Programming an Attiny Arduino board (Using a DIY shield)

Attiny is a tiny Arduino compatible micro controller that costs about $1 and is perfect for running off batteries. In this video we look at how to program the attiny and also how to build a DIY shield for programming it.

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[BrianLough]

I think this might be my first video to not feature or mention an ESP8266, it must be a Christmas miracle!

Happy Christmas/Holidays everyone!

[MrGeekGamer]

Blu Tack has made soldering so much easier. I think I saw Julian Ilett using it a few months back and gave it a try and it just makes the entire process so much simpler.

[martinwestermeyergondonnea]

helloooo, im the guy from reddit...

thanks to you i finally made it work and i can left behind all my headachesfrom the previous weeks.

thank you for making the world a better place.

[Hasitier]

I built my own attiny programmer using the original Arduino ISP programmer board, a 6 pin ribbon cable and a zero force socket 2 years ago ant it works fine. The socket allows to insert and remove the attiny without bending any pins. I also made a bigger version for the larger attiny chips which have up to 12 I/o pins (attiny 44/84). I use those chips a lot because of the wide voltage range they work in as you also mentioned in your video. You can power it from nearly any battery without any voltage regulation.

[simonmarijt]

I made it and it works! thank you for this fun and learnful and clear video

[northshorepx]

Happy xmas to you too. Thanks for a very concise and not overly complex intro to programming the attiny.

[jtreg]

EXCELLENT VIDEO Brian! So much nonsense videos around... very clear, accurate. I am already subscribed. Thank you so much mate

[mrmantaray]

Brian mate, it blows my f**king mind that you only have 1k subs right now. Your content is kick ass. Awesome stuff, I'm learning a tonne.

[ChunkySteveo]

Nice and clear instructions as always Brian, keep it up! 👌

[learnelectronics]

Brian, I always look forward to your videos. You give me great inspiration. Happy New year!

[peterleather]

Thanks for the video Brian and a great tutorial on how to get started with the 'tiny.  I did something similar, making a simple programmer with a cheap Nano clone on a prototyping board and a Zif socket to make it easier to connect/remove the ATTiny85 - I end up doing that a lot!! :-)

[zahidarmanzahid]

can i use Arduino Nano ?(as the chips are same & i do not have uno). And brother you are awesome

[dikl]

The DIL socket has a notch in one end to aid orientation.

[badrmadani]

so whats the function of that blueish /black circuitboard I wonder. please reply valid

[PsiQ]

Digging up an old video..
i just had me sent two attiny84 for playing around,
now i got arduino leonardo, pro micro, esp8266/d1-mini

since youre all esp8266:
would it be possible to make this work over wlan, so you can "stamp" ISP program the attiny with an esp8266 running from 3xAAAs ?

Need to look for a demo for pro micro now. 😒

[RahulSingh-myvx]

Hi sir i try to program it but it showing yenkie invalid device check your connection double

[tubical]

Found you via Dave from EEVBlog...since i´ve next to no experience with the Attiny...is it possible to use the arduino IDE to write code for the attiny as well and upload it with this thing...? edit: ok, sorry for asking...next tiime i watch the video unitl it ends, before i´m asking stupid questions ;)

[nelsonbr]

Hey, I tried to burn the bootloader and got an error, can you help me?