FLORA - Wearable Electronic Platform (Arduino-compatible) For the last few years Ladyada has been thinking about everything she wanted in a wearable electronics platform for Adafruit"s community of makers, hackers, crafters, artists, designers and engineers. After months of planning, designing and working with partners around the world for the best materials and accessories, we can share what we"re up to. The hardware is now shipping! We call it the FLORA. Adafruit created the FLORA from scratch after many months of research and we really think we came up with something that will empower some amazing wearable projects. The FLORA is small (1.75" diameter). We wanted the smallest possible board for our wearable platform. It"s based on our experiences shipping our own, shipping, customer-tested Atmega32u4 Breakout Board. The FLORA comes with projects at launch, the FLORA addressable and chain-able 4,000 mcd RGB LED pixels, ultimate GPS module, premium stainless steel thread. The FLORA has built-in USB support. Built in USB means you plug it in to program it, it just shows up - all you need is a USB cable, no additional purchases are needed! Works with Mac, Windows, Linux, and any USB cable works great. Currently the PCB comes with a mini B connector but future versions may change to microUSB. The FLORA has USB HID support, so it can act like a mouse, keyboard, MIDI, etc. to attach directly to cell phones. The FLORA has a small but easy to use onboard reset button to reboot the system. The power supply is deigned to be flexible and easy to use. There is an onboard polarized 2 JST battery connector with protection schottky diode for use with external battery packs from 3.5v to 16v DC in. Can be used with LiIon/LiPoly, LiFe, alkaline or rechargeable NiMh/NiCad batteries of any size. The FLORA does not have a LiPo charger included by design; this allows safe use with multiple battery types and reduces risk of fire as i