Make your own DigiSpark USB!

In this tutorial I will show how to build a Digispark and how to flash the bootloader.
The Digispark is an ATtiny85 based microcontroller development board with integrated USB interface
It can be programmed using the Arduino IDE directly via USB.
It is a very cool and small all-in-one development board, and because it can act as a USB mouse or keyboard it is very popular for hacks and pranks.

Links:
Digispark Windows Drivers:
How to build Arduino ISP programmer (start at 2:04):

2 Board URL’s for the Arduino Board Manager:
(file—preferences—additional board URL)

[jespertjoh]

It works! I've never been so excited about a blinking LED in my life😀

[haideralikhan]

I actually enjoyed this video. Very informative on how to get started with the attiny

[lexguti]

The tutorial is quite clear. Thanks a bunch.

[BirCplusplusGeliştiricisi]

Do you know how to use keyboard and mouse together? If you do, please tell me.

[TechBerto]

I like watching your videos, very informative and clearly explained. Thanks.

[ovalwingnut]

Very COoL. By the way, are you recording this in a "bathroom"? I'm asking for a friend.. Actually, now that I think about it I could be "listening to it" in-a-bathroom ;:Oo

[YigalBZ]

Can it work with VisualStudio Code & PlatformIOs? Are the drivers also required?

[GnuReligion]

An odd thing ... the DIP ATtiny85 costs about the same as a Digispark clone.
Have you tried to build the V-USB circuit into the head of a USB-A plug? Tight work, but possible.
After installing Micronucleus, one can fuse out the Reset, and with 4 GPIO available, create a useful 6-pin ISP/SPI device.
IMHO, the V-USB circuit, 8-pin socket, and 6-pin keyed SPI header are a nifty combination.

[metamud]

9:45 if you open up the board manager box, you DON'T add a comma, lest you end up with TWO commas, as demonstrated in this video (at 9:52).
EITHER: you don't open the box, but separate by comma's by yourself in the URL entrybox, OR you open up the box and put one URL per row (as it window tells you to) WITHOUT a trailing comma

[GovindKumar-yopy]

I have founded truly useful, do you have the official link of the schematic circuit ?

[janakasilva]

Itworked first time. Tha.nks I was fed up with this looking at other youtube video s. Im from Sri Lanka .

[agustinguzman]

Could you comment on using USB2.0 vs USB3.0? Also, I see you are using Arduino 1.8, Would this work on Arduino 2.0 or newer versions? Thank you!

[albertof]

Do the CDC examples work for you with this configuration?
Keyboard and mouse do work fine, but I'm unable to make "serial" communication to work properly.

[AnakinShane]

Hi, there,
Why did you set "pinMode" to 1 and "digitalWrite" to 1, when the led is connected to 6 ?

[ReyDominicano]

I made it, now i have a question how can i write or read in serial ?

[KonstantinNovikov]

Awesome tutorial, thank you very much! After dozens of different articles -- your video collects all in one masterpiece! I have headache with this simple scheme, because of wrong voltage of zener diodes :( those two gave me a lot of problems.

[luisfelipesaldivar]

hi sir, i´m having some issues related to the drazzy's and digistump url's for the arduino board manager, Digistump's website was shut down, or at least that's what I think, do you know what happened to both repositories? and also, do you still have the files for arduino IDE board manager core by any chance? I was thinking if windows 11 is the problem, cause the drivers don't work here.
Thank you in advance.

[ugurseydaliyev]

can i load the bootloader with ISPprogrammer?

[StevenCookFX]

Getting an error when trying to install the ATTINYCORE package. :(

[tonkofonko]

Hello please help me with error when I plug attiny85 to pc it shows up error cant recognize device. But I set up all right.