Tony Bark to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoWorld's smallest microcontroller looks like I could easily accidentally inhale it but packs a genuine 32-bit Arm CPUwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down12
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkWorld's smallest microcontroller looks like I could easily accidentally inhale it but packs a genuine 32-bit Arm CPUwww.pcgamer.comTony Bark to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squareInf_V@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·11 hours agoHow would you ever actually practically use this
minus-squareLumberjacked@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoI make specialty vehicle electronics. My immediate thought was very small and cheap sensors. Similar to tire pressure monitoring but wired with CAN or something similar.
minus-square474D@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 hours agoMaybe an actual useful smart ring?
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·11 hours agoSame way you would in any other microcontroller application, but smaller, so the whole device can be smaller. Get small enough and we can really have those bloodstream robots.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 hours agoIn any use where size and or weight is important. For example wearables and flying drones
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-211 hours agoIn small things. Probably not very feasible for hobby projects unless you can get it soldered on when the PCB is built.
minus-squareMartianSands@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoBGA, like in the photo, isn’t the only option. There are options only slightly larger with hand-solderable packages (if you’re good at soldering)
minus-squareManifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·42 minutes agoThis is already technically hand solderable with the right equipment.
minus-squareA_A@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 hours agosee comment from @Lumberjacked (it is complicated !)
How would you ever actually practically use this
I make specialty vehicle electronics. My immediate thought was very small and cheap sensors. Similar to tire pressure monitoring but wired with CAN or something similar.
Maybe an actual useful smart ring?
Same way you would in any other microcontroller application, but smaller, so the whole device can be smaller.
Get small enough and we can really have those bloodstream robots.
fly-sized spy drone
In any use where size and or weight is important. For example wearables and flying drones
In small things. Probably not very feasible for hobby projects unless you can get it soldered on when the PCB is built.
BGA, like in the photo, isn’t the only option. There are options only slightly larger with hand-solderable packages (if you’re good at soldering)
This is already technically hand solderable with the right equipment.
Wrist watch.
see comment from @Lumberjacked (it is complicated !)