Dev Boards are great stuff especially for newbie’s and for prototyping tasks. Internet is overcrowded with dev boards especially with mega series microcontrollers. But still you may be looking for other pin and interface layouts that seem more convenient for you.

So, this one isn’t very different comparing to other. It has all necessary parts included like ISP header, all port pins with markings, RS232 level converter. Well, one thing is a bit different – board has additional high power voltage controller – simply speaking ULN2803A that can be switched ON and OFF with 8 DIP switches. So I say this is great choice if you need to drive some high power devices directly from board. There is no other power converters included, but it can be easily powered via PC power jack – no problem to power ATmega8 with 5V and ULN2803A with 12V. No SMD parts used, that makes easy to build for everyone.