Arduino Due Development Board

The Arduino Due is a development board based on the Atmel SAM3X8E microcontroller. The SAM3X8E is a 32-bit, ARM Cortex M3.

The Arduino Due already has everything on-board to support the MCU. Simply connect it to a PC via microUSB cable or power it via an AC-to-DC adapter or battery. (Please note these are not included)

Atmel SAM3X8E Microcontroller

Operating Voltage: 3.3V

Yes, the Due board works with all available Arduino Shields that run at 3.3V and are compliant with the 1.0 Arduino pinout:

TWI: SDA and SCL pins that are near to the AREF pin.

The Arduino Due board runs at 3.3V (which is different to most other Arduino boards). Applying voltages higher than 3.3V to any I/O pin may cause damage.

Arduino is an open-source electronics platform consisting of hardware and software. Every aspect is designed to be straightforward so you can learn to code or design a project, quickly and easily. It’s designed for students, programmers, designers, hobbyists and tinkerers.
The Arduino open-source software (IDE) is there to help too. It makes is much easier to write code and transfer it to your board.

The Arduino Project Book is there to help but there is also a huge community surrounding Arduino. So, if you are ever stuck or require some guidance with your projects, the Arduino site is full of content to keep you going. Or, if you find you are stuck for ideas to tinker about with, there’s plenty of projects on the site to give you some inspiration: http://labs.arduino.org/