Apart from understanding the Arduino's code language, one of the most confusing parts about the platform — especially for beginners — is picking the right board to use in a project. Sure, it ...

This board also features 128 MB of RAM, 8MB of Flash and the usual compliment of Arduino pins in a Leonardo-compatible layout. Also on the SoC is a PCIE bus, Ethernet, a USB 2.0 host, and an SD card.

There are benchmarks here. The latest addition to the Arduino open source prototyping platform, the Leonardo microcontroller board is available from Rapid Electronics, writes Richard Wilson. Based on ...