SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492024-03-29T06:13:41-06:00SparkFun Electronicssantaimpersonator on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzsantaimpersonatorurn:uuid:a9503632-1ed7-e4d1-ef93-7533d6d137f42020-10-01T22:41:58-06:00<p>Hi there, it sounds like you are looking for <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/technical_assistance" rel="nofollow">technical assistance</a>. Please use the link in the banner above, to get started with posting a topic in our <a href="https://forum.sparkfun.com/" rel="nofollow">forums</a>. Our technical support team will do their best to assist you.<p>That being said, the graphical datasheet specifies a <strong>minimum recommended voltage of 4V</strong>. Otherwise, you will need to dig into the schematic for the voltage regulator, reference its datasheet, the AtMega328 datasheet, and the firmware fuse settings... or just try it out yourself.</p></p>
Ninjared on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzNinjaredurn:uuid:1e742593-0647-8d1a-11b8-15f38a7fcc982020-09-25T19:07:31-06:00<p>I have a project that currently runs on two AA alkaline batteries (3.0-3.1V). Is that enough voltage to power this 3.3V Arduino?</p>
Nate on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzNateurn:uuid:8914974f-16d6-d1ce-d938-7b2b2cfb97b72020-05-04T11:53:33-06:00<p>Nice work! Thanks for posting link!</p>
zarpli on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzzarpliurn:uuid:41c9f9c8-3276-2b70-360b-de22baeae8692020-05-03T20:49:36-06:00<p>https://hackaday.com/2020/04/06/subwoofer-gets-arduino-brain-transplant/</p>
Customer #909546 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #909546urn:uuid:469dc2f2-2132-cf39-44e9-3e2c9aa260222017-09-29T22:56:36-06:00<p>I wanted to try to work directly with the posted Eagle schematic and layout. But when I downloaded them, there were libraries that they reference that seem to be missing, and are not in the regular set of Sparkfun libraries that I already have long since downloaded from GitHub. I am wondering if they are older out-of-date libraries? The two libraries are called "Sparkfun.lbr" and "Testing.lbr". Does anyone know where I might find these Eagle libraries?<p>Thanks in advance to anyone who might be able to help! :)</p></p>
KevinGreenBMX on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKevinGreenBMXurn:uuid:841bf4b5-a214-cc65-5e71-98a8fc0cbbfa2017-04-20T18:42:14-06:00<p>good point, Thanks</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:3bdc4571-3b72-db3d-dde6-f2f5798bb9d72017-04-12T11:05:36-06:00<p>Don't forget if the Arduino is powered, the VCC line will end up powering the FTDI which should power VCCIO. It might act weird between the time you plug it in to your computer and the time you power the Arduino though.</p>
KevinGreenBMX on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKevinGreenBMXurn:uuid:67809a59-2328-94dd-ee38-7e32ccf1a49f2017-04-12T10:56:25-06:00<p>Thank you for confirming what I suspected!<p>I looked at the schematic for the FTDI, and it looks like clipping that trace would leave the FTDI's VCCIO pin floating, which I imagine would cause some problems.</p><p>I think what I will need to do instead is just desolder/clip the power pin of the header (JP1, Pin 3). This will leave the FTDI unable to power other projects, but that is ok.</p><p>Thanks for your help!</p></p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:0807d6f8-9f3c-84b3-fd50-183f81cfca162017-04-12T09:22:17-06:00<p>You should only have one power supply on the VCC/3.3V line at any given time. I would see about cutting the trace on the back of the FTDI. There is a solder jumper that that lets you select 3.3V or 5V. It is basically 3 pads with VCC in the center and 3.3V on one side and 5V on the other. Usually you connect one of the sides to the center. If you just isolate the center though you should end up with no power on VCC.<p>Note: I haven't checked the schematic to double check this will work so proceed with some caution.</p></p>
KevinGreenBMX on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKevinGreenBMXurn:uuid:187fc386-6c87-f736-dbef-5ed669aae3f92017-04-11T19:26:16-06:00<p>I am using one of these in a project to control one of the RN-52 Bluetooth audio modules (sparkfun breakout). The project has it’s own 3.3v power supply for the Arduino and the RN-52, which leads me to my question:<p>Is it safe for me to allow the project power supply 3.3v regulator to provide 3.3v to VCC with a 3.3v SparkFun FTDI Basic Breakout hooked up to the programming header? I noticed the first time I hooked up the FTDI with the power supply off that it fed 3.3v through and lit up the “on” LED on the project power supply.</p><p>I considered placing a diode on the VCC connection that feeds the Arduino when on project power, but at 3.3v I really don’t want the forward voltage drop, and I have worries about overpowering something like a 1N6263 schottky diode.</p></p>
UMBC-CheEng on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzUMBC-CheEngurn:uuid:da55558e-e465-cefd-7b0a-2b575278d4012017-01-23T14:22:29-07:00<p>A thought that might help some others if they run into the same situation as I did on this board. This board lacks the 1K resistors on the RX and TX lines. This seems to cause some programming issues when something else is attached to the broken out RX and TX lines. I noticed that programming was hit or miss without them, and for now, it seems that adding in the 1K resistors on the RX and TX lines between the board and the secondary UART device helps greatly. Anyone else had that issue? Those resistors are pretty standard in most of the other "Arduino" designs.</p>
Nate on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzNateurn:uuid:d8413ed2-5844-eee0-807a-4bb96bb20b2a2016-06-06T10:25:47-06:00<p>It's the MIC5205. This <a href="http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/mic5205.pdf" rel="nofollow">datasheet link</a> should work for a few days :)</p>
Customer #812963 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #812963urn:uuid:935edcab-d895-377c-ae02-86a61146b0aa2016-06-03T08:13:51-06:00<p>I got Arduino Pro Mini 328 3.3V/8MHz with S20G label on voltage regulator. I can't find any datasheet or vendor, but I measured that it consumes 1.6mA in sleep with power LED on (and 230uA with LED removed) and less than 7mA awake. Surprisingly good result. I would just like to know maximum current rating and quiescent current.</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:609a3500-c67f-c792-59bf-93bb7fa2133f2016-05-10T08:51:47-06:00<p>The power pin on the FTDI connection is VCC and not RAW so it will not go through the voltage regulator. 5V is safe for the Pro Mini, but you will also have 5V on anything connected to VCC (possibly including 3.3V sensors). This will also cause the Pro Mini to operate at 5V meaning its I/O will also be running at 5V. Whether that will risk damaging another board depends on the specs of the sensor.</p>
ben_r on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzben_rurn:uuid:caafd0eb-7dc1-e783-8d90-a6e274f41da42016-05-10T08:01:52-06:00<p>Is a 3.3V FTDI Basic required, or will a 5V connection safely drive the 3.3V Mini over the programming headers without risking damage to the board or any 3.3V devices connected to its I/O?</p>
Customer #723220 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #723220urn:uuid:a1d5a936-03b8-1b9f-fe7f-03aac5fc66972015-09-27T14:48:55-06:00<p>Can I run this "Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHz" with CR2032 coin cell battery ?
