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dfrobot FireBeetle 328P Low-Power Arduino Board (BLE 4.1)

58 x 29 mm 3.3 V ATmega328P board with an on-board BLE 4.1 module, 14 digital and 6 analogue pads, a 3.7 V LiPo charger and a 600 mA 3.3 V LDO, running the 3.3 V / 8 MHz Pro Mini bootloader - $18.90 USD.

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Logic level3.3 V

Part & documents

Data sheetData sheet →
Sourcewww.dfrobot.com/product-1646.html →

Specs

MCUMicrochip ATmega328P at 3.3 V / 8 MHz, with a separate BLE 4.1 module on the same PCB (4 KB/s, up to 4 cascaded devices)
Clock8 MHz

Pinout

36 pads, as the vendor numbers them.

#NameFunctionSignals
1D0Left row pad 1: D0, with RXD printed beside it - the ATmega328P's PD0/UART RXD line, shared with the USB-serial bridgeArduino D0, RXD, ATmega328P PD0/RXD
2D1Left row pad 2: D1, with TXD printed beside it - the ATmega328P's PD1/UART TXD line, shared with the USB-serial bridgeArduino D1, TXD, ATmega328P PD1/TXD
3D2Left row pad 3: D2 - also the line the BLE 4.1 module drives high to wake the ATmega328PArduino D2, interrupt-capable
4D3Left row pad 4: D3, marked PWM - also the line the ATmega328P pulls low to wake the BLE 4.1 moduleArduino D3, PWM
5D4Left row pad 5: D4, no PWM and no alternate function printedArduino D4
6D5Left row pad 6: D5, marked PWMArduino D5, PWM
7D6Left row pad 7: D6, marked PWMArduino D6, PWM
8D7Left row pad 8: D7, no PWM and no alternate function printedArduino D7
9D8Left row pad 9: D8, no PWM and no alternate function printedArduino D8
10D9Left row pad 10: D9, marked PWMArduino D9, PWM
11D10Left row pad 11: D10, marked PWMArduino D10, PWM
12D11Left row pad 12: D11, marked PWMArduino D11, PWM
13D12Left row pad 13: D12, no PWM and no alternate function printed on DFRobot's diagramArduino D12
14D13Left row pad 14: D13 - DFRobot names it LED_BUILTIN, so the on-board L LED sits on this padArduino D13, LED_BUILTIN
15GNDLeft row pad 15: GND, board groundground
16AREFLeft row pad 16: AREF - the analogue reference pad, carrying no reference source of its ownanalogue reference
173V3Left row pad 17: 3V3, the on-board LDO output - DFRobot rates it at 600 mA maximum discharge3.3 V rail
18VCCLeft row pad 18: VCC, the raw supply rail - a 3.7 V LiPo or the 5 V USB input; DFRobot gives the VCC I/O voltage as 3.7 V to 5.5 Vsupply rail
19A0Right row pad 1: A0, analogue input 0, one of the ATmega328P's six ADC channelsanalogue input 0
20A1Right row pad 2: A1, analogue input 1analogue input 1
21A2Right row pad 3: A2, analogue input 2analogue input 2
22A3Right row pad 4: A3, analogue input 3analogue input 3
23A4Right row pad 5: A4, analogue input 4 - on the ATmega328P this ADC channel is shared with the TWI SDA line (PC4/ADC4/SDA)analogue input 4, I2C SDA on the ATmega328P
24A5Right row pad 6: A5, analogue input 5 - on the ATmega328P this ADC channel is shared with the TWI SCL line (PC5/ADC5/SCL)analogue input 5, I2C SCL on the ATmega328P
25NCRight row pad 7: NC, a plated hole with no connection
26SCKRight row pad 8: SCK, the hardware SPI clock - PB5 on the ATmega328PSPI clock, ATmega328P PB5/SCK
27MOSIRight row pad 9: MOSI, hardware SPI master-out - PB3 on the ATmega328PSPI MOSI, ATmega328P PB3/MOSI
28MISORight row pad 10: MISO, hardware SPI master-in - PB4 on the ATmega328PSPI MISO, ATmega328P PB4/MISO
29SDARight row pad 11: SDA, the I2C data line - a pad of its own here, separate from the A4 pad, though the ATmega328P brings both functions out of one pinI2C data
30SCLRight row pad 12: SCL, the I2C clock line - a pad of its own here, separate from the A5 padI2C clock
31NCRight row pad 13: NC, a plated hole with no connection
32NCRight row pad 14: NC, a plated hole with no connection
33NCRight row pad 15: NC, a plated hole with no connection
34NCRight row pad 16: NC, a plated hole with no connection
35NCRight row pad 17: NC, a plated hole with no connection
36RSTRight row pad 18: RST, the ATmega328P reset line, active low, alongside the board's RST buttonreset, active low

Buses

BusSignalsPinsVoltageNote
I2C ×1SDA, SCLSDA, SCL3.3 V VSDA and SCL are pads of their own on the right row, but on the ATmega328P the same two pins are also ADC4 and ADC5 (PC4 = ADC4/SDA, PC5 = ADC5/SCL), so the A4 and A5 pads cannot be used as analogue inputs while I2C is in use. DFRobot publishes no pull-up values for this board.
SPI ×1SCK, MOSI, MISOSCK, MOSI, MISO3.3 V VSCK, MOSI and MISO are on the right row and are PB5, PB3 and PB4 on the ATmega328P. No chip-select pad is dedicated.
UART ×1TX, RXD1, D03.3 V VD1 TXD and D0 RXD - the same pair the BLE 4.1 module uses, which is why an active Bluetooth link blocks a sketch upload.

