EEVblog #1132 - The 3 Cent Microcontroller!

Why HN readers recommended it

Cited as the go-to demo that full microcontrollers now cost about three cents, replacing things like the 555 timer.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

EEVblog

Topic

cheap microcontrollers

Format

explainer

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• Dave Jones' EEVBlog recently posted a video on cheap microcontrollers (<0.03USD): [VIDEO] Replacing a 555 timer is a very common job for this type of part. It will typically have an internal oscillator, so it won't need the additional components the 555 needs, reducing cost …

• >The countries that are going to be hurt by these US semiconductor subsidies are going be Taiwan, South Korea, Japan ... not China. I think I may agree here, and it gets complicated -- fast. I suspect you might be referring to larger parts like …

• > Yeah I wish we could get those prices. You might enjoy [1] about a microcontroller that's ~3 cents, in quantity 10. Of course it's only one-time-programmable, and generally pretty basic. And that's a pre-supply-chain-crisis price - these days prices have risen to 9 cents …