SaintCon 2017 TFHT Mini-Badge

This is a tutorial to "Awaken the Alien"

To begin You need

• to have the Arduino IDE 1.6+ installed
• have a SMD ATtiny85
• A soldering iron that can do SMD
• A knife to cut traces on the board
• A smd 8 pin programming clip
• A AVR programmer or an Arduino as ISP

Setting Up Arduino for ATtiny85

To add the libraries for the ATtiny boards copy:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damellis/attiny/ide-1.6.x-boards-manager/package_damellis_attiny_index.json 

into file -> preferences -> Additional Board Manager URLs

Installing the Boards

Navigate to Tools -> Board -> Board Manager Scroll down till you see the ATtiny and click install.

Flash the bootloader to the ATtiny85

• Set the board type to ATtiny24/45/85
• Set the proccessor type to ATtiny85
• Set the clock to internal 8 MHz
• Make Sure the right programmer is selected!
  
  
  
  

Modify the Mini-Badge

• The first step is to cut the traces on the circuit board between the two of the pads on SJ1 and SJ2 with a knife.
• The second step is to bridge the two pads on both SJ1 and SJ2 that where not connected.
• Finally solder the ATtiny85 to the board
  
  
  
  

Programming the Board

Open the program you wish to upload to the Mini-Badge to "Awaken the Alien" and make sure the settings are the same as when you flashed the bootloader. Then just click the upload button.