Power

Input5 V DC on micro-USB, or a 3.7 V Li-ion/LiPo cell on the JST battery connector
Input rangeDFRobot states the VCC I/O voltage as 3.7 V to 5.5 V and the operating voltage as 3.3 V

Outputs

RailRatingNote
3.3V3.3 V VOn-board LDO output on left row pad 17; DFRobot rates 600 mA maximum discharge.

Notes

DFRobot numbers no pads, so pins[].number is this entry's own 1-36 run: left row 1-18 first (pads 19-36 are the right row), both rows starting at the antenna end with the micro-USB at the far end, and every description names the row and the vendor's printed label. DFRobot publishes no schematic for this board - only a dimension drawing, a datasheet PDF that is actually Dialog's DA14681 BLE SoC document, and a footprint library - so the pad order rests on the vendor's pinout diagram alone: it exists only as an image, was read at full resolution with a vision model, and is corroborated by three independent checks against the vendor's own specification (14 digital and 6 analogue pads above match its stated 14 digital and 6 analogue interfaces) and against the ATmega328P data sheet pin table (six PWM-marked pads, SPI on PB3/PB4/PB5, and PC4/PC5 carrying ADC4/SDA and ADC5/SCL). No pull-up, decoupling or absolute-maximum figure for the board itself is recorded because DFRobot publishes none; the limits quoted are the ATmega328P device data sheet's own. There is no I2C device on the board, hence addresses is empty.

AI context

Dense context for pasting into a model prompt — addresses, pinout, voltages, tolerances and the vendor's reference circuit.

PART: DFRobot FireBeetle 328P Low-Power Arduino Board (BLE 4.1), SKU DFR0492, 58 mm x 29 mm, two 18-pin 2.54 mm header rows (36 holes). It is an ATmega328P board with a separate BLE 4.1 module on the same PCB: 14 digital pads D0-D13, six analogue inputs A0-A5, one SPI, one I2C and one UART, with the on-board LED on D13 (DFRobot names it LED_BUILTIN). The ATmega328P runs from 3.3 V and DFRobot ships it with the Arduino Pro or Pro Mini bootloader for ATmega328 at 3.3 V and 8 MHz.
PINOUT: DFRobot prints no pad numbers, so the numbers here are this entry's own - left row 1-18 first, then right row 19-36, both starting at the antenna end with the micro-USB at the far end. Left row, pads 1-18: D0 (RXD), D1 (TXD), D2, D3 (PWM), D4, D5 (PWM), D6 (PWM), D7, D8, D9 (PWM), D10 (PWM), D11 (PWM), D12, D13, GND, AREF, 3V3, VCC. Right row, pads 19-36: A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, NC, SCK, MOSI, MISO, SDA, SCL, NC, NC, NC, NC, NC, RST. The six pads DFRobot marks PWM are D3, D5, D6, D9, D10 and D11, and the ATmega328P has six timer compare outputs across three timers. The 14 digital and six analogue pads match DFRobot's own count of 14 digital and 6 analogue interfaces.
I2C AND BUSES: the right row carries SDA and SCL as pads of their own, and separately carries A4 and A5. On the silicon these are not independent - the ATmega328P's pin table gives PC4 as ADC4/SDA and PC5 as ADC5/SCL - so the SDA pad and A4, and the SCL pad and A5, reach the same two pins, and using an analogue input on A4 or A5 takes the I2C bus with it. SPI is SCK, MOSI and MISO on the right row (PB5, PB3 and PB4 on the chip) with no dedicated chip-select pad. UART is D0/D1, which is also the pair the BLE module and the USB-serial bridge share. There is no I2C device on the board, so no fixed address exists to record.
SUPPLY: operating voltage 3.3 V, with the VCC rail stated at 3.7 V to 5.5 V and a 3.7 V LiPo on the battery connector. DFRobot rates the 3.3 V LDO output at 600 mA maximum discharge and the charger at 400 mA maximum charge, and quotes 25 uA in power-down against 70 uA with the interrupt enabled.
LOGIC AND LIMITS: the ATmega328P in this build is a 3.3 V part, so its I/O swing is 3.3 V and not 5 V - DFRobot's spec table lists the VCC I/O range, not the logic level, and feeding 5 V into a digital pad is outside the chip's ratings even though the bare ATmega328P can run at 5 V. The device data sheet gives -0.5 V to VCC+0.5 V on any pin except RESET (-0.5 V to +13.0 V), 6.0 V maximum operating voltage, 40 mA DC per I/O pin, 200 mA total on VCC and GND, and an operating range of 1.8 V to 5.5 V for the chip itself.
REFERENCE CIRCUIT: DFRobot publishes no schematic for this board, so decoupling and pull-up values cannot be quoted from a vendor drawing and none are recorded here. What the vendor does document is the handshake between the two chips: the BLE 4.1 module wakes the ATmega328P by driving D2 high, and the ATmega328P wakes the BLE module by pulling D3 low, so both lines are claimed by that function before any user circuit.
TRAPS: the BLE module occupies the ATmega328P's serial port, so a Bluetooth connection must be dropped before an upload or the sketch will not download. The bootloader is the 3.3 V / 8 MHz Pro Mini one, which cannot keep up with 115200 baud - DFRobot recommends 9600 and says anything faster comes back as gibberish. The Arduino IDE lists the port as an Arduino UNO; the board to select is Arduino Pro or Pro Mini, ATmega328, 3.3 V, 8 MHz. Bluetooth device IDs are assigned by connection order (ID1 to ID4) and cannot be changed, so connect the central first. HID, iBeacon and tree networking are listed as under development, not available. D9 to D13 are on the left row while the SPI pads are on the right row, so a shield built for an Uno's header order will not map across.

Provenance

Every figure on this page was read from the 4 sources below and last checked on Oct 24, 2026.

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