IBoard Pro Arduino ATMega2560 Board For Home Automation Robot Control

Customer Reviews

I2C messed up Review by Marian

I had hopes that this board will be all what I need, but it was not like that. It works well if you don't need I2C. The I2C pins of Mega are connected only to the RTC (DS1307) and all the other calls on the board for SCL/SDA are in fact Rx/Tx pins. There is no way to establish I2C communication without soldering. Not so nice. Rest works well.

(Posted on 9/3/2014)

Everything I need (almost) Review by Mike

I've been using a Arduno Mega2560 with separate ethernet shield and DS1307 RTC. The IBoard Pro does everything on one board and without the flaky connection between the mega and the ethernet shield. It does all this and more for a fantastic price too.

I downloaded my unmodified software and it worked just like my other setup first time.

The only request I would make is concerning the DS1307. This RTC chip has a square wave output on pin 7 which is not connected to anything on the IBoard Pro. It would be useful if this pin was connected to a jumper so that it can be used without having to solder directly to the chip.

(Posted on 1/26/2014)

Good but with some errors Review by JoeM

I recently purchased 2 of these boards, I was many hours trying to make the SD from the LCD module to work, there is a critical error with this board, the chip select for the SD module in the LCD connector should be the pin#53 and it is connected to the microcontroller pin#4 so the CS of the LCD connector is the same as the microSD CS of the board, so you will not be able to use two cards, just one.

I have not tested more things but by now it is a bothering issue with this board

(Posted on 7/20/2013)

Everything is wonderful Review by Yuriy

In order to use the library TinyFAT, you need to select which pin to use for the SS signal:
...
file.setSSpin(4);
file.initFAT();
... (Posted on 6/3/2013)

Overall good, but ... Review by Dmitryi

All is well in the motherboard, one upset me the inability to use the library TinyFAT, without it my project is not done, is forced to buy Mega 2560: ( (Posted on 3/11/2013)

Brilliant! Superb combination of functions Review by Mathias

Salut,
I am currently evaluating the board and so far, the board is excellent and offers the functions of ethernet, SD card, RTC and ITDB02 interface for the price of a normal Arduino Mega.
I used a 3.2" TFT with the board and it worked right away.
I used a 8x32 LED Matrix (with TFT removed to free up the pins)
The full review can be found at http://www.mathias-wilhelm.de/arduino/arduino-boards/itead-iboard-pro
The review is in English and German
Ciao, Mathias (Posted on 12/19/2012)