The exact date and time are not known yet but we will post more info here as soon as it becomes available.
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Some of the people who received the Tinusaur Starter kit wrote us that it isn’t that easy to figure and remember how to put and use the 2 small 2×1 headers for the external power and the battery on/off. So, we decided to make a small change – have those in different colors.
PS1 (external power source) is now red.
BS1, BJ1 (battery switch and jumper) are now yellow.
Your feedback is really valuable to us.
Finally, our online store is up and running.
We received some emails asking if we could offer the boards and the parts for purchasing … so we did it. We have to admit that it took us some time to arrange everything but some of the circumstances were beyond our control.
At the moment we have only one product listed – that’s the Tinusaur Starter.
Go to this tinusaur.storenvy.com/products/6076006-tinusaur-starter link if you’d like to buy it.
We have put up for sale very small batch of those starter kits as we don’t know what the interest will be. Please note that at the moment we don’t do this as a business and we do not make any profit – the sale only covers our expenses.
More information about the Tinusaur Starter kit is available at the Tinusaur Starter page.
IMPORTANT: This is offered as a kit which means that you have to assemble it yourself.
We chose Storenvy for our shopping site and we think that it was a good choice – it’s easy to setup and use but also provides all the functionality that we need at this stage. You can pay for your orders with PayPal.
Dear friends, I’m glad to inform you that all the parts and the boards finally arrived.
So we’re ready to offer the Starter Kit to those that are interested.
Boards were produced by OSHPark – they look great, as usual.
We also received a small batch from SeeedStudio – cheaper but still looks good.
We are now preparing the purchasing option – a PayPal button or may something more complex – we haven’t decided yet. There is this “Start your own online store front” list of options that we consider looking at. Any feedback or shared experience we will appreciate very much.
Initially, we will put up for sale a very small batch – 20 or so packages – we don’t know what the interest will be, but we have the capacity to ship about 80 more.
To start making things with the Tinusaur you need the board, the parts, a programmer with a cable and couple of LEDs to make your first blinking lights program for ATtiny85 microcontroller.
We’re ordering the PCBs and the parts from the manufacturers and it seems that the total cost for the full package will be 8 to 9 USD. Once we have everything here we’ll run a small test sale to see what’s the interest in the kit. The estimated cost for delivery of the kit to any country in the world is about 2 USD. So the total cost to get it would be 10 to 11 USD – very affordable for everyone.
Here is a list of everything that will be included in the Tinusaur Starter:
| Name | Description |
| PCB | Tinusaur Board |
| MCU, Attiny85 | Atmel AVR ATtiny85 microcontroller |
| Socket, DIP-8 | DIP-8 socket for MCU |
| H1, Header | Header 2×4, Female |
| H2, Header | Header 2×5, Female |
| ISP, Header | Header 2×5, Male, for ISP |
| RESET, Button | Tactile push button, for RESET |
| Power, Header | Header 1×2, Male, for external power |
| Battery, Header | Header 1×2, Male, for battery power on/off |
| Battery, Jumper | Jumper, 2-pin, for battery power on/off |
| C1, Capacitor | Capacitor 100uF, Low profile 5×5 mm |
| C2, Capacitor | Capacitor 100nF, Small |
| R1, Resistor | Resistor 10K, Small, 1/8W |
| Battery holder | Battery holder for CR2032 |
| Battery 3V | Battery 3V, CR2032 |
| LED1 | LED, 3mm, red |
| LED2 | LED, 3mm, green |
| Resistor (LED1) | Resistor 330 ohm, Small, 1/8W, for LED |
| Resistor (LED2) | Resistor 330 ohm, Small, 1/8W, for LED |
| Header (LED1) | Header 1×2, Male, for LED |
| Header (LED2) | Header 1×2, Male, for LED |
| ISP Programmer | USB ASP, with 10-pin connector and cable |
| Packaging | Packaging bag, plastic |
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