DIY Arduino!

I have two Arduino's, both are in use in projects. I have some components lying around - ATMega328p's. I thought, wait, those are the ones used in UNO's! What if I make an Arduino board that can be programmed via FTDI? USB of course, is out of the way since I can't solder SMD components that well, but if a board is based off through hole parts, I could easily solder it, and use it!

I started designing the PCB, with some aid from the official Arduino schematic and some others. The board has the exact same functionality as an official board, except that it requires an external FTDI cable, which can be found quite cheaply in some places.

It has the UNO footprint which will allow compatibility with Arduino shields.

It's a very simple 2 layer board, reducing costs.

I'm currently a student, I've been working with raspberry Pi's and Arduino's since I was 10-11, and I started doing circuits since I was 7.

I have plenty of soldering experience, I've started from 9.

Today, I'm planning on learning FPGA, ML, CV, and IoT.

PCBWay's PCB quality is remarkable, and I think that this board will be best manufactured at PCBWay.