A few weeks before Getting Started with Adafruit Trinket went to press, Adafruit introduces the Pro Trinket. It hits a sweet spot in terms of price, performance, and size between the Trinket and the Arduino Uno. In my comparison chart in the book it was a bit late to add the Pro Trinket so I'll do it here. First, sizing them up visually:
Adafruit Trinket (top), Pro Trinket (middle) and Arduino Uno (bottom) (source: Adafruit) |
The Pro Trinket is closer to Trinket's size than an Arduino Uno. It's smaller than an Arduino Micro or Nano I believe but not by a lot.
Adafruit Trinket
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Adafruit Pro Trinket
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Arduino Uno
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Processor
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ATtiny85
Surface Mount |
ATmega328P QFN package
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ATmega328P
DIP Package |
Digital Pins
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5
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12
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14
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Analog Pins
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3 (shared)
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8
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6
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Pulse Width Modulated Pins
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3
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6
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6
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Pin Voltage
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3.3 or 5 volts
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3.3 or 5 volts
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5 Volts
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Board Voltage
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3.3 or 5 volts
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3.3 or 5 volts
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5 Volts (3.3 on a pin)
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Regulated Current Out
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150ma
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150ma
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800ma
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Power via 3.7V LiPo
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Possible
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Possible
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No
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USB Chip Onboard
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No
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No (but has FTDI header)
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Yes
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USB Plug Type
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Mini-USB
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Micro-USB
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USB-B
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USB Programmable
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Memory (RAM/EEPROM)
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512 / 512 bytes
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2048 / 1024 bytes
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2048 / 1024 bytes
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Flash Memory (free)
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8K (5,130 free)
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32K (28,672 bytes free)
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32K (32K free)
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Add-on Shields
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No
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No
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Yes
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Board Size
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31mm x 15.5 x 5mm
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38mm x 18mm x 2mm
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75.14 x 53.51 x 15.08mm
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Approximate Cost
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$6.95
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$9.95
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$24.95
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In terms of Pro Trinket compatibility with Uno, the Pro Trinket does not have digital pins 2 and 7 exposed to pins (they are permanently used for USB, although you could hack into the USB resistors with very fine wire to get them). Sketches that use pins 2 and 7 may most likely be modifiable to use other pins.
Like some Uno clones, the Pro Trinket adds analog pins 6 and 7 which could be very useful in some applications.
What do you think? Does the Pro Trinket fit in well in the spectrum of available microcontrollers? Capability, price, size?
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