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electronic:boards:arduino:megaclone3 [2026/10/28 02:23] – tonyelectronic:boards:arduino:megaclone3 [2026/10/28 08:16] (current) – [Overview] tony
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 <html><p style="text-align:right;">Published 27 Oct 2026</p></html> <html><p style="text-align:right;">Published 27 Oct 2026</p></html>
-<html><p style="text-align:center;"><b><font size="6">M.J duino Mega clone</font></b></p></html>+<html><p style="text-align:center;"><b><font size="6">M.J duino Mega 2560 (clone)</font></b></p></html>
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 ^Model|**M.J duino Mega 2560**| ^Model|**M.J duino Mega 2560**|
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 ===== Overview ===== ===== Overview =====
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 +This is a budget Arduino Mega R3 clone with a CH340G used as the USB-to-serial interface, rather than the ATmega16U2 used in the genuine Arduino Mega R3.  Based around the 16MHz ATmega2560, it is a functionally identical clone of the open source Arduino Mega.
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 +It can use most Uno shields, but some may require additional wiring or configuration adjustments due to differences in pin layouts and communication protocols. The Mega has fifty four digital I/O pins and sixteen analog inputs compared to the Uno's fourteen digital I/O pins and 6 analog inputs. It also has much larger memory - 256kB flash memory for the Mega compared to 32kB for the Uno. So in short, a mega version of the Uno. 
  
 ===== Features  ===== ===== Features  =====
-  *+  * Microcontroller: ATmega2560 
 +  * Clock Speed: 16 MHz 
 +  * Operating Voltage: 5V 
 +  * Input Voltage: 7-12V 
 +  * 3.3V Power Out: up to 50 mA 
 +  * 5V Power Out: up to 800 mA 
 +  * Digital I/O Pins: 54 (15 support PWM output) 
 +  * Analog Input Pins: 16 (with 10-bit resolution) 
 +  * Flash Memory: 256kB (8kB used by bootloader) 
 +  * SRAM: 8 kB 
 +  * EEPROM: 4 kB 
 +  * Serial I/O: 4 UARTs, one SPI and one I2C interface
  
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 ===== Examples ===== ===== Examples =====
-{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa274380a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega overview}} +{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa204468a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega overview right}} 
-{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa274383a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega overview rear}} + 
-{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa274384a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega top view}} +{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa204470a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega overview left}} 
-{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa274385a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega bottom view}}+ 
 +{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa204472a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega overview rear right}} 
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 +{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa204474a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega overview rear left}} 
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 +{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa204463a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega top view}} 
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 +{{electronic:boards:arduino:pa204464a.jpg?800|M.J duino Mega bottom view}}
  
 ====== References and Additional Resources ====== ====== References and Additional Resources ======
-  *+  * [[https://www.wch-ic.com/downloads/CH341SER_ZIP.html|Manufacturers website page for CH340G drivers]] 
 +  * {{https://docs.arduino.cc/resources/datasheets/A000067-datasheet.pdf|Mega2560 manual}} 
 +  * {{https://docs.arduino.cc/resources/pinouts/A000067-full-pinout.pdf|Mega2560 pinout details (official)}} 
 +  * {{https://content.arduino.cc/assets/MEGA2560_Rev3e_sch.pdf|Mega2560 schematic}}
  
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