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RBBB Freeduino Kit (formerly know as the RBFK+) - has all the parts of the RBFK above and adds the RBBB pcboard, all the necessary capacitors and resistors, a green power-on LED, choice of a 1/4 amp or a 1 amp low dropout voltage regulator and all the connectors and pin headers, pre-cut and a 16 MHz ceramic resonator in place of the crystal. It is an ideal starter board with the wherwithall to be useful at any level. This is a breadboard oriented board, but could easily be mounted to a large protoyping board or perf board as aruntime system.

There is no programming adapter on board. It can be programmed via the FTDI USB-TTL cable offered below, or if you have an RS232 serial port availble (either legacy or USB-RS232) the P4 RS232-TTL adapter, also offered below. The nice part of this arrangement is that the programming adapter is a one time buy and can be re-used on other boards as opposed to Freeduino/Arduino boards with USB on-board!

• The schematic and instructions for the RBBB board are available.
• The RBBB board was designed to be really bare bones. One aspect of this is the power supply circuitry. If your project already supplies power The real state occupied by the on-board power supply can be sheared off (see pic) at any of two different levels without affecting any other circuitry.
• Documentation for the Freeduino Kit - 4.1 MB - it was last updated on Sun, 10 Feb 08 at 1835 hours - It assembly instructions, schematics, etc for the Freeduino Kit . Included in the manual is the Modern Device manual for the BBB.
• Complete documentation for the FKit, RBFK, and the FKit Development Set Manual - 2.5 MB - it was last updated on Sun, 10 Feb 08 at 1830 hours - It includes general documentation for the Freeduino Kit as well as the various subparts of the Development set. Included in the FKit manual is the Modern Device manual for the BBB in the Wulfden FKit.
• Purchasers of the one of the bundles with a display will want to download the manual for the K107 LCD Controller - 2 MB - last updated on Sat, 21 Feb 09 at 2310 hours
• Purchasers of the one of the bundles with a P3 or P4 Serial Programming adapter will want to download the P3/P4 Assembly Manual - 2 MB - last updated on Fri, 26 Dec 08 at 1648 hours
• You are going to need to download the Arduino software, which is a complete Integrated Development Environment (IDE) written in Java and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
• If you are using the FTDI USB cable, I strongly suggest visiting the site and downloading the most recent drivers, as of Sept. 2007 the following links are the most recent.
  • Windows XP/2000/Vista
  • Mac OS X PPC
  • Mac OS X Intel, v 10.4 or higher
  • Linux v2.4 or lower kernel only!
• If you have a Linux computer, and you have a 2.6 kernel, the driver for the FTDI USB chips is built-in and you are good to go. You can always run uname -a to get the kernel version.
• The manual for the FTDI USB TTL-232R cable is available for download here.

DVD (currently containing over 1GB) with the latest Arduino, Wiring, Processing and Pure Data software in all three formats, Linux, MacOSX, and Windows. In addition, there is a collection of third party Arduino libraries and a raft of sample software. There's over 100 MB of PDF files containing reference materials, articles, tutorials and general interest material for Arduino. There is a folder of relevant data sheets for the Arduino processors, related devices and peripherals.

This disk is included FREE with any Freeduino order totalling over $50

Arduino Resource DVD

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The Really Bare Bones Board (RevB2), a complete kit with all connectors This comes with a choice of .25A or 1.2A low drop voltage regulator.

Purchase 5 or more kits and get a FREE P4B serial programming adapter kit

.25 Amp
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1.2 Amp
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RBBB Freeduino Starter Kit (with .25 Amp VR) with RS232 serial adapter P4B or BUB USB adapter w/cable

RBBB/P4B-RS232

RBBB/BUB-USB

RBBB Freeduino Kit (w 1.2 Amp VR) bundled with RS232 serial adapter P4 or BUB USB adapter w/cable, and 830 hole breadboard

RBBB/P4-RS232 Bundle

RBBB/BUB-USB Bundle

All done ordering? Be sure to check out shipping surcharges

I could easily fill up a hard disk with all of the possible combinations for bundles. Look over the website and email me with a list of what you want and I will get back to you with a quote.