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Hi, where I live one cannot buy an arduino very ceap. I figure if I make one for my own purpose on a pcb that would be much cheaper and would be much more fun. Now I cannot find any etch-able pdf on the internet so can anyone point me to some?

flag	asked Mar 10 at 14:58 Rick_2047 812●1●9

	It's hard to imagine a place on earth where it would be cheaper to make your own PCB instead of ordering an Arduino on eBay. But, hey, more fun - that's a sure thing :-) ! – Eli Bendersky Mar 10 at 18:17
	actually I don't know the price to get a PCB constructed in the market here, but I was talking about the toner transfer method to try at home – Rick_2047 Mar 11 at 5:55

Joby Taffey · Answer 1 · 2010-03-10 19:50:55Z UTC

There's a single-sided arduino PCB that you can etch at home:

http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardSerialSingleSided

A smaller alternative is the Really Bare Bones Board (RBBB), it's Arduino compatible and comes with design files:

http://www.moderndevice.com/products/rbbb-kit

Or, you could do without a PCB and go for a Paperduino:

http://lab.guilhermemartins.net/2009/05/06/paperduino-prints/

mellis · Answer 2 · 2010-03-13 21:17:18Z UTC

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In fact, the layout files to (almost) all the Arduino boards are available on their respective pages, linked here: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Hardware

I would recommend the updated version of the Arduino Single-Sided Serial board, described here: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardSerialSingleSided3

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ok i have this doubt, I have an old computer which actually has a serial port. Now is it necessary that I add the usb converter? Will that make any difference to the software? – Rick_2047 Mar 15 at 7:07

angryee · Answer 3 · 2010-03-10 15:34:00Z UTC

I don't believe that the board layout files for the Arduino are available, but you can pick up the design files for the Freeduino here. It's not the Arduino, but it should be compatible enough. I don't know if it's the sort of thing you'd want to etch yourself at home but you're welcome to try. So far as I saw, the boards don't come in PDF format - just Gerber and Eagle, so pick up Gerbv from Sourceforge to convert to PDF.

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