The Crowduino Uno-SD mainboard is a microcontroller board that completely compatible with the Arduino UNO. It is based on the Atmega328P, which is widely also used in the Arduino Uno and other Arduino-compatible boards. Compared to the previous
Crowduino with Atmega328, , the Uno SD mainboard uses the Atmega16U2, instead of the FTDI232 for the USB2UART conversation, which makes the program downloading much faster. Besides, there is a SD card slot on the Uno-SD board, making this board more convenient for applications such as data logging/ environment monitoring. Compared to the original Arduino Uno, the Crowduino Uno SD board has the following upgrades:
- 1. Reset button on the left side, which makes it more convenient to reset the system.
- 2. Updated power circuit. With the selector, users can select the working voltage, 3.3V or 5V, which makes the Uno-SD board compatible with more sensors that use the 3.3V logic level communication.
- 3. Uno-SD board uses the Mini USB connector, to avoid the potential risk of connecting to the above shield.
- 4. Onboard SD card slot.