Category price index
8-Bit Microcontrollers
Starts at 100 in May 2026
Index level
87.5
-12.6%
since May 2026
as of October 2026
- 1 month
- +5.7%
- 3 months
- -2.6%
- 12 months
- —
Price barometer
Good price
Now · 87.5
Low 82.7
High 100.0
Where the index sits between its lowest and highest level so far.
What this index is built from
- Parts tracked
- 73
- Parts with price history
- 73
- Parts moving the index
- 38
- Monthly price points
- 584
- Asking prices seen
- 759
How to read this index
The level starts at 100. 110 means the parts in this index cost about 10% more than at the start; 95 means about 5% less.
It follows price changes, not price levels: each month it moves by the typical change of the parts that were priced both that month and the month before, so a few very expensive parts never dominate it, and parts coming and going don't move it on their own.
1, 3 and 12 months show the change over that period. The barometer shows where today's level sits between the index's lowest and highest point.
Month by month
| Month | Index level | Change | Parts priced |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 87.5 | +5.7% | 12 |
| September 2026 | 82.7 | -11.9% | 24 |
| August 2026 | 94.0 | +4.6% | 17 |
| July 2026 | 89.8 | -4.9% | 16 |
| June 2026 | 94.4 | -5.6% | 34 |
| May 2026 | 100.0 | Start (100) | — |