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Arduino Pro Mini Pin Coordinates

Arduino Pro Mini - top
Arduino Pro Mini – top

Measured from the Official PCB Layout, with the board origin at the lower-left corner of the PCB, down there by the D9 pin, in mils (0.001 inch):

  • D9 = (50,50)
  • D10 = (650,50)
  • A5 = (535,805)
  • A4 = (535,705)
  • A7 = (535,393)
  • A6 = (535,293)
  • FTDI header = (100,1250) to (600,1250)
  • Reset button = (350,105)
  • D13 LED = (540,100)
  • PWR LED = (350,850)
  • Upper fiducial = (160,1140)
  • Lower fiducial = (490,100)

Subtract 50 mils from each of those coordinates to put the origin at the middle of the D9 pin, which may be more useful. Doing that in inches produces:

  • D9 = (0.000,0.000)
  • D10 = (0.600,0.000)
  • A5 = (0.485,0.755)
  • A4 = (0.485,0.655)
  • A7 = (0.485,0.343)
  • A6 = (0.485,0.243)
  • FTDI header = (0.050,1.200) to (0.550,1.200)
  • Reset button = (0.300,0.055)
  • D13 LED = (0.490,0.050)
  • PWR LED = (0.300,0.800)
  • Upper fiducial = (0.110,1.090)
  • Lower fiducial = (0.440,0.050)

Trust, but verify…

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5 thoughts on “Arduino Pro Mini Pin Coordinates”

  1. I was just doing this exercise with a Teensy 2.0, but for PCB layout. Turns out its pins are all on 0.1″ centers, but there are a couple of I/O pins tucked inside the perimeter. Since I’m building a 24-channel dimmers, I need all 25 of ’em (the 25th one is for the zero crossing input for phase control).

    1. There seems to be something about Arduinos that compels off-grid layout… I’m thinking those four analog inputs will become flying wire leads to pads outside the perimeter.

      They could have fit it inside a standard 28-pin DIP layout, but that wouldn’t be nearly as much fun. [sigh]

      1. In this case, I can sort-of see the thinking – if the serial pins were on 0.1″ centers like the others, it would be too easy to plug it in wrong (not if I built it, as I’d have the I/O pins pointing down and the serial pins pointing up).

        1. Oh, I’ve never plugged a DIP IC into its socket backwards…

          [* puts ice on burned fingertips *]

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