I had finished sewing an Atmel ATtiny45 into a paper breadboard when I realized that I hadn’t programed the micro controller! Luckily I was able to attach alligator clips to the ATtiny45 pins and program the chip with a fade program via an Arduino Uno.    

  Breadboard prototype test for Five LEDs with Atmel ATtiny45 microcontroller programmed with Arduino to slowly blink out of sequence. Blink Order is: led3, led1, led5, led4, led2     Video can be found on The eTextile Lounge youTube channel. Binary sketch size: 1,014 bytes (of a 4,096 byte maximum) Error Message – IGNORE avrdude: please define PAGEL and BS2 […]

  Breadboard set up for programing Atmel ATtiny45 to blink four LEDs.    

  When working with Arduino to program ATtinys I use this standard breadboard set up. The right half I use to program and the left side I use to test.   This system allows me to upload the boot loader and code and then quickly test the microcontroller for blink.  

A neighbor supported a IndieGoGo for Boarderless Electronics and received this $12 USD starter kit, including a faux Arduino board, in the mail. On Sunday afternoon I’ll teach the 8 year olds how to use it and give you a report on the entire kit.

  My cheat sheet for using an Arduino Uno as an ISP for programing Amtel’s ATtiny45 ******************************************************* updated 27 July 2016 High Lo Tech website has updated information for 1.6.4 Board Manager Paste the following URL into the field: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide1.6.xboardsmanager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json ******************************************************* HOW TO USE ARDUINO UNO TO PROGRAM ATTINY45 Download Arduino 1.0.1 from Arduino (scroll to ‘previous IDE versions’) Install in […]

ATtiny45’s can be easily programed using your arduino. Just follow the tutorial at MIT Media’s High-Low Tech Lab. Data sheet found from Atmel. I use these for classes and my own projects because they are: inexpensive, 100 for $63 USD at digiKey small and easy to modify enough memory for basic programs, 4KB works with eTextiles and paper computing   […]

A year ago, way back in March 2012, I was testing a circuit using Arduino to program aan ATtiny45 for a dress inspired by Star Trek. Y’all remember the 3rd season “Is There in Truth no Beauty?” episode yes? I had the circuit working and wrote the program down someplace safe because I would need to replicate it for sample […]

I will try try try again…..