You don't need an STK500 to program an ATtiny85 (or any AVR, for that
matter)--an AVRISP Mk. II ($30 from digi-key) or even an arduino are
able flash them with your code.
n
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Simon Quellen Field
<sfield@scitoys.com> wrote:
> I love the ATTiny85. If you buy 100 at a time, they are only 72 cents each.
> Like the MSP430, they are available in PDIP form so you can use a solderless
> breadboard, and they also have the internal oscillator so you don't need a
> crystal.
> Another advantage for small boards is the 8 pin form factor, although that
> makes
> an 8 input A/D converter impossible.
>
> The reason I might suggest the MSP430 for your application, however, is the
> cost
> of getting started. The STK500 you would want to program the ATTiny85 is
> $82.16
> instead of the $4.30 for the equivalent for the MSP430.
>
> The fact that the MSP430 is ultra low power, is a 16 bit processor, and has
> more
> input and output pins is not an issue for your design. But the ATTiny85
> might have
> a lot more free software examples for you to use, since it has been around
> longer.
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> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Marc Dusseiller <dusjagr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> good morning my dear amateur biologists....
>>
>> we have been developing some workshop ideas around the attiny13 and
>> attiny85. call it a 2$ microchip.
>> and i have been specifically working on some simple pcbs for it, also with
>> the aim to be used in diybio labs, add temperature sensors, control relais,
>> light and stuff.
>> see some first info here:
>> http://wiki.sgmk-ssam.ch/index.php/Hands_On_AVR
>>
>> luckily the folks over at MIT hitech / lotech also have been working on
>> it, and made a library, so one can programm these little 8pin DIL chips
>> using the arduino 1.0 language and framework:
>> http://hlt.media.mit.edu/?p=1695
>>
>> good luck and one or two burning incubators shouldnt be the worst that can
>> happen....
>>
>> best,
>> marc
>>
>>
>> On Monday, April 23, 2012 3:31:59 AM UTC+2, John Griessen wrote:
>>>
>>> On 04/22/2012 06:30 PM, Simon Quellen Field wrote:
>>> > But it is 11 cents over budget at $0.61 in single unit quantities.
>>>
>>> Is that the price even in the large DIP package? Wow! What a deal.
>>> and low low power too. (I use MSP430s in a sensor network product)
>>>
>>> John
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