ElectroCookie Leonardo R3 ATmega32u4 Board Compatible for Arduino IDE Projects - Pink Edition

Is it wrong to call a board 'sexy'? Yeah, probably, but if nothing else, this board drips with style.The silk-screening is not just eye-catching, but also very useful, with clear pin labels. It comes with attractive female headers in a contrasting teal. Unfortunately, these are not attached, so you have some soldering ahead of you. Same can be said of the barrel-style power connection and the optional programming headers, although these are in boring black.A full set of onboard LEDs help with starting out.The packaging is mylar poly zip bag, which might have problems with damage in shipping. And there's NO documentation included in the bag. You are expected to already be familiar with the Arduino ecosystem.It identifies to USB as 2a03:8036 "Arduino Leonardo, Arduino Srl", and out of the box also seems to set up mouse and keyboard endpoints.In the end, it is a surprisingly cost-effective way to get a high-quality Leonardo-version of the classic chunky Arduino form factor. If you want something a little smaller and more modern, the whatsnext pink retains much of the style and quality of this board, in a smaller, less well-labled form factor.If I was giving a class on Arduino, I'd want a crate full of these.

The only downsides are:It's so pretty, I am hesitant to actually use it.The pin labels are a little hard for me to read (I wear glasses).My recommendation to the seller or maker of these, would be to consider changing the label outline color from purple to black to make them easier to see, or even better if there were some way to print the pin labels on the headers.But whether there are any changes or not, it doesn't change the simple fact that I want more of them. When will there be more available? I dream of using these exclusively for developing HID sim devices, and would like to have them mounted in an illuminated frame on my builds to show them off.

I already own many Arduino and Arduino compat boards, so this is just for the display collection. Can't speak for the functionality but the product images are pretty accurate. The graphics aren't as sharp as the official boards but are much higher in quality than the cheap five-dollar knock-offs found everywhere. Plus it's nice to add something to the collection that's not teal, yellowish-green, or perfect purple.

The electronic bits are an Arduino Leonardo, which you've probably used before. What you really want to know is - is the art really that good? Yes. Yes, the art is that good. Mine is still in an envelope because I can't come up with a project that can do it justice. Yet.Buy two.

Nice board & graphics works well.

Aside from looking beautiful, it's just a standard Arduino LeoR3 32U4 board, which is a good thing. It does the job and looks good while doing it. Definitely use a clear enclosure for whatever you make with this!