Simple Labs' Simple Stick and Arduino Leonardo Comparison

Simple Labs' Simple Stick and Arduino Leonardo Comparison

What is Simple Stick?

Simple Stick is an indian made Arduino clone board. Simple Stick is a USB Stick format clone of the Arduino Leonardo. It is functionally very similar to the Arduino Leonardo however the Stick format comes at the cost of Physical size differences.

About 3 years back, we designed our first Arduino Clone the Induino. We named it Induino to add to our pride of having made it in India. The Induino was an affordable arduino clone that was priced at 800/- [The cheapest to be sold on some scale at that time!] however the Induino evolved over a period of time to include many on-board peripherals increasing the experimentation capabilities and became the InduinoX. Now following the InduinoX, we have built the Simple Stick, taking  a deviation from the Standard Arduino Format.

Comparison Table

Parameter	Simple Stick	Arduino Leonardo
Microcontroller	Atmega32U4	Atmega32U4
ICSP Programming Headers	Yes	Yes
On-Board Rx Tx LEDs	Yes	Yes
On-Board IO LEDs	3 LEDS [PIN 05,10 & 13]	1 LED [PIN 13]
On-Board Push Buttons	1 [PIN 11]	None
On-Board Resettable Fuse	Yes	Yes
On-Board TSOP  (Remote Cotnrol Receiver)	Yes [PIN 8]	No
On-Board IR LED (Generates Remote Control Signals)	Yes [PIN 9]	No
LCD Interface to Plug in LCD Directly	Yes	No
Shield Compatible	No	Yes
USB Connector Type	USB A	Micro USB B
Programming IDE	Arduino	Arduino
Works on USB Power	Yes	Yes
External Power Supply Connector	No - Needs 5Volts	DC Adaptor Jack

Here are both the boards side by side. Simple Stick on the Left Side and Arduino Leonardo on the right side.