It’s official: The Tinusaur Project will be presented at the Maker Faire that is taking place in New York this month – on Sunday, September 21st at 3:15pm on the “Make: Electronics Stage” Come see us there! More information is available at this address: http://makerfaire.com/makers/the-tinusaur-project-minimal-microcontroller-platform-to-start-with-learning-and-creating-things/
We are glad to share with you that we’ve been accepted to present the Tinusaur project at the Maker Faire New York on Sept. 20 & 21. The exact date and time are not known yet but we will post more info here as soon as it becomes available. Come see us there!
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 to learn how the library works. MAX7219LED8x8 is a C library for working with the MAX7219 display driver to control 8×8 LED matrix. It is intended to be used with the Tinusaur board but should also work with any other … Read more
Ever wanted to do a project with that cheap DHT11 temperature/humidity sensor and did not want to go the Arduino way but with a simple ATtiny85? You probably know already about the issues with the existing Arduino based libraries running on the ATtiny microcontrollers, but can’t deal with them. TinuDHT is our answer to this. TinuDHT is a … Read more
Another beginners tutorial is on the way – this time about a fading in and out LED. This is simple tutorial that shows how to connect a LED to the ATtiny85 based Tinusaur board and write a program that makes the LED to fade in and out using PWM (pulse-width-modulation) technique. Note: The code in this tutorial does not use the … Read more
UPDATE: 2022 WINAVR is (or was) a great project. Its most “recent” package is from 2010-01-20. In other words, it is outdated. There are many projects that attempted to replace it but none of them (AFAIK) is extremely popular. We’ve put together a very detailed guide on how to setup everything manually – AVR GCC Toolchain – Setup for Windows. WinAVR … Read more
This a short guide about how to assemble the Tinusaur Board. Tinusaur Board The Tinusaur Board is what the Tinusaur project is built around. It is rather simple PCB with a dozen components on it. The board is easy to assemble and does not require very special skills or instruments. IMPORTANT: If you are uncertain … Read more
Is there anything special about this board? No! Absolutely nothing. Even though the Tinusaur is a very simple thing it has its advantages as well as disadvantages that need to be addressed. It is a platform that is simple and easy to understand for everyone – perfect for a quick start and in learning how to create things. … Read more
UPDATE about the online store: (1) Please note that this is the website of the Tinusaur Foundation – a non-profit association for public benefit, and we don’t have an online store; (2) The Tinusaur Boards and related products are offered by another organization, which is a business entity and has a website at https://tinusaur.com. Finally, our online store is up … Read more
This is quick update for what is happening in the lab. The design of the board is pretty much final. We consider this as release candidate marked as RC1 – it probably won’t change much or not at all. It is available on 123d.circuits.io at this address: http://123d.circuits.io/circuits/116696. You can order the PCBs there or if you prefer … Read more