up resistor (disconnected by default) of 20-50 kOhms. In addition, some pins have specialized functions:

• Serial: 0 (RX) and 1 (TX)
• TWI: 2 (SDA) and 3 (SCL).
• External Interrupts: 2 and 3.
• PWM: 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, and 13.
• SPI: on the ICSP header.
• LED: 13. Analog Inputs: A0-A5, A6 – A11 (on digital pins 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12).

There are a couple of other pins on the board:

• AREF. Reference voltage for the analog inputs. Used with analogReference().
• Reset. Bring this line LOW to reset the microcontroller. Typically used to add a reset button to shields which block the one on the board.

See also the mapping between Arduino pins and ATmega32u4 ports.