Providing durable and dependable American-made PCBAs for over 17 years
Rugged Circuits, LLC provides industrial ready off-the-shelf and custom purpose-built hardware solutions. In 2007 we invented the ruggedized Arduino market with the introduction of our now famous Ruggeduino Uno derivative board. Our OTS solutions are engineered with built-in safeguards to stave off failure and also operate in industrial environments with 24V connectivity. Our extended temperature “ET” models are built to endure the most grueling environments from -40C to +85C. Reliability is increased with added ESD protection, over/under voltage protection, over/undercurrent protection, and reverse polarity protection. We offer the highest build quality in our class. Each and every PCBA is handcrafted in the United States using the finest components. Lastly all of our OTS products leverage and are fully compatible with the Arduino environment and IDE.
Our OTS solutions are perfect for:
Product Integration
Educational Curriculum
Industrial Controls
Military Applications
Extreme Climate Areas
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Check out our full line of innovative OTS industrial ready Arduino compatible products here.
Need Something Special?
Rugged Circuits also specializes in custom hardware design and manufacturing if one of our off-the-shelf solutions doesn’t align with your needs. Ideal for product scale-up.
Rugged Circuits provides custom hardware and software solutions to meet customer specifications. We provide incredibly robust and manufacturing efficient solutions. Rugged Circuits manufacturing capabilities are optimized for small to medium sized quantity builds. We don’t have quantity requirements in the thousands- making us approachable. Ideal for companies seeking expert engineering services and excellent manufacturing.
Providing Services for Arduino or Non-Arduino Solutions
Ideal for:
Custom government contracts
OEM product integration
Adapting current designs
Check out our custom design page here.
The Engineering Behind our Designs
A great deal of engineering and testing has gone into our designs. Our OTS Arduino compatible hardware products have unique circuitry to provide multiple levels of protection. These value adds and innovative features are also integrated into our custom designs. We believe things should be built to last.
Case in point, the table below displays the differences between a standard Arduino Uno R3 and the Rugged Circuits Ruggeduino. These differences equate to performance, durability, and longevity. These qualities are what make our products, well, RUGGED. Our Ruggeduino microcontroller is compatible with the Arduino IDE and has the same shape, form factor, and header profile as the Uno. The Ruggeduino however with these circuitry advantages can be used in more demanding applications including 24 Industrial systems where regular Arduino boards will simply fail.
Our Unique Circuitry Protects Against These
10 Real World Examples
The “10 Ways to Destroy and Arduino” article demonstrates how the Rugged special circuitry can protect against the 10 different Arduino destroying scenarios. This article provides an in depth look at just how easy it is to damage a standard Arduino and how we have thoughtfully integrated safeguard solutions into our Rugged products. Our OTS Arduino compatible hardware solutions, including the best selling Ruggeduino and Rugged MEGA, PROTECT you from ALL 10 methods of destruction.