When writing code for the ATtiny family of microcontrollers such as a the ATtiny85 or ATtiny10, people usually use one of two methods: they either add support for the chip in the Arduino IDE, or they ...

Related to being powered by a super capacitor, I also need to get my ATtiny to go to sleep when not processing anything. And that involves setting pins to ‘interrupt-on-change’ and getting the chip to ...

Since the Massimo Banzi released the first Arduino back in 2007, the maker world has been using the little ATmega-based development boards to create everything from simple LED controllers, all the way ...

You don’t need an Arduino for everything! Or do you? This is an argument that plays out here quite often. Whatever the outcome, most folks agree that once you’ve dipped your feet in the shallow end of ...