100+ Projects on ATtiny13

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1. Hello! Found your site recently. I made a 220 V dimmer with a zero detector, I took the firmware from here: http://arduino.ru/forum/programmirovanie/attiny13a-101-primenenie?page=7#comment-69431 Circuit with errors (triac is not connected correctly). I also think that the firmware needs to be improved, but nevertheless everything works.

2. This guy make attiny13a RF Transceiver lib. Very small with small memory foot print. You should take a look on his work.
   https://github.com/pouriap/TinyRF

3. Hi Łukasz,
   Can temperature be measured with NTC using attiny13

   • Hi, the answer is yes. You can use ADC to measure a voltage between NTC and few kOhm bias resistor.
     /LP

4. Piszesz że jesteś Łukasz P. Nazwisko polskie i imię. Więc nie rozumię DLACZEGO piszesz po angielsku? Czyżbyś nie był POLAKIEM?

   • Bo przyjąłem założenie zakładając ten blog, że będę go prowadził w uniwersalnym dla elektroników/informatyków języku, tj. w j. angielskim.
     /LP

5. asm only UART (both TX and RX uses 166 bytes)
   interrupt based (not polling)
   https://github.com/hack-tramp/attiny13a/blob/main/uart.asm

   • I like it!
     /LP

6. Hi, Łukasz! Thank you so much for yout blog! You made me fan of ATtiny13 as well