Since nominal voltage of this battery is 3v , and this will be reduced with time , this arduino pro mini will work till which minimum voltage ?</p>
Skaterdude on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzSkaterdudeurn:uuid:53630ef9-1c06-c929-1db0-2de139278cca2015-05-27T11:52:16-06:00<p>I found out from an Instructable and from trying it that you pick the board you're trying to program, not the board (i.e., UNO) that you are programming with. Just FYI for anyone reading this.</p>
Skaterdude on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzSkaterdudeurn:uuid:34a49650-6c78-cd60-184c-18a4bb85dfc32015-05-27T11:51:19-06:00<p>Tried that a few times, but maybe didn't hit the right time slot. I WAS able to use an UNO board with the processor removed, jumpered over to it. Just picked Pro Mini with the correct processor and speed and it worked first time! At least I know it's not a bad board!</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:a557c5c6-6828-bae0-51d7-1b9c093b18982015-05-15T13:53:04-06:00<p>The DTR pin on the FTDI boards is used to do a reset of the board to put it into bootloader mode. If you don't have DTR broken out you will need to manually reset the board. Basically when the code is finished compiling and you see the white text giving you the file size etc., hit the reset button and it should work.</p>
Skaterdude on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzSkaterdudeurn:uuid:5e2a761a-728c-2d52-9124-b752f1a1aec92015-05-15T10:31:45-06:00<p>I just got one of these to work with a 3.3v interface chip. However, I cannot get it to program with any of the USB-TTL breakouts I have. i don't have FTDI - only the PL2303HX-based versions. I can do loopbacks on these boards but they will not program the pro mini. Is there something else that I have to do when using one of these alternatives? They don't bring the DTR out - just RX, TX, GND, and VCC (which I don't connect because it's powered off the breadboard).</p>
Skaterdude on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzSkaterdudeurn:uuid:6f6cd177-314f-6efd-c812-e1e0b0ebe1f52015-05-15T10:20:13-06:00<p>What did you select as the board / processor in the Arduino Dev Env?</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:5244cb66-a0a6-f583-9b45-0bb0fe7b4e9a2015-03-30T10:49:01-06:00<p>If you use a 5V FTDI it will put 5V on the VCC line. If you use a 3.3V FTDI than 3.3V will be on the VCC line. I believe the maximum voltage the ATMega328 can handle is 6V (absolute max, not recommended) so the IC is fine. Basically the 3.3V designation of the board is the value of the voltage regulator and when the board is powered through the regulator the I/O voltage of the controller. In other words if you put 5V on VCC than you will just have a Pro Mini running at 5V. As long as you don't have components that will fry at 5V connected to the board everything should be fine.</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:e8a01003-26ae-a5fb-76fe-641a85638a4b2015-03-30T10:40:18-06:00<p>Yes. The Pro Mini is actually an official Arduino board so everything is fully supported in the IDE. I believe this is the only official Arduino board to use these pins and the ATMega328 PTH version does not have them, so very old versions of the IDE might not support these pins, but any IDE from the past 3 years (since this board was released) definitely will.</p>
Eraticus on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzEraticusurn:uuid:5df9e315-3e0f-59ec-8aaa-b72f82cce6c22015-03-28T19:24:10-06:00<p>In the description of this product, it says that the ADC6 and ADC7 pins are broken out. Does the Arduino software natively support A6 and A7?</p>
Customer #449635 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #449635urn:uuid:7727610b-b06a-a2ef-2409-ff0aff12a1ef2015-03-13T01:09:56-06:00<p>Just to clarify: If we connect the 3.3 Pro Mini to the FTDI Basic Breakout via the broken out pins, it will fry the board? ie) USB is 5V and the ProMini is 3.3V?<p>So we would want to leave VCC disconnected from the broken out pins and instead connect the FTDI power to RAW on the Pro Mini?</p></p>
Customer #57306 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #57306urn:uuid:c68afcb9-be65-c1c2-7b62-972e32ea26002015-02-11T05:27:56-07:00<p>I like the 5v version of this enough that I wrote KiCad .lib and .mod files for those who want to put an Arduino Pro Mini on a PCB of their own design.<p>Free.. Should work just as well with 3v3 version?</p><p>http://kicadhowto.org/LibLib.htm</p><p>The small size of the Arduino Pro Mini reduces the expense of the PBB you are making, as there is little board area under the Arduino.</p></p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:51a66d80-eeb3-69bf-4e72-ac71a0947fb12015-01-28T09:25:07-07:00<p>The ATMega328 typically runs at 5V and its rated maximum is about 6V, so you should be able to put anything up to 6V on the VCC pin. The RAW pin will run the voltage through a 3.3V regulator meaning that VCC will now be 3.3V. Either of these will work, one may be preferable over the other based on the peripherals you are using and their voltage requirements.</p>
Customer #243906 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #243906urn:uuid:9258cb29-6b97-e8e5-e251-5049c16dd9ab2015-01-28T02:23:00-07:00<p>Hello,
If I want to connect a 1 cell Lipo Battery (3,7->4v) can I connect it directly to VCC or do I have to use the RAW pin ?
Thanks.</p>
RichardBronosky on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRichardBronoskyurn:uuid:7ee2d43c-ac81-b81e-ba7a-c274588553d92014-09-30T13:45:34-06:00<p>Oh, by off-grid, I meant "not on the edge with the other pins." I agree that if you are going to put pins internal to the board, they shouldn't be in line with the edge pins. Otherwise a beginner like me would make that mistake.<p>However, <a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s18/sh/13afcd36-5539-4f05-9bc1-d92686d97cd9/190c86722f238f815462f28c9374bbd9" rel="nofollow">this is a compromise that I think you should consider</a></p></p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:2a1e1373-7e31-c4f1-8e40-c92dad9ad5622014-09-25T10:28:58-06:00<p>The off-grid decision is actually very intentional. Enough people solder headers to the board and stick them in a breadboard that we didn't want to run the risk of you shorting those pins to something else. The original was based off of the Arduino Mini and uses the same footprint, I believe the I2C was actually added later on. In general its a great little board, but so is the Pro micro. Thanks for the feedback.</p>
RichardBronosky on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRichardBronoskyurn:uuid:c7a5f999-5d3a-7a37-14c8-99acbdc4fdd22014-09-25T10:14:02-06:00<p>A bit late, but for the record, I run mine this way. LiPo to RAW (I've even done VCC) works fine.</p>
RichardBronosky on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRichardBronoskyurn:uuid:bfe9faed-4e6f-fcd4-04a7-d724514c9cc32014-09-25T10:10:53-06:00<p>I originally bought this for my project because of the cost. I found the location of the I2C SDA & SCL pins (A4 & A5) to be so annoying that I just bought a Pro Micro https://www.sparkfun.com/products/12587 instead. I am much happier with it and I don't have to worry about keeping up with [the now rare] USB Mini cable for my FTDI Basic.<p>I find it pretty ridiculous that this thing has 2 on-grid GND pins and 2 on-grid RST pins, yet the I2C is off-grid. Could have been a nice little board otherwise.</p></p>
Customer #517027 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #517027urn:uuid:ad63ffb2-8c2f-1a1f-9c8c-f7ac207a0daa2014-09-10T14:53:35-06:00<p>How would this best be connected to a raspberry pi? i2c, SPI, UART of some sort?<p>i do not want to apply a full FTDI and USB connection between the two.</p></p>
