Piksey Claims Title of World’s Smallest Breadboard-Compatible Arduino 328 Core

Glasgow-based BitsNBlobs’ Piksey is the world’s smallest 328 Core development board that offers all the features and performance of the larger Arduino Uno but only at a quarter of the size. The fact that it’s breadboard compatible, and able to use all available Uno and Nano sketches, makes it a more attractive board over other tiny offerings on the market.

The Piksey will come without the header pins soldered, allowing it to fit into tight spaces and is outfitted with an ATmega328P microcontroller (running @ 16MHz), with 32Kb of Flash, 1Kb of EEPROM, and 2Kb of SRAM. It also sports an 18V DC voltage regulator, micro USB port, LEDs, and tactile reset switch along with 16 breadboard pins, all on a 20 X 20mm footprint.

BitsNBlobs states that they will be offering several other products in the coming month, which according to the Piksey website, look to be add-on modules (Shields) or Bases for the mini dev board, including a Wi-Fi/BLE board for extended communications, an eight bidirectional voltage translator, and a power connector board that offers battery and additional DC options.

It looks like they have several HMI (Human Machine Interface) options in the pipeline as well, including a four capacitive touch button add-on, a 128x64-pixel I2C OLED display, and an input and navigation option for onscreen navigation and control operations.

BitsNBlobs Piksey is currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter for $11 and up, which seems like a deal for the first batch that has an expected delivery date of September and December depending on what offer you choose.