Below are some of the projects that we are working on and based on the Tinusaur. That includes more complicated things like working with displays, various sensors, communicating over a serial, radio frequency or even WiFi, etc.
Check each individual project below …
Gametinu
The Gametinu is a small game platform that you could build yourself. But don't worry, it isn’t that complicated. This circuit is very simple, and there are very few things that coul...
Blocktinu
Dragging and dropping blocks on a web page, generating real C code, compiled on the cloud and then uploaded locally to your microcontroller.
We created the Blocktinu platform...
BMP180tiny
The BMP180TINY is a library for working with the BOSCH BMP180 atmospheric pressure sensor and ATtiny85 /Tinusaur . It uses the USITWIX library for the TWI / I2C communication between...
Conway’s Game of Life
UPDATE 2022: The MAX7219LED8x8 library, now renamed to MAX7219tiny has now a new home at tinusaur.com/libraries/max7219tiny/ . Check also this MAX7219 & ATtiny85 tutorial...
DS1307tiny
Working with the DS1307 Serial Real-Time Clock using the USITWIX library for I2C / TWI on Atmel ATtiny85 / Tinusaur.
Source code available at: https://bitbucket.org/tinusaur/ds1307tiny ...
IRRELib
IRRELib is a library for working with IR (infrared) receivers and processing remote control commands. The library handles the NEC infrared remote control protocol used in wide variete...
MAX7219LED8x8
UPDATE 2022: The MAX7219LED8x8 library, now renamed to MAX7219tiny has now a new home at tinusaur.com/libraries/max7219tiny/ . Check also this MAX7219 & ATtiny85 tutorial ...
OWOWOD
OWOWOD is O ne W ire / O ne W ay O utput for D ebugging library. It allows you to output text from the Tinusaur (ATtiny85 microcontroller or other similar), though USB-to-Serial or...
Cartinu
The Cartinu is a small robot car that you could build yourself. But don’t worry! It isn’t that complicated - this circuit, is so simple, that there are very few things that could go ...
SSD1306xLED
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
We are launching a crowdfunding campaign for the Tinusaur OLED Kit based on the SSD1306 displays and this its page: https://www.crowdsupply.com/tinusaur/oled-display-kit...
TinuDHT
TinuDHT is a C library for working with the DHT11 temperature/humidity sensor intended to be used with the Tinusaur but should also work with any other board based on ATtiny85...
USITWIX
USITWIX is a library that uses the built into ATtiny85 /Tinusaur USI unit to implement Atmel TWI (Two Wire Interface) which is compatible with Philips I²C interface.
The prim...
USIUARTX
There’s no UART on ATtiny85 so we had to write our own library that takes advantage on the built-in USI unit - the library is called USIUARTX .
This work is largely influenced by Atm...
Blocktinu:
We will have the source code (free and open) at this location: https://bitbucket.org/tinusaur/blocktinu.
the above link should be removed until blocktinu WORKS…
just producing an error looks lame…
I was wondering when the cartinu might start shipping? My son and I have been anxiously waiting for it.
I’ve just received Cartinu. I’m a bit underwhelmed to say the least. Exactly no documentation and no images about how to build (you haven’t even managed to properly document how to assemble the Tinusaur up to now and I’m talking basic information that a large part of you audience might be tripping over like: what is the component side vs. the solder side? The motor board is even worse!), there’s also no documentation or code demonstrating how to actually code the thing. And worst of all, the boards are of such a bad quality that the connectors can’t be fitted to the boards because the holes are too small and even way outside of “oh – this is a tight fit” categrory!
Hi Daniel, I’m really sorry to hear about your disappointment. We’re working on assembling guide even as I’m writing this.
There is a short guide for the older version of the board here: https://tinusaur.org/guides/tinusaur-board-assembling/ … and I agree – it needs improvement.
About the board for the Cartinu – the MOROx4 Shield, not the main board – that was such a disappointment for us too, but, unfortunately, we couldn’t do much about it at this point of time.
The long story, short:
We used a service called circuits.io for designing the PCB and OSHPark for manufacturing the PCB (OSHPark quality is much better than most far-east). Suddenly, without any advance notice, Autodesk – the new owner of circuits.io, shut the service down. We discovered that the holes are too small (could be also the OSHPark manufacturing) after we received the boards – the previous 5 or 6 prototypes were just fine. So, we did not have the circuits.io to change the design and no time to migrate to a new service for an app for the PCB design.
I know that this is not an excuse, but that’s the reality we have to deal with at the moment.
This is what I do when I solder the Cartinu PCB – I use Lineman’s pliers to push the male headers down the PCB. This is, of course, temporary solution.
This is the first 1/3 of the assembling guide for the main board:
Tinusaur Board 3 STD – Assembling (slides).pdf
( will be updated when it’s ready )