PCBgogo

Made my own version of Arduboy, from breadboard to printed circuit board!

Things used in this project

Hardware components
	Arduino Micro & Genuino Micro  One PCB board come from PCBGOGO

Story

Gather all the required components and start connecting them on the breadboard as shown in the circuit diagram.

The connections are as follows:

Control Keys:

UP - A0

DOWN - A3

RIGHT - A1

LEFT - A2

A - D7

B - D8

OLED Display:

SCL - D15

SDA - D16

DC - D4

RES - D2

Speaker:

SPEAKER + - D5

SPEAKER - - D6

RGB LED:

RED - D10

GREEN - D3

BLUE - D9

Step 3: Uploading Games to Arduino

There are few steps to be followed before you can upload any games on the Arduino.

• Open Arduino IDE > File > Preferences

• Copy and paste the URL below in Additional Boards Manager URL text box and click on OK.

• Go to Tools > Boards > Boards Manager.

• In text box type homemade or Arduboy homemade.

• Select Arduboy Homemade package and click Install.

After installing the library, go to Tools menu and make the selection as follows:

• Board: Homemade Arduboy

• Bootloader: Cathy3K

• Based on: SparkFun Pro Micro 5V - Alternate Wiring

• Core: Arduboy optimized core

• Display: SSD1306

Open up the.ino file and hit upload.

Step 4: Designing PCB in PCB design software

Step 5: Assembling Your PCB

I ordered the PCBs from PCBGOGO and all the required components from DIGKEY. This saves on shipping cost as both the orders are shipped together. Keep your circuit diagram ready and start soldering the components as per the silkscreen marking. While soldering SMD components, make sure you use a lot of flux as it makes soldering tiny pins a lot easier. It was my first time soldering SMD components and the soldering job looks pretty good.