Open Source GNU Known as Illuminato

Overview

An ATmega645 microcontroller is used to create the Illuminato project which is a 100% open source hardware GNU. 

Explanation

The use of ATmega45 is due to its double code space and the download speed of the code is much faster. There are 10 white surface mount LEDs on the back side of the device and they are enclosed in gold solder mask with the bling function that can be turned ON and OFF. All the components were organized on the board perfectly symmetrical and yet 45 degrees rotated.

At the front of the board is the row of gold-lined aerodynamic holes with the purpose of reducing drag when the board files are over 200 mph and doubling as in-circuit programming pins in order to program the Atmel chip with the initial bootloader. The board contains 42 I/O pins in a configuration that accepts any shield that was made for the Arduino’s pin header arrangement while having a reset button up in the corner.

Some of goals in building this project include in-circuit programming interface for debugging, fitting Arduino shields, faster PC transfer and serial speeds, PWM, and more code space and digital I/O.

Rest of the project