Ask Hackaday: What Would You Do With the World’s Smallest Microcontroller?
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Summary
The MSPM0C1104 microcontroller from Texas Instruments is an incredibly small, low-power microcontroller based on the Arm Cortex-M0+ architecture, measuring as small as 1.6 mm x 0.86 mm in an eight-pin BGA package.
It features 16 kB of flash memory, 1 kB of SRAM, and a 12-bit ADC, with the larger package options offering up to 26 GPIO pins.
While these microcontrollers are not the first of their kind, they are notable for their small size and low cost, which could make them useful in a range of applications such as wearables and embedded devices.
The Hackaday community has already started brainstorming potential applications, including building impossibly small electronic jewelry and using them in earbuds, with other manufacturers likely to follow suit.
However, there are also potential security risks associated with embedding microcontrollers within a board, which could make for some interesting discussions in the comments section.
