Tinusaur: ATtiny85 Quick Start Boards

Neven Boyanov from Bulgaria started Tinusaur Project in 2013 as a tiny platform to learn microcontrollers with the Atmel ATtiny85:

 

Boyanov has recently launched a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo:

The Tinusaur Project – ATtiny85 Quick Start Boards

Ever wanted to start with microcontrollers, the simplest way?  Well, you’ve just found it!  Get one of our kits, fetch your soldering iron and start.

Update #1:

Our first workshop for this year took place couple of weeks ago in Plovdiv at Hackafe. It was part of a much larger event about microcontrollers, robotics and internet-of-things.

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Many Tinusaur boards are shared on OSH Park by boyanov including:

Tinusaur Board v0.3 RC5


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Checkout Tinusaur on YouTube for fun examples like this:

Tinusaur: ATtiny85 Quick Start Boards

RF Gateway With Display for Particle Photon

Charles-Henri Hallard is working on a Ultra Low Power nodes project (formerly ULPNode).  He needed a powerful and small gateway, so  he created this RF Gateway with OLED display for Particle Photon or the older Spark Core:

Particle Universal Gateway for ULPNode

 

The gateway will be responsible of node ID attribution, acting like a DHCP server, once a new node is discovered and/or put in configuration mode, it can be connected to the network just like a classic computer, the Gateway will dedicate to it a specific Node ID, and once this node ID will be affected, the possibility to configure the node through the gateway web interface.

Another function of the Gateway will be to push the data to a IoT server (local or cloud) such as Emoncms or whatever dashboard available like Blynk (for phone and tablet)AdafruitParticle Dashboard or freeboard

Charles describes the features of the board:

  • Socket to plug a Spark Core or Particle Photon
  • Pins to connect I2C or SPI OLED 128×64
  • Pins to connect 2.2″ or 1.8″ TFT LCD
  • RFM69 or RFM12B on board module
  • Lipo Battery connector for testing and move the Gateway (no charger on board)
  • 3V3 On board regulator for harvesting devices if any to avoid pumping from Particle Regulator
  • Data connection for any cheap ebay ASK RX receiver
  • FTDI connection for those who want to debug serial or send data over real serial
  • 2 x grove I2C connector to connect other I2C devices

 

The design files and bill of materials (BoM) are hosted on GitHub:

Particle-Gateway

 

hallard has shared the board on OSH Park:

Spark/Particle RF Gateway With Display

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RF Gateway With Display for Particle Photon