[HH] Digispark, smallest Arduino?

[Drew Van Zandt]

A guy at the Asylum designed a shield or two for the digispark already, and
will have his soon as a result.I will get some info on it.
On Sep 17, 2012 8:46 PM, "Tom Metro" <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com> wrote:

> Drew Van Zandt wrote:
> >Tom Metro wrote:
> >> Isn't there an Arduino compatible board even smaller than these?
> >> Just a bit bigger than a USB connector.
> >
> > There's an eight dollar board, USB.  $12 after it's kickstartered, maybe?
> >
> > http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/20/digispark-kickstarter-arduino-jr/
>
> Yeah, that's the one! Aside from being inexpensive, the Digispark looks
> to be about a 1/2" square (actually .7" x .75") PCB with a tab sticking
> out on one side to form a male USB plug.
>
> Arduinos are starting to approach the size and price of "LED throwies." :-)
>
> Notable that it is fully open source hardware.
>
> Here's the Kickstarter page:
>
> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/digistump/digispark-the-tiny-arduino-enabled-usb-dev-board?ref=home_popular
>
> They've raised $300K on a $5K goal.
>
> The funding period has closed, but it was obviously popular, and will
> likely be available for sale directly or via distributors.
>
> No specific availability dates, but the page says it will go into
> production shortly after funding closes. (They indicate that the
> prototypes are designed and built, but I think that was done before the
> funding campaign started.)
>
> I think Federico bought one of these, so we can pick his brain on how
> well it works.
>
>  -Tom
>
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