Customer #394252 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #394252urn:uuid:b70207c4-a127-7d1e-601a-87431886bdc52014-08-13T19:37:16-06:00<p>Hm. OK, sounds like I should just use the regulator. I was just trying to minimize required wiring. Pololu has one that steps down 12-14v down to 3.3v.</p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:67b8ed19-ecae-5d6a-e7c0-f7608a144e0e2014-08-13T15:37:40-06:00<p>Fixed - thanks for the heads-up. For future reference, SparkFun also keeps a copy of the datasheet, as referenced in e.g. <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9061" rel="nofollow">COM-09061 - AVR 28 Pin 20MHz 32K 6A/D - ATMega328P</a></p>
Customer #394252 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #394252urn:uuid:8c11e0d9-7727-d6d7-947a-dd46b2c3e4892014-08-08T18:33:23-06:00<p>It's an alkaline A23 12 volt</p>
Customer #394252 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #394252urn:uuid:d0d9316b-95b4-8793-4e22-5217d4a703182014-07-08T15:51:05-06:00<p>So...I was told if I had an LED set up requiring 12V, and an XBee that I was controlling off this version of the pro-mini, I would need a step down regulator in order to only use one power source for all three things. Is this not correct since it has an on-board voltage regulator? Couldn't I hook the 12V battery to the pro-mini's raw pin, hook the LEDs directly to the battery, and the XBee to the VCC? I'm still learning all this electronics stuff so I want to be sure I don't fry my Arduino.</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:af7111e8-2a0e-1bae-469c-56002790774b2014-07-08T11:19:55-06:00<p>The ATMega328 has 14 digital I/Os, 6 of which do PWM, and 2 of which are the UART port. It also has 6/8 analog pins. The original Arduinos use DIP chips and those have 6 analog pins which were all broken out. The SMD chips have the 2 extra pins which were never really broken out partly because no one wanted to change the footprint. We did add those extra two pins on the current version of the Pro Mini. Otherwise it has the exact same pins as any other ATMega328 based Arduino including PWM. If you take a close look at the picture of the Pro Mini you will see an extra ring around pins 3,5,6,9,10, and 11, these are the PWM pins.</p>
RichardBronosky on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRichardBronoskyurn:uuid:73660860-94c4-f671-1ec3-f54d8afd80fc2014-07-07T20:23:49-06:00<p>The <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/pages/arduino_guide" rel="nofollow">Arduino buying guide</a> suggests that this has:
14 Digital I/O
6 Analog
6 PWM
1 UART<p>Here it says 8 analog and no mention of PWM.</p><p>Here is what I want to know:
Does this thing offer PWM? On what pins?
Are the analog pins pulling double duty?</p></p>
Lutorm on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzLutormurn:uuid:bedee7e5-7200-c3fb-57c8-b844c44326b92014-06-30T01:26:19-06:00<p>Aha, thanks. I'd never seen the "previous versions" link before... :-)<p>So the question then becomes: will the voltage regulator get unhappy if I connect my board to the FTDI breakout and "back-power" it with 5V? I looked at the datasheet but couldn't find any info about what happen if Vout is higher than Vin.</p></p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:f8e4dc45-1a07-8b0e-a1fe-529c1fda3c1a2014-06-29T15:34:14-06:00<p>Yep - looks like the resistors were added in v1.3, while the solder jumper was added in v1.4. As the 'previous versions' list only points to a product matching the v1.2 iteration: should you need the schematics/board for v1.3, just change the 'v14' in the links to 'v13' :)</p>
Lutorm on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzLutormurn:uuid:38c29762-73b3-cf66-2144-9bb7374c21852014-06-29T15:11:53-06:00<p>Ah, I see the resistor pads, and the jumper in the pictures above. However, my board is different -- there is no space between the crystal and the 10uF cap on mine! Out of 6 Pro Minis that I have, 2 of them have the jumper and 4 don't (but all have the resistor pads). I guess the jumper was added after the resistor pads.</p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:8a633ac7-9798-1e70-e2a3-01c177cc2e542014-06-28T14:46:03-06:00<p>The "power isolation jumper" is bridged - it's the blob of solder by GND and RST.<br>
The two resistors are optional, and you can find the footprints on the bottom of the board by the A4 and A5 off-grid pads.</p>
Lutorm on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzLutormurn:uuid:0215dc03-87ba-5977-c99a-6e00815d8ea22014-06-28T14:03:10-06:00<p>Hard as I look, I can't find that "power isolation jumper" that's on the schematic, nor the footprints for the I2C resistors (I just see the I2C pins broken out to the off-grid headers.) Am I missing something here?</p>
ArduinoPerson1243 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzArduinoPerson1243urn:uuid:38a1a8c7-56ec-ac3b-7075-d1e5ef8ec9652014-06-13T08:15:32-06:00<p>Can I use this just to drive things? Like interchangeable tools sort of.</p>
ArduinoPerson1243 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzArduinoPerson1243urn:uuid:2218deb2-f921-5427-5e24-638910524d1c2014-06-13T08:14:04-06:00<p>Could I use this just to drive a servo motor?</p>
LED addict on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzLED addicturn:uuid:ac29c66e-d100-c516-2f23-434e19ba6aff2014-04-25T14:36:43-06:00<p>Cool thanks!</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:d7292c51-8b66-c1ff-29e7-e29643dbba012014-04-22T12:51:21-06:00<p>Yes, the only difference in the 3.3V and 5V Pro Minis is the crystal and the voltage regulator. Since the FTDI bypasses the regulator the only difference is the speed the run at. The ATMega328 is fine at 5V. Keep in mind if you have 3.3V on VCC and 5V on the I/O pins that is technically out of spec (you shouldn't put more than VCC on the I/O pins), but will probably work as well. Keep in mind that the 5V FTDI will put 5V on the VCC line, so make sure you don't have any 3.3V only devices connected when you do this.</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:39d14d5e-3ee7-c4e7-e21a-8179ce09c52f2014-04-22T12:48:41-06:00<p>Yes, A4 and A5 are the I2C lines or the Arduino. Basically the Pro Mini is the same circuit as the Uno just a lot smaller and without a USB port, bu the actual microcontroller is the same, so anything the Uno can do the Pro Mini can do. This Pro Mini also only runs at 3.3V/8MHz.</p>
LED addict on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzLED addicturn:uuid:2a9d153b-16a7-40f1-29ec-315f5bf746ee2014-04-21T13:17:35-06:00<p>Does this support I2C? I'm not really familiar with I2C yet, but I want to learn and I am wondering if I can use this with an accelerometer to build a self-balancing robot. I've got a few months experience with an UNO, so don't spare me the technical details.</p>
einro on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzeinrourn:uuid:0fe1245a-647e-06ba-6044-ee567d36fd3f2014-03-29T19:03:31-06:00<p>wild guess, is the wall wart unfiltered dc? a single diode turns the power output off 60 times a second. if your volt meter reads less dc than the wall wart label and or your volt meter displays a significant voltage on the ac scale, that maybe the problem. try a capacitor on the wall wart output.</p>
Bozi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzBoziurn:uuid:50181535-0fad-901b-e82e-d74eaa4caad32014-03-29T15:34:49-06:00<p>Are the rx/tx lines 5V tolerant? I want to know if it is possible to program this with a 5V FTDI board, without needing to get an additional 3.3V FTDI just for this board.</p>
Customer #367049 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #367049urn:uuid:a2220b25-f165-3646-0a23-c9139f8443942014-03-10T10:23:55-06:00<p>Hi, I am looking for something similar. I am looking for a part which might consist of correctly spaced out female headers, to mate with the Arduino Pro Mini. If you could give me a link, that would be awesome.</p>
procsynth on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzprocsynthurn:uuid:4f1afeba-ef1e-c7fd-b940-3643e6188e542014-03-10T07:37:29-06:00<p>Does the VCC pin output 3v3 when I put 12V to RAW pin ?<p>[self-answer : yes it does.]</p></p>
t-storm on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzt-stormurn:uuid:5f502e0b-8263-4fb2-f171-45a8cf94fa742014-02-10T12:22:19-07:00<p>Oh! I saw that and it didn't click in my tiny duke head. Layout size isn't a problem, I just ran out of pins.
