The CREATE USB Interface (CUI) was a project that came out of UC Santa Barbara around the same time the Arduino was being developed. It has a USB port, a PIC18F4550, and a prototyping area. It was … ...

[Andrew] wonders why the SerialUSB() function on the Cortex M3-based Arduino Due is so much faster than Serial() on the Uno or Nano, and shares his observations in this short video. He sets up an e… ...

Aside from the USB port, you can power your Arduino boards with any regular battery connected to its VIN pin. The supply voltage depends on the board, but the more popular ones use 9V.