How To Program A Digispark (ATTINY85) Includes Download Link!

This is a quick tutorial on how to use your shiny new Digispark board as fast as possible! The ATTINY85 is perfect for beginners as it is extremely inexpensive and only requires a few extra steps to get it started!

Download the Arduino software here:

Get the written instructions from Digistump themselves:

The drivers are at this link:

Board manager URL (That needs to be pasted into your boards manager in the Arduino application

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[Sakura-ygdd]

I thought at first that this tutorial could be outdated, but everything went fine without any problems, really helpfull video

[greyhnd]

I wrote a crummy review on it and was about to throw them all away(I have about 10). I was so mad but then I was playing with attinys and i figured i should try again and saw your video. I was used to plugging in the device first to get the port situated correctly. I had no Idea it would work without setting the port but after seeing your video i tried and worked every time. Thank you so much for making this video.

[PF-givv]

Best demo I've seen on how to start using the Attiny85 micro-controller for new users, thanks.

[pileofstuff]

They're fun little boards for all sorts of projects.

[przoch]

Thank you very much, i was struggling with this small device for two days. Your tutorial helped :)

[dadsrcworkbench]

Holy moly I just ran across these to shrink down a project of mine. Cheap and small...check!

[surviveable]

Hi, I did all the previous steps, but the contributed Digistump Boards are not in my boards manager anywhere. Any ideas?

[dominicwilfong]

My digispark will plug-in and the computer will say connected disconnected connected disconnected etc. and my other digital spark will say connected but it’ll still have a device search and never get found, any solutions?

[limchengwei]

I could not find the port after installing the driver and arduino preference. Help please.

[divyaprakashbiswas]

Nice tutorial. What protocol does it use for programming?

[doubleHLabs]

This worked for me on Win10 arduino ide 1.8.13 My only issue is I needed to have the device unpluged when I clicked to compile the code and pluged it in once the bottom text asked for it.

[kornftl]

I'd like to see a guide on making one of these digispark boards into a modchip for a ps1 using the open source PSnee sketch.

[linenoize]

Is it possible to send commands to the device? How would I investigate that if so? I want to turn a light off and on, with python or powershell.

[jimg]

Thank you, that was a very helpful video.

[ocram]

Ordered a couple today and all of them got dead. One of the diodes got glowing red the first time I plug them and then nothing. Could it be that I connect them without installing the drivers beforehand. I'm also using Ubuntu 24 to test them. Somebody? Thinking of asking for a refund to the Amazon seller cuz of the faulty diodes on it, but not sure if it was my fault.

[TheCalibso]

Thanks, I got one now I will try do that

[Dineshkumar-ebvg]

i install driver. but still it show unknow device. i try so many times . is there any other way ?

[zekerich]

I cant get this to work on windows 11, the driver not installed, windows says compatibility problem.

[mar.vell]

please help me..installing digistump bootloader, how can i do that

[darkodbd]

hey, loved ur video
can you help me with something
I want to do tiny programming to it
I want to use it as auto keys pressers
when I plug it .. it auto presses numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 repeatedly

just like any auto pressing software script, but I want it to be coming from a hardware