Thanks!</p>
RobertC. on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRobertC.urn:uuid:f9af631c-3363-742f-9d29-61838876a5a22014-02-10T12:20:12-07:00<p>We do have a version of it <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10743" rel="nofollow">here</a> but because of the number of pins, the layout is a bit bigger.</p>
t-storm on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzt-stormurn:uuid:2cc11c71-06d6-a150-7e91-a7dfffe594bb2014-02-10T12:11:12-07:00<p>Has there been any talk of an Arduino Mega like this? A megamicro? I love the pro mini but my project uses a relay shield and an sd shield and a few buttons and switches so now I am out of pins for a LCD. 1st world problems.</p>
Customer #515080 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #515080urn:uuid:54488710-9b26-18a2-7897-9a41f76949592014-01-29T22:29:47-07:00<p>Hello!
I it possible to run 3.3V version with 1.8V on 1MHz ?</p>
tetsujin on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHztetsujinurn:uuid:2eef01a8-d771-5179-84ec-7e5ed0e7c83f2014-01-15T14:11:59-07:00<p>I was thinking: what if a board like the Pro Mini had a pinout that was compatible with one of the four headers of the Arduino shield form factor? For instance if one side of the board had digital I/O 8-13, GND, AREF, and SDA/SCL, in that order? Then if you were building a project around a standard Arduino shield (but didn't want to use a standard Arduino) you could put a socket header on those 10 pins and plug the Arduino right into one corner of the shield (or just solder it to the shield, pin-to-pin), and then wire up the remaining pins by hand, or something...<br>
Something like that could be nice as a way to make Arduino projects more compact, while still using the same shield design.</p>
MikeGrusin on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzMikeGrusinurn:uuid:63907f39-511b-ae70-c48b-d9aa91df6d132014-01-05T13:36:41-07:00<p>This is the sort of thing you see if nothing is connected to an input. What are you connecting, and is the connection solid?</p>
Rob Hedges on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRob Hedgesurn:uuid:1d86b0e0-05b4-124c-8c82-36b6a1210b342014-01-04T20:38:31-07:00<p>I'm having trouble with floating inputs. No matter what I do I can't get the analog inputs to stop floating. I've tried pull up/down resistors, that just resulted in 0 or 3.3v readings. I have 2 of these and they are both doing the same thing. I've tried battery, USB, and regulated wall worth power.</p>
rub0t on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzrub0turn:uuid:1717ef3d-165d-6219-6c50-a264a5867d0f2013-12-18T16:34:44-07:00<p>C3 and C10 are both 0.1uF. C13 is the 10uF cap. However, I think I can apply what you explained to C3. It is there to smooth out the high frequency ripples caused by the ATMEGA and would be positioned physically close to that IC. Is that correct? If you were designing a circuit would you typically use one of these capacitors per IC?</p>
andyInAustin on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzandyInAustinurn:uuid:5aed2f5f-9005-e8b2-8156-058372fbc26f2013-12-16T15:06:51-07:00<p>The larger cap takes a bit of time to let go of its electrons, the lower value cap lets them go more quickly.
More precisely: the capacitors have different resistance and inductance, the 0.1 uF is used to smooth out high frequency ripples, the 10 uF handles lower frequency ripples.
On board layouts you will find the 0.1 very close to the IC that is causing the ripples, the 10uF is more likely close to the incoming power.</p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:ff4b3b4f-d16d-7b29-5ce4-ba616141d7d22013-12-04T01:55:45-07:00<blockquote>
<p>My plan is to have the Arduino turn LEDs on/off based on the signals it gets from the cars RX</p>
<p>Let's say your signals dictate that you need LEDs 5, 6, 7 and 10 to be on. You would then push essentially serial data into the shift register to match that pattern (00001110010000: LEDs 1, 2, 3, 4 off, 5, 6, 7 on, 8, 9 off, 10 on, 11, 12, 13, 14 off).</p><p>Now let's say that, theoretically, you, can only have 2 LEDs on at the same time due to current restrictions in the shift register itself. No problem, you would create two patterns, and switch between them really fast so that it still appears as the desired pattern:<br>
00001100000000<br>
00000010010000</p><p>Shift registers can generally, thankfully, handle more than just 2 LEDs,but either way your Arduino would only have to deal with a minute amount of current required to drive the shift register, rather than 2, 4 or even the full 14 LEDs.</p><p>=====</p><p>As far as the ATmega goes, check e.g. page 303 the first table (absolute maximum ratings): "DC Current VCC and GND Pins................................. 200.0mA" Let's say you wanted all 14 LEDs on at 20mA at the same time, giving a total of 280mA. That's more than the VCC pin is supposed to handle (in fact, while the maximum per pin current is 40mA, you'll find further down that they prefer 10mA when VCC is 3.0V), so you can't source that much current. But it's less than the combined 400mA of the GND pins, so you could sink it. Page 304 then explains in the notes the specific calculations you should perform to see if you exceed the maximum current you can sink per section (e.g. "1] The sum of all IOL, for ports C0 - C5, ADC7, ADC6 should not exceed 100mA" - note that this is different from the 150mA for sourcing).</p><p>=====</p><p>But, again, as long as you're okay with trusting the programming / the components not to fail, then you could easily drive the LEDs directly from this board by just keeping 1 or 2 on at a time :)</p></blockquote>
Customer #44639 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #44639urn:uuid:26f1e530-d037-7b73-c3d2-f895be45f4e92013-12-03T18:31:31-07:00<p>Thanks for the reply! I'm very much a noob with these, and the part about the shift registers has gone right over my head…. Is there a way you could explain that a little more? My plan is to have the Arduino turn LEDs on/off based on the signals it gets from the cars RX. I guess I'm failing to see how this works with the shift registers? The applications I am seeing with them is to turn a bank of lights on/off or cause them to blink. Not to have individual control of each LED.<p>Also, looking at the ATmega328 data sheet I'm failing to see anything other than the already stated limit of 150ma. Perhaps this is my ignorance showing through..</p></p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:2d5b1084-5b8e-ac2f-8fd2-0004e6eadfeb2013-12-03T14:00:09-07:00<blockquote>
<p>would I fry the chip by pulling 20ma through 14 of the I/O pins</p>
<p>That slightly depends. If you're trying to source the current, yes. If you're trying to sink it, then your pin selection matters. See pages 303 and 304 (the notes on page 304 detail how to calculate the maximum ratings based on pin selections) of the <a href="http://www.atmel.com/Images/Atmel-8271-8-bit-AVR-Microcontroller-ATmega48A-48PA-88A-88PA-168A-168PA-328-328P_datasheet_Complete.pdf" rel="nofollow">datasheet for ATmega328</a> for details.</p><p>Your safest bet without a driver board would be to simply limit the current below 20mA. This does mean your LEDs will light up less brightly (source nice, bright LEDs if this is a concern). Another option is to only have a few LEDs on at the same time, turning them on/off as quickly as you can to make them appear to be on all the time, while reducing the current required. In this case you could also source the current. Note that if your program has an error and turns all LEDs on, you would have a problem :)</p><p>Note that a driver board doesn't have to take much extra space. Two <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/733" rel="nofollow">Shift Register 8-Bit - 74HC595</a> will decrease current requirements from the Arduino as less pins are used, two <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/734" rel="nofollow">Shift Register 8-Bit High-Power - TPIC6B595</a>s could easily drive all 14 at the same time, and a single STP16C596 (suggested at the arduino site) would be practically an all-in-1 solution. There's many other options, try googling for '16 channel led driver'. But, it's not required as long as you can work within the confines mentioned above.</p></blockquote>
