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A-Star 32U4 Mini SV
The A-Star 32U4 Mini SV is a programmable module based on the ATmega32U4 from Microchip (formerly Atmel). Unlike competing products, it has an on-board switching step-down regulator that allows it to be powered efficiently from a 5 V to 40 V supply. This compact 1.9″ × 0.7″ board breaks out all 26 of the microcontroller’s I/O pins (of which 7 can be used as PWM outputs and 12 as analog inputs), and loading programs is made easier by a Micro-USB interface and a preloaded Arduino-compatible bootloader.
Alternatives available with variations in these parameter(s): input voltage range Select variant…
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Documentation and other information
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Pololu A-Star 32U4 User’s Guide (Printable PDF)
User’s manual for the Pololu A-Star 32U4 family of user-programmable boards.
File downloads
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Pinout diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini (223k pdf)
Printable pinout diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini ULV, LV, and SV boards.
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Schematic diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini (243k pdf)
Printable schematic diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini ULV, LV, and SV boards.
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Pololu A-Star 32U4 drivers for Windows (version 1.3.0.0) (7k zip)
This download contains the Windows drivers for the A-Star 32U4 and the rest of our 32U4 family of boards.
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Dimension diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini ULV (342k pdf)
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Dimension diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini LV (346k pdf)
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Dimension diagram of the A-Star 32U4 Mini SV (208k pdf)
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3D model of the A-Star 32U4 Mini ULV (8MB step)
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3D model of the A-Star 32U4 Mini LV (8MB step)
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3D model of the A-Star 32U4 Mini SV (8MB step)
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Drill guide for the A-Star 32U4 Mini ULV (62k dxf)
This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.
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Drill guide for the A-Star 32U4 Mini LV (60k dxf)
This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.
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Drill guide for the A-Star 32U4 Mini SV (62k dxf)
This DXF drawing shows the locations of all of the board’s holes.
Recommended links
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A-Star 32U4 Arduino library
The AStar32U4 library for the Arduino IDE helps interface with the on-board hardware on the A-Star 32U4 controllers.
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AStar32U4 library documentation
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A-Star repository on GitHub
This repository contains Arduino add-on files, Windows drivers, and bootloaders for the A-Star 328PB, A-Star 32U4, and the rest of our 32U4 family of boards.
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Arduino Software
Arduino integrated development environment (IDE) software
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ATmega32U4 documentation
Microchip’s product page for the ATmega32U4 AVR microcontroller, with links to its datasheet, application notes, and other resources.
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AVR Libc Home Page
The web site for AVR Libc, which is the standard library of functions that you can use with C and C++ on the AVR.
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Pololu A-Star and Orangutan Forum Section
The A-Star and Orangutan discussion section of the Pololu Robotics Forum.
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AVR Freaks
AVR community with forums, projects, and AVR news.
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AVRDUDE
AVRDUDE is a cross-platform command-line utility for programming the flash memory on AVR microcontrollers.
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LUFA – the Lightweight USB Framework for AVRs
LUFA is an embedded software library written in C that can be used to create USB applications on USB-capable AVRs. It comes with a large library of example USB applications and bootloaders.
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Microchip Studio for AVR and SAM Devices
A free integrated development environment (IDE) for AVRs. Formerly known as Atmel Studio.
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WinAVR
A free, open-source suite of development tools for the AVR family of microcontrollers, including the GNU GCC compiler for C/C++.
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LPS Arduino library
This is a library for the Arduino that interfaces with our LPS22DF, LPS25HB, LPS25H, and LPS331AP pressure/altitude sensor carriers as well as the pressure sensors on the various AltIMU-10 modules, which can be found here. It makes it simple to read the raw pressure data from the sensor, and it provides functions to help calculate altitude based on the measured pressure.
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Arduino library for addressable RGB LED strips from Pololu
This library allows you to control an arbitrary number of SK6812/WS281x-Based Addressable RGB LEDs from an Arduino.
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LSM303 Arduino library
This is a library for the Arduino that interfaces with our LSM303D, LSM303DLHC, and LSM303DLM 3D compass and accelerometer carriers as well as the compass and accelerometer ICs on the MinIMU-9 v3 and AltIMU-10 v3 (it also works with older versions of those boards, some of which used the LSM303DLH and LSM303DLHC). It makes it simple to configure the device and read the raw accelerometer and magnetometer data, and it has a function for computing the tilt-compensated heading for those looking to use the LSM303 as a tilt-compensated compass.
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L3G Arduino library
This is a library for the Arduino that interfaces with our L3GD20H and L3GD20 3-axis gyro carriers as well as the gyros on the MinIMU-9 v3 and AltIMU-10 v3 (it also works with older versions of those boards, some of which used the L3G4200D and the L3GD20). It makes it simple to configure the device and read the raw gyro data.
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Arduino Library for the Pololu QTR Reflectance Sensors
This guide explains how to use the QTRSensors library to read Pololu QTR reflectance sensors and QTR sensor arrays with Arduinos and Arduino-compatible devices like the Pololu Orangutan robot controllers.