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Arduino UNO clone with CH340 USB to serial chip

author: Wilykat
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2 layer board of 2.71 x 2.11 inches (68.9 x 53.6 mm)
Uploaded: June 12, 2020
Shared: June 12, 2020
Total Price: $28.60

I took the cloned UNO R3 design from Shamduino, replaced the FTDI chip with CH340 chip. FDTI costs about $4.50 each from legit source, and fake FTDI may be cheaper but once before a driver update bricked fake chips. CH340 is cheaper and there’s no driver bricking but you may need to manually install the driver on Windows and Macintosh. I also tweaked a few things. You have a choice of CH340G (cheaper, requires 3 additional components) or CH340C (doesn’t required additional components but slightly more expensive).

Soldering CH340, the dual op amp, and one MOSFET is probably the hardest part of this board.

I kept most of the parts the same using larger SMD for easier soldering. Printable copy of part location map and BOM can be seen below: alt text “A” on map denotes anode of diodes, observe polarity! Also watch for notches or pin 1 marker on the 3 ICs. Orient the polarized capacitor with the angled end matching silkscreen. Crystal oscillators, ceramic capacitors, and resistors are non polarized and can be installed any way without issues.

text based BOM:

Qty Name Description board ID
1 USB CONN B — —
1 1N4007 SMD DIODE, commonly marked as M7 D1
4 LED SMD 1206 LEDs 1 green, 3 yellow D2-5
1 PINHD-1X6 Female 0.1" space —
2 PINHD-1X8 Female 0.1" space —
1 PINHD-1x10 Female 0.1" space —
1 PINHD-2X3 ICSP male 0.1" space —
1 SI2301 / A1SHB MOSFET T1
1 TL3301TF500QG E-Switch or similar sized button switch S1
2 47uF SMD capacitor- polarized C6, C7
11 100nf SMD 1206 ceramic capacitors C1, C4, C5, C8-C14, C17
4 22pf SMD 1206 ceramic capacitors C2, C3, C15, C16
3 10k SMD 1206 resistors R1, R10, R11
6 1k SMD 1206 resistors R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9
1 16MHz crystal oscillator CRYSTAL 0.2" can Q2
1 12MHz crystal oscillator CRYSTAL 0.2" can Q1
1 28PDIP socket for ATMega328p IC1
1 7805 TO263 5v regulator SMD IC2
1 CH340G or C* CH340 USB to serial IC3
1 LM358D dual op amp LM358D SOIC IC5
1 jack power jack —

*CH340G requires external oscillator and 2 capacitors. If you have CH340C instead, the oscillator and 2 capacitors marked C15, C16, and Q1 above can be omitted.

I took the cloned UNO R3 design from Shamduino, replaced the FTDI chip with CH340 chip. FDTI costs about $4.50 each from legit source, and fake FTDI may be cheaper but once before a driver update bricked fake chips. CH340 is cheaper and there’s no driver bricking but you may need to manually install the driver on Windows and Macintosh. I also tweaked a few things. You have a choice of CH340G (cheaper, requires 3 additional components) or CH340C (doesn’t required additional components but slightly more expensive).

Soldering CH340, the dual op amp, and one MOSFET is probably the hardest part of this board.

I kept most of the parts the same using larger SMD for easier soldering. Printable copy of part location map and BOM can be seen below: alt text “A” on map denotes anode of diodes, observe polarity! Also watch for notches or pin 1 marker on the 3 ICs. Orient the polarized capacitor with the angled end matching silkscreen. Crystal oscillators, ceramic capacitors, and resistors are non polarized and can be installed any way without issues.

text based BOM:

Qty Name Description board ID
1 USB CONN B — —
1 1N4007 SMD DIODE, commonly marked as M7 D1
4 LED SMD 1206 LEDs 1 green, 3 yellow D2-5
1 PINHD-1X6 Female 0.1" space —
2 PINHD-1X8 Female 0.1" space —
1 PINHD-1x10 Female 0.1" space —
1 PINHD-2X3 ICSP male 0.1" space —
1 SI2301 / A1SHB MOSFET T1
1 TL3301TF500QG E-Switch or similar sized button switch S1
2 47uF SMD capacitor- polarized C6, C7
11 100nf SMD 1206 ceramic capacitors C1, C4, C5, C8-C14, C17
4 22pf SMD 1206 ceramic capacitors C2, C3, C15, C16
3 10k SMD 1206 resistors R1, R10, R11
6 1k SMD 1206 resistors R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9
1 16MHz crystal oscillator CRYSTAL 0.2" can Q2
1 12MHz crystal oscillator CRYSTAL 0.2" can Q1
1 28PDIP socket for ATMega328p IC1
1 7805 TO263 5v regulator SMD IC2
1 CH340G or C* CH340 USB to serial IC3
1 LM358D dual op amp LM358D SOIC IC5
1 jack power jack —

*CH340G requires external oscillator and 2 capacitors. If you have CH340C instead, the oscillator and 2 capacitors marked C15, C16, and Q1 above can be omitted.

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