My Projects

Arduino boards

Mega

Uno

Other

key: c clone

This is an old revision of the document!


Published 18 Oct 2026

Duemilanove clone


Duemilanove overview

Module Description
ModelDuemilanove
Manufacturermade in China
Brand-
Clone ofArduino Duemilanove
Descriptionclone of 2009 Arduino Uno predecessor
USB-to-serial chipFTDI FT232RL
Voltage5V

Overview

This Arduino is the predecessor of the Arduino Uno, it differs by having a different USB interface chip (FTDI FT232RL) and a slightly better power selection circuit (selecting between different power supplies available to the Arduino) - see Sarah Mitchell's very good electricalflux.com page referenced below.

So in some ways superior to the Uno, it does have a deficit in that the bootloader takes up 2kB vs 0.5kB of the available 32kB of onboard flash ram. It is possible to use an ISP programmer to replace the bootloader code with Optiboot which basically turns it into a Uno with an FTDI USB interface.

Features

  • Microcontroller: ATmega168 or ATmega328
  • Clock Speed: 16 MHz crystal oscillator
  • 14 digital input/output pins (6 can be PWM outputs)
  • 6 analog inputs
  • Operating Voltage: 5V
  • Input Voltage: 7-12V
  • 3.3V Power Out: up to 50 mA
  • 5V Power Out: up to
  • I/O Pin Out: up to 20 mA
  • Digital I/O Pins: 14 (6 support PWM output)
  • Analog Input Pins: 6 (with 10-bit resolution)
  • Flash Memory: 16 kB (ATmega168) or 32 kB (ATmega328) (2kB used by bootloader)
  • SRAM: 1 kB (ATmega168) or 2 kB (ATmega328)
  • EEPROM: 512 bytes (ATmega168) or 1 KB (ATmega328)
  • Serial I/O: 4 UARTs, one SPI and one I2C interface
  • Reset-en jumper, so you can disable auto reset on powerup/USB connection (not on later versions)



Schematics

Arduino Duemilanove Pinout 1) Arduino Duemilanove Schematic 2)



Examples

Jaycar clone :

Duemilanove overview Duemilanove top view Duemilanove bottom view



Genuine Arduino Duemilanove :

Duemilanove top view3) Duemilanove top view4)

References and Additional Resources