Among all the Arduino boards, the Uno is most folks' go-to choice, and for good reason. It's the perfect platform to get started with Arduino, it's capable enough to handle a wide range of tasks, and ...

Starting with hardware, the Arduino Mega is based on the Atmega2560 microcontroller. In the iteration that is found on the Mega board, the microcontroller comes in a standard TQFP 100-pin package.