Mini Figure Shaped Circuit Boards
The website showcases Mini Fig Boards, small figure-shaped circuit boards compatible with Arduino, CircuitPython, and Micropython. Boards like Mini SAM M4 and Fig Pi support CircuitPython and offer UF2 bootloader.
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The website features Mini Fig Boards, miniature figure-shaped circuit boards compatible with Arduino, CircuitPython, and Micropython. The Mini SAM M4 board is based on the Microchip SAMD51G MCU with 18 I/O, LEDs, a button, and extra memory. The Fig Pi board uses the Raspberry Pi Foundation RP2040 MCU with LEDs, a button, and additional memory. Both boards support CircuitPython and offer a UF2 bootloader for easy programming language changes. DIY assembly is encouraged, with PCBs available from OSHPark. The site emphasizes open-source principles and provides links for more information on each board.
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3 commentsConnectors on the back give you power, UART, 2-I2C ports and a SPI port. Important to note these are the JST 1.0 / JST SH connectors. So they fit the Adafruit/Sparkfun/Pimoroni sets of sensors. And the USB mini port for programming.
I really like the 3x3 matrix, it makes the "blink a led" a little more fun. We wrote some code to read the thermometer and output it as tens dots -> ones dots -> blank pause -> repeat. Then added color to say if over 85F then dots are red then in ranges (orange, green, purple) down to less than 40F is blue. Fun exercise.
The battery is the small connection also, not a standard Amazon thing. If you don't want to roll your own connectors, try https://tinycircuits.com/collections/lipos (not associated with them, just a happy customer)
Well made board, cool design, nice collection of connectors to make more projects.
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