FTDI found out that the original Arduino UNO R3 boards had issues handling higher loads with 9V and 12V power input being limited to about 800mA and 300mA respectively before the voltage of the 5V ...

FTDI Chip has launched a Kickstarter project called NerO to deal with drawbacks it perceives in the widely-used Arduino UNO R3 and, by utilising a crowdfunding platform, get the engineering community ...

FTDI’s FT231XS takes care of USB connectivity. The board has a micro-USB connector rather than the bulkier type B used on UNOs. As per UNO, NerO has 14 digital interface pins plus six analogue inputs.