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New Arduino Mega

There has been a few updates in the world of arduino recently. First off  a new official board called Arduino Mega has been released. The daddy of  all arduino boards . It is selling for around 65 dollars and seems to be similar to the wiring board, but since it has got arduino branding its got a lot more attention.  Its definitely more powerful than the standard arduino with 54 digital i/o pins(14 of which can be used as PWM outputs) ,16 analog inputs and 4 UARTs to boot.  NKC electronics where quick off the mark with a protoshield especially for the Mega. Zack Hoeken over a makerbot industries wrote a quick article comparing the features of the Arduino, the new Arduino Mega and their very own sanguino (designed for the Reprap)

Also version 15 of the arduino software is released with a few minor changes and support for the Ardunio Mega. Download here.