Hello electronics makers, this tutorial is going to be very exciting for you because at the end of this tutorial you will be able to program a new super low-cost microcontroller. I am always being curious to try new kinds of development boards and microcontrollers. Now we are going to try another microcontroller IC from the STM8 family namely the STM8S001J3. Recently the price surge in semiconductor components has drastically increased the demand and cost of all popular microcontrollers. So there is a good chance many of us are looking for cheaper alternatives, at least I was and I found the STM8S001J3 Microcontroller to be a good choice. But this microcontroller comes in an SMD-SO8N package. So, we need to make a PCB for this IC. At first, we are going to design and manufacture our custom PCB to mount the STM8S001J3 IC. Then we will see how to program the STM8S001J3 IC. 

For more information you can visit STM8S001J3 Projects By Circuit Digest.