Customer #44639 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #44639urn:uuid:5194cc51-4a1e-0a5a-47fe-bb61e16028172013-12-03T13:07:14-07:00<p>I am wanting to use this to drive 14 LEDs. If I use an external 3.3v supply (COM-00526) could I do this? I know in the Arduino website it says max 40ma per I/O, this is fine, but I need to supply about 300ma in total. If i use the external supply connected to VCC would I fry the chip by pulling 20ma through 14 of the I/O pins? This is going inside an r/c car so I would prefer to not have an external transistor board. Also, all 14 LEDs need separate control.</p>
Customer #484164 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #484164urn:uuid:76e05bc9-9523-ed3c-963d-4523867ba17c2013-12-02T15:17:40-07:00<p>I meant to say when you plug in all those things respectively. Anyway, I tried it with the blink sketch and it seems to work.</p>
Customer #484164 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #484164urn:uuid:100afa28-f7bb-03a5-9ada-4c796bb43db22013-12-01T18:44:07-07:00<p>Can I upload to the 3.3v mini using an uno R3 board? Would this work - take out the ATmega328 chip on the uno and connect BLK, GND, VCC, RXI, TXO, GRN (on Mini) to Ground, Ground, 3.3V, RX, TX, reset (on the uno) and then upload a sketch selecting the 3.3v mini board from tools in the Arduino IDE?</p>
Arkestra on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzArkestraurn:uuid:a5304144-d6c5-6a6e-4249-4ff675d697172013-11-28T09:31:47-07:00<p>It's not as bad as that I think, you should be able to get 12MHz comfortably.<p>Section 29.3 ("Speed Grades") of the ATmel datasheet "Atmel 8-bit Microcontroller with 4/8/16/32KBytes
In-System Programmable Flash" states that the Maximum Frequency is linear across 2 intervals: between (1.8v=4MHz, 2.7v=10MHz) and between (2.7v=10MHz, 4.5v=20MHz).</p><p>This means that 3.3v implies a Maximum Frequency of 13.33MHz.</p><p>So I don't see why we are not running at (say) 12MHz instead of 16MHz - apart from one having to do a relatively-straightforward patch to the NewSoftSerial library, as detailed here: http://wiblocks.luciani.org/docs/app-notes/software-serial.html. I run at 3.3v and 12MHz, using optiboot recompiled for that speed as the bootloader and everything works very well.</p><p>Food for thought if you are looking for a new version? I know intrinsic support in Arduino IDE is a little smoother for 8MHz but getting 50% more cycles is not to be sniffed at.</p></p>
Toni_K on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzToni_Kurn:uuid:8c3d675b-2d08-b2ea-905f-71600edd5f392013-11-14T11:25:41-07:00<p>It should be fixed now!</p>
Customer #481965 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #481965urn:uuid:5c88aaa2-c4db-758d-f8ab-5ef1c04a4a282013-11-12T11:53:20-07:00<p>The getting started tutorial link is broken.</p>
Customer #470433 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #470433urn:uuid:42acf406-1e34-0d86-c76e-643c1c476c7f2013-11-04T17:15:40-07:00<p>figured out my own problem.. it was that I used a cheap china made PCB.. i guess for me to make a real prototype i will have to spend some more money :(</p>
MikeGrusin on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzMikeGrusinurn:uuid:d4a15449-0ace-79e7-290d-907712a1175f2013-10-22T10:51:52-06:00<p>This is a limitation of the processor itself. If you read the very large datasheet for the ATmega 328, you'll find an interesting graph in the back that shows the maximum safe clock speeds for various VCC voltages. At 5V, you can reliably run it at up to 20MHz. But at 3.3V, you can only reliably run it at up to ~10MHz. This is why we use different resonators for the different voltages. (And note that the slower you run a chip, the less power it uses, which is better for battery-powered circuits. You can even clock these chips down to 32KHz, which runs programs very very slowly, but uses miniscule amounts of power).</p>
Magruder13 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzMagruder13urn:uuid:e73d352d-807e-d26a-6c81-42a8b22fadf82013-10-21T21:04:49-06:00<p>Why exactly is this running at 8MHz instead of 16MHz? I would like to use this at 3.3V but want the extra speed. Is it because you're worried about turning on too much I/O and dropping voltage too fast and throwing errors? I'm using this as a prototype, and am planning on building my own board, but wondering why you went with a 8MHz resonator. Thanks!</p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:61adce29-8ba7-eae9-c032-f159025c008b2013-10-19T15:07:40-06:00<p>Correct - the internal pull-ups just pull the pin up to whatever is on the ATmega328's power input line. If it pulled them up to 5V, that'd be quite interesting as it would mean it would have an internal boost circuit ;)</p>
Customer #261005 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #261005urn:uuid:f2b39d90-23b9-df45-6899-806536c28aee2013-10-19T14:31:12-06:00<p>I've seen it stated a bunch of places that using the wire library for Arduino enables internal pull-ups to 5V, and that you therefore shouldn't use it with 3.3V components. See, e.g.:
http://playground.arduino.cc/Main/I2CBi-directionalLevelShifter
and
http://macdonaldm.blogspot.com/<p>But if I'm using a 3.3V arduino pro mini, I would imagine that the internal pull ups would connect to 3.3V, and this should be a problem. I can't find specifics about this anywhere though. Is this correct?</p></p>
ctdahle on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzctdahleurn:uuid:2efee015-b79b-be98-2903-393a5f972ba42013-10-14T11:14:17-06:00<p>Thanks. Sounds like a relatively trivial problem to solve, so these boards will be ideal.</p>
Toni_K on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzToni_Kurn:uuid:d31c2797-0746-ec0a-7a62-3714100ab4ed2013-10-14T08:32:45-06:00<p>Check the schematic for the SPI pins. You'll need to connect to those and will require some jumper wires, but you should be able to.</p>
ctdahle on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzctdahleurn:uuid:3daa5216-424a-9e0b-6502-2322fe1dea832013-10-12T22:54:21-06:00<p>I'm not OPPOSED to buying an FTDI breakout board, but I am trying to figure out whether I can program this puppy with the usbtinyisp I already have.<p>I'm able to use the usbtinyisp it to program my UNOs and Duemilanoves, but they both have headers that are clearly marked ICSP. This doesn't, but I am hoping that I can rig up a simple cable or jumper set. I'm sure the schematics would tell me, but I'm not sure what I am looking for.</p><p>Thoughts Anyone?</p></p>
