Boards and Plugs

If most of all the boards use USB connection, there are three different kinds of USB plug:

• left: type B
  
• center: mini-B (deprecated)
  
• right: micro-B
  

And each board uses its own kind of USB plug. 

So it is safe to check you have the right cable at hand.

USB Plug

Type B

Mini B

Micro B

No USB

• Arduino Uno
  
• Arduino mega2560
  
• Wiring S
  

• chipKIT Uno32
  
• FraunchPad MSP430FR5739 (cable included)
• LaunchPad MSP430G2xxx (cable included)
• Maple
  

• Arduino Leonardo
• StellarPad LM4F (cable included)
  
• Teensy 3

• Arduino mini Pro

A separate USB/Serial adapter is required. 

Power Plug

With

Without

• Arduino Leonardo
• Arduino Uno
  
• Arduino mega2560
  
• chipKIT Uno32
• Maple
• Wiring S

• FraunchPad MSP430FR5739
• LaunchPad MSP430G2xxx
• StellarPad LM4F
  
• Teensy 3

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