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Adafruit Pro Trinket 5V

Compact ATmega328P-based Arduino-compatible board at 16 MHz, 5V, with 28KB flash, 18 GPIO, Micro USB, FTDI header, and mounting holes — a miniaturized UNO with battery-friendly power management.

Starting from

$9.95

Compatible Firmware

Specifications

ArchitectureAVR
CPU Cores1
Clock Speed16MHz
RAM2 KB
Flash28 KB
GPIO Level5V
Storagenone
Dimensions38 × 18 mm
Weight2.6g

Components

8-bit AVR RISC microcontroller at 16 MHz in QFN package, 32KB flash, 2KB SRAM — same chip as Arduino UNO

Bus Interfaces

UART
RX: D0TX: D1
SPI
SS: D10SCK: D13MISO: D12MOSI: D11
I2C
SCL: A5SDA: A4
USB

GPIO Map

D0
RX
digital-inputdigital-output
UART
D1
TX
digital-inputdigital-output
UART
D2
USB D- (reserved)
digital-inputdigital-output
D3
GPIO / PWM
digital-inputdigital-outputpwminterrupt
D4
GPIO
digital-inputdigital-output
D5
GPIO / PWM
digital-inputdigital-outputpwm
D6
GPIO / PWM
digital-inputdigital-outputpwm
D7
USB D+ (reserved)
digital-inputdigital-output
D8
GPIO
digital-inputdigital-output
D9
GPIO / PWM
digital-inputdigital-outputpwm
D10
SS / PWM
digital-inputdigital-outputpwm
SPI
D11
MOSI / PWM
digital-inputdigital-outputpwm
SPI
D12
MISO
digital-inputdigital-output
SPI
D13
SCK / LED
digital-inputdigital-output
SPI
A0
Analog 0 / D14
analog-inputdigital-inputdigital-output
A1
Analog 1 / D15
analog-inputdigital-inputdigital-output
A2
Analog 2 / D16
analog-inputdigital-inputdigital-output
A3
Analog 3 / D17
analog-inputdigital-inputdigital-output
A4
SDA / Analog 4 / D18
analog-inputdigital-inputdigital-output
I2C
A5
SCL / Analog 5 / D19
analog-inputdigital-inputdigital-output
I2C
A6
Analog 6
analog-input
A7
Analog 7
analog-input
A8
Analog 8
analog-input

Overview

The Adafruit Pro Trinket 5V is a compact Arduino-compatible development board based on the ATmega328P QFN microcontroller running at 16 MHz at 5V. Measuring just 38 × 18 mm, it bridges the gap between the minimal Trinket (ATtiny85) and the full-sized Arduino UNO, offering most of the UNO's capabilities in a significantly smaller and lighter package (2.6g).

With 28KB of user-available flash (the bootloader occupies 4KB of the full 32KB), 2KB of SRAM, and 18 GPIO pins including analog inputs, the Pro Trinket can run virtually any Arduino sketch designed for the UNO. The FTDI header enables wired serial connection for debugging, and the Micro USB port provides both power and bootloader-based programming.

Power management is comprehensive for a compact board: a 150mA 5V regulator, reverse-polarity protection, thermal and current-limit protection, and support for input voltages up to 16V. Mounting holes at the four corners facilitate secure installation in enclosures or on panels.

Two pins (#2 and #7) are reserved for USB functionality, leaving 18 usable GPIO. The board does not accept standard Arduino shields due to its compact form factor but is well suited for projects requiring UNO-class capabilities in a small, mountable footprint.

Use Cases

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Resources

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