The arduino mega 2560 is a development board based on the atmega2560 microcontroller the arduino mega 2560 board is suitable for controlling numerous projects due to the simplicity of programming the arduino mega 2560 also ideal for beginners the arduino mega 2560 board has 54 digital i os of which 14 as pwm outputs can be used 16 analog inputs 4 uarts serial hardware interfaces 16 mhz crystal oscillator usb interface power supply icsp header and a reset button the arduino mega