Customer #367530 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #367530urn:uuid:361ccc43-acbd-5858-7c04-4a3f418d13b12013-10-08T15:52:25-06:00<p>Thanks very much for the response. I surmised there was a mapping, what I couldnt find and what you kindly provided was the TQFP diagram detailing it. Much appreciated.</p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:1cce6ddf-6661-e4c0-1221-73a4d0c882a22013-10-08T12:51:43-06:00<p>The interpretation of 13 is different/unclear/strange. Welcome to Arduino :)<p>What is referred to on the Arduino as 'Pin 13' actually maps to 'Port B, Pin 5' on the AVR, regardless of the chip's pinout which can vary. For example, in the <a href="http://arduino.cc/en/Hacking/PinMapping168" rel="nofollow">DIL/DIP version of the ATmega328</a> you can see that it maps to physical pin 19. On the <a href="http://www.hobbytronics.co.uk/image/data/tutorial/arduino-hardcore/atmega328-tqfp-arduino-pinout.jpg" rel="nofollow">TQFP version of the ATmega328</a>, however, it maps to pin 17, which his what the schematic is referring to. ( And to yet another, pin 15, on the 28-pin MLF/QFN package. )</p></p>
Customer #367530 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #367530urn:uuid:40ab0acb-7c4d-64a9-d5ec-cf5cfed331332013-10-08T04:06:51-06:00<p>According to the schematic, there is an LED on pin 17. Yet in the example blinky, it uses pin 13, and yes the LED blinks.
So is there a mapping or translation, or is the interpretation of 13 different/unclear/wrong/strange ?</p>
Customer #472622 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #472622urn:uuid:05d9f764-e14c-dce6-d31a-e2baac2807d42013-09-25T08:28:23-06:00<p>With the different USB hardware on this board, I am wondering if it can use the Keyboard library like the Leonardo? It'd be perfect as a low power - low volt, low clockrate - board for an IR detector.</p>
rub0t on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzrub0turn:uuid:a30d9ce9-ba8c-a5e9-68ad-3cd9c4508fba2013-09-16T14:52:14-06:00<p>this is the part: http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/CSTCE8M00G55-R0/490-1195-1-ND/584632</p>
gumush on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzgumushurn:uuid:124fb236-a81f-d403-4f7c-a84a12b4746b2013-09-15T13:09:21-06:00<p>But it looks like 3 pin non standart layout. I couldn't find these type of 8mhz smd crystal on digi or mouser.<p>I just found a resonator ( with build in capacitor ) http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/CSTCE8M00G55-R0/490-1195-2-ND/584403 in digikey. Could anyone confirm that.</p><p>Or any link for these smd part ?</p></p>
rub0t on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzrub0turn:uuid:0df59be5-fdf0-3d98-6ab2-34f3bc7213702013-08-10T08:51:23-06:00<p>I was looking at the schematic and wondering, why do we need both C3 and C10? Would C3 or C10 work? can anyone explain that to me?</p>
Customer #40223 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #40223urn:uuid:6996f9b4-bb77-7459-ff4f-e751080e16c32013-08-02T00:06:20-06:00<p>Self Edit - Helps to select the right board from the tools menu or you take 2 seconds to move the internal time clock 1 second froward. Divide by 2 - Kicks self and moves on - Doh!</p>
Customer #40223 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #40223urn:uuid:0d18ee58-283c-b17a-429b-254e7109a5fb2013-08-01T23:57:04-06:00<p>So maybe I need some help, for someone with a bigger brain or more experience with these. I've built a clock using both a Arduino Pro Mini 328 5v/16 MHz & Arduino Pro Mini 328 3.3v/8MHz. I'm using the "Time Library" on the 328 5v/16 it is very consistent, I loos about 10 seconds a day and can compensate for this in code or eventually at a RTC. I bought 328 3.3v/8 thinking less power needed, lower speed, more energy efficient. This will eventually be a watch. I just hooked up the 328 3.3v Within 15 minutes it has lost 7 minutes. I'm running the same code on both processors. What did I miss? Please help if you know what is going on.</p>
Robomaniac on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzRobomaniacurn:uuid:61bc7c30-efb2-f3bd-9d3c-3dc6a5a256732013-07-29T12:21:01-06:00<p>it weighs 1,53g no-headers and with 3.67g with headers</p>
Cathy2 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCathy2urn:uuid:7467e70f-6d3b-fa8c-4551-d410979c0c802013-07-13T09:19:53-06:00<p>also you can program these using an UNO if you dont have an FTDi like me..</p>
Cathy2 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCathy2urn:uuid:5438798e-b9e0-43f3-d892-d763a850a9f92013-07-12T15:05:27-06:00<p>i got one of these today, very nice. ya know if you reverse the raw and gnd pads you wouldnt have to solder the jst connector on the bottom of the board upside down :)</p>
rub0t on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzrub0turn:uuid:0acd46fe-9a1e-ca4a-3134-b7efa0d955ac2013-07-09T07:12:39-06:00<p>it uses an smd crystal. "A4" is an analog input. Q1 is the crystal and is located adjacent to input 2 and GND. The small silver rectangle with the 08 on it.<p>I'm trying to find this part, any reason sparkfun doesn't carry it?</p></p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:291c6a67-3100-979c-29f9-0d27eac502942013-06-28T13:58:55-06:00<p>If you put 5V on the RAW pin the entire board runs on the regulated voltage. The ATMega328 is running at 3.3V, so all its I/Os (including TX/RX) run at 3.3V. The only place you will see 5V is on the RAW pin.</p>
beriberikix on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzberiberikixurn:uuid:bc87de4d-45e5-c411-09f4-b270aef36f6a2013-06-28T13:53:22-06:00<p>If I put 5v in RAW, the TX/RX lines aren't voltage regulated? I want to avoid buying more boards (ie logic levels) or having a separate 3v battery source.</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:5468ff6a-9be4-4c2b-9941-934d6f49b8532013-06-24T12:57:33-06:00<p>Yes, if you power the board through the RAW pin it goes through a 3.3V regulator and so the board runs at 3.3V with 3.3V I/Os. If you power the board through a VCC pin though the board will run at whatever you put into that pin, so be careful not to put 5V on that pin.</p>
beriberikix on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzberiberikixurn:uuid:2339b0e8-57e7-f180-5256-d90a4d924e2c2013-06-24T03:24:47-06:00<p>Does the RX/tx operate at 3.3v? I.E. I wouldn't need a logic level to connect to something like a raspberry pi.<p>http://blog.oscarliang.net/raspberry-pi-and-arduino-connected-serial-gpio/</p></p>
samdlg on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzsamdlgurn:uuid:03950013-81c5-536d-01aa-9145785d40702013-06-18T23:38:52-06:00<p>I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. (n00b warning).<p>I've got the following project working with my uno (http://blog.makezine.com/projects/make-34/the-dryer-messenger/) but when connecting the wall wart dc jack to the pro mini I keep blowing it up. I connect the positive from the jack to "raw", then the negative to the ground on the mini board. I get a red light on the pro mini blinking fast and also the wall wart has a red light that begins to blink.</p><p>I'm not sure what I"m doing wrong. but the board powers up fine with a FTDI friend.</p><p>Thoughts?</p></p>
Customer #447436 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #447436urn:uuid:7fbbb07b-cabe-e144-caec-8db87f915b072013-06-17T10:17:28-06:00<p>i am totally new to arduino, i need to connect a rf receiver and a transmitter to one of this boards, in the tutorial i got they use a duemilanova and on that board there is a 5v pin identified but i can't find it in nano, any help?</p>
Customer #421025 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #421025urn:uuid:84d4b5a9-24d9-15cb-a4fc-443acb81e0742013-05-23T16:52:44-06:00<p>Hello! Could anybody tell me what brown out level this board has? I was expecting 2.7V (extended_fuses=0x05 in boards.txt).
But it seems something like 2 Volts (which could be 1.8V=>0x06 ...) The pro mini 5v 16Mhz I got at the same time also fades out at 2 volts!
Thanks</p>
Kamiquasi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzKamiquasiurn:uuid:e65bf5d8-a232-4464-8042-23353b4f6fa42013-05-20T09:57:04-06:00<p>Yes, but keep i mind that you'll want to connect to the RAW pad, not VCC. If you'd like to just plug in a USB cable and also communicate with it, check out the <a href="https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10999" rel="nofollow">Pro Micro - 3.3V/8MHz</a></p>
MKH on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzMKHurn:uuid:a27ec7aa-7a7f-95a1-d90c-e3829baafa3c2013-05-20T09:01:53-06:00<p>Can you power this with a usb connection?</p>
MikeMoretti on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzMikeMorettiurn:uuid:4ecb7a12-8d95-08ad-541f-522fef1531da2013-04-20T08:02:40-06:00<p>One of my problems with this board is that the FTDI header is VCC instead of VRAW. Since VCC is 3.3v and FTDI is usually 5v, it leaves me always having to stick a wire in my FTDI cable's VCC to connect it to VRAW instead of the ftdi header vcc on the board.<p>Also, for some odd reason, twice my board has gone into infinite blink mode. I got it out once by following some instructions I found elsewhere that say to unplug the usb (ftdi cable), hold reset, and plug it back in, then upload and let go of reset when the TX starts. This worked once. Now a couple days later, my board is stuck in blink mode again and even this doesn't work. Not only that but shortly after this happened, the ftdi cable I was using with it now no longer works. Anyone have any ideas how I can reset this thing?</p></p>
Customer #407608 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #407608urn:uuid:ca930e1a-e381-c6df-c17a-77dfeccbc8772013-04-19T02:18:57-06:00<p>Try replacing the MIC5205 with TPS78233 that has the same specs but with 0.5uA quiescent current</p>
MikeGrusin on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzMikeGrusinurn:uuid:1ee34e75-4352-b126-72d6-56c18f2b19292013-04-15T12:03:56-06:00<p>I suggest looking through the source code for the sdcard library. There are a huge amount of useful comments in there, and you may find constants for buffer sizes that you can either change (as long as you have the RAM available) or use the knowledge of those limits in your own code. Another tip, from experience, is pay attention to return values, which may be trying to warn you about such errors. Good luck!</p>
Customer #286247 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #286247urn:uuid:f4f5ed3c-c49b-724d-0cdb-f030d44955c12013-04-15T10:34:00-06:00<p>Jut a follow up. I got the pro mini 3.3V 8Mhz connected to a standard SD card and it is still lightning fast on the SD Fat read/write. I have to write a lot of bytes to a binary file and use Seek a lot. I do see some hiccups when I write several hundreds of bytes and the cpu resets. Am I overflowing some pointer? Should I limit my writes to so many byte, close and reopen the file??</p>
Customer #374870 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #374870urn:uuid:4a5500fa-4116-fbe3-a20c-d693fa66a0422013-04-06T10:12:53-06:00<p>Does this board have a resonator or crystal? The schematics suggest a crystal, but some sources say it has a ceramic resonator (but the original mini's had a crystal resonator). There is a part on the board that looks like a very small crystal (probably a ceramic resonator), but is only marked "A4". Many sources seem out of date.</p>
Customer #38615 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #38615urn:uuid:ab3da8f8-af43-3f12-9cc0-8f133d64d2432013-03-28T11:06:10-06:00<p>Has anyone ever used an Arduino Pro Mini as a SMD on another board? Any advice?</p>
Customer #286247 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #286247urn:uuid:82c35d05-fcff-cc1c-87a1-d16202d437772013-03-11T11:49:45-06:00<p>I tested SD file read/write with an UNO R3 and microSD. I want Final product to be this 3.3v mini and a standard SD card. The UNO is 5V/16Mhz and this is 3.3V/8MHz. Will the read/write times to the SD card be significantly slower at 8Mhz? (Is this the obvious answer: "The 8Mhz board will take twice as long as the 16Mhz to write to the SD card.")?</p>
JonGrimaldi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzJonGrimaldiurn:uuid:2c3da194-754a-8688-9e97-28ed242a7c492013-03-06T16:09:06-07:00<p>You'd want to put it on the RAW pin. It takes up to 12VDC.</p>
M-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzM-Shorturn:uuid:f981c34b-4fcf-9271-3a3c-4689ee3a9d3d2013-02-27T10:03:33-07:00<p>Yes you can. These boards are designed and built here at Sparkfun so our page is always going to be the most accurate. Arduino is just really bad at updating their page.</p>
Customer #407608 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #407608urn:uuid:baa53ff1-0db0-3ec3-48a8-c159ff40a5ef2013-02-22T10:08:56-07:00<p>Can i power this with a 3.7v battery connected on Vc directly,without regulator?</p>
Customer #407608 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #407608urn:uuid:b6bbbe36-718c-09d9-9b62-975100a68c1d2013-02-19T07:07:03-07:00<p>are you using Vcc or Vraw? 3.3v or above?</p>
JonGrimaldi on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzJonGrimaldiurn:uuid:71e8842b-a93a-8910-833a-5ed852fc42fa2012-10-27T11:31:48-06:00<p>The description of the pro mini on the arduino website -- http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardProMini-- states that an ATmega168 is used for the 3.3v version. Is this information incorrect? The image shown above indicates an ATmega328 is used, which matches the description of the product, but my concern is, if I order this pro mini, can I be guarnteed to recieve them with the 328? The application I intend to use them for requires the SRAM capacity of the 328. Thank you.</p>
Avik De on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzAvik Deurn:uuid:0a78f2b5-6260-4efc-2b11-fa8458f97f682012-10-10T11:06:09-06:00<p>That's awesome, and btw thanks for all your work that ultimately ended up on i2cdevlib in figuring out the DMP on the MPU6050! I actually want to make something similar (with some other stuff on it). Would you mind sharing a schematic/board? Also, is that PCB homemade?</p>
Customer #360117 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #360117urn:uuid:8305f3ff-b0cc-16ab-926c-09bc2ee6743b2012-09-09T19:51:45-06:00<p>Great board!<p>Can anyone confirm what the lowest current consumption should be on this board? The 328P datasheet suggests that I should be seeing under 1 uA with maximum power reduction in place, but the lowest I've been able to see is about 102 uA. And that's with the LED1 removed from the PCB.</p><p>The datasheet for the MIC5205 regulator shows a typical ground pin current of 80 uA at a load of 100 uA. With the 328P in full shut-down, it should be presenting a load of < 1 uA. There is no data in the sheet for loads that low, but I imagine the ground current would be at or below 80 uA. The enable pin has a typical draw of 5 uA.</p><p>That's a total of 85 uA typically for loads of 100 uA, so the total current for a < 1 uA load should be somewhat lower. Why am I seeing consistently 102 uA? Is this the best that I can expect?</p></p>
IvanDeft on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzIvanDefturn:uuid:41cae18d-e498-2221-ecd8-e8f7a4530a1e2012-08-12T01:52:25-06:00<p>OK! Problem is missing! ) But now i have problem with 3.3v & 5V, because this UART TTL get 5v on Arduino, but my MPU-6050 must have 3,3v on board. How i can repair that problem???</p>
IvanDeft on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzIvanDefturn:uuid:16a44298-4496-1f1a-3ead-0b984a1851c82012-08-12T01:12:30-06:00<p>Hello everyone!
I have this chip, but i haven't UART TTL decoder.
Can you answer: Can I use this UART TTL converter that comes with APC-220 (http://www.goodluckbuy.com/apc220-wireless-communication-module-for-arduinousb-converter.html) for download sketches in this Arduino??? And if it possible, how i must connect it???</p>
Toni_K on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzToni_Kurn:uuid:10a89d87-c029-0a49-aa9b-d1f6dc0a9f6b2012-07-20T11:52:44-06:00<p>Hi Nate- take a look at the <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10999" rel="nofollow">Pro Micro-3.3v</a>. I believe this is what you are looking for!</p>
N8ER on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzN8ERurn:uuid:fa87c471-73bc-bbbf-a761-08af17c006052012-07-18T14:26:31-06:00<p>@sparkfun can you attach a mini usb to this?
Thanks,
Nate</p>
Toni_K on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzToni_Kurn:uuid:7088f82b-eef4-58a2-c2cf-fe9a1fcc6dca2012-07-09T15:23:28-06:00<p>I think you may be referring to the <a href="http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10524" rel="nofollow">ATmega328 with Arduino Optibootloader(Uno)</a>.</p>
Customer #224979 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #224979urn:uuid:24d3c969-de5b-cad4-fa08-95dcc541c6872012-06-08T22:59:03-06:00<p>I saw a reverence elsewhere on your site that you have the programmed microcontroller available standalone I couldn't find it. Do you still sell it?</p>
Customer #327843 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #327843urn:uuid:f3c26931-abbb-8b38-2eaa-76db370555852012-06-05T23:24:25-06:00<p>My mistake ... didn't account for it being 8mhz instead of 16 mhz as I usually use!</p>
Customer #327843 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzCustomer #327843urn:uuid:c6df322b-4654-d127-8559-2b71c1d3db0d2012-06-05T23:16:57-06:00<p>I can program this board via a 3.3v FTDI without problem. However, I can't get the serial monitor in the Arduino to work with this board! Don't know why ... just get junk like the serial rate, parity or something is incorrect. Tried multiple settings.</p>
48X24X48X on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHz48X24X48Xurn:uuid:ce363e3a-2e14-a551-2cf1-8abbc80fd6132012-05-29T02:38:55-06:00<p>Take a look at the thermal characteristic for that SOT23-5 package. You would need to drop from 14.5V to 3.3V and depending on your current, it is not advisable to do that.</p>
Tim G on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzTim Gurn:uuid:324caaff-4db0-31c1-ff34-9673f43450542012-05-26T23:38:16-06:00<p>If this is used in an automotive setting where the voltage could potentially reach up to 14.5v, is this too far above tolerance levels? The Duemilanoves could handle up to 20v, but I'm hoping I can get away with the mini version, and I'm not seeing any data sheet for this design other than for the microcontroller itself, which is only tolerant of something like 5v.</p>
xtream1101 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzxtream1101urn:uuid:c7c241bc-f570-4f3c-b950-4fb4b2063d9c2012-04-12T20:19:37-06:00<p>Could one hook up one of SF's small lipo batteries directly to this? Or would something else be needed or recommended?<p>Thanks</p></p>
SVFeingold on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzSVFeingoldurn:uuid:6fc50c2b-5d74-37bd-62ce-b9eea86e336a2012-04-02T01:40:20-06:00<p>If anyone is interested I made an updated footprint to put in my library that includes all holes. It has NOT yet been tested as I'm waiting on the PCBs but the dimensions are taken directly from the eagle file given on this page.</p>
Jai on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzJaiurn:uuid:5a269ef4-2b2a-ea69-7cb1-bb27b181d5362012-03-27T21:23:59-06:00<p>a Ethernet shield for this would do me wonders. i mean i want to go small with the pro mini but then have to use the full sized shield to get internet use?<p>two words: COME ON!</p></p>
mdb486 on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzmdb486urn:uuid:bde7a70b-0c90-1b7b-74e2-ca31e57c711c2012-03-24T21:37:54-06:00<p>agreed! Would be nice to have in the Sparkfun Library.</p>
SVFeingold on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzSVFeingoldurn:uuid:0b52539c-9f51-bb11-5a33-89f6e858ed812012-03-24T00:54:51-06:00<p>Any chance of getting the board into the Sparkfun Library with the off-grid headers? I'm designing a PCB to mate with the arduino and it would be nice to have those available from the get-go.</p>
bzerk on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzbzerkurn:uuid:af27014e-4044-0119-231c-6468f013d2eb2012-03-22T12:08:37-06:00<p>Also, here's <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/noazark/media/slideshow?url=pic.twitter.com%2F8s2TKunV" rel="nofollow">a picture</a> of a neat little single-sided Pro Mini derivative I knocked out recently :-D</p>
bzerk on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHzbzerkurn:uuid:dc237730-fea6-07d4-5b3b-55895ee18b282012-03-22T12:05:11-06:00<p>Sweet! The extra ADC pins and I2C pull-up pads are both welcome improvements to my favorite prototyping board. Thanks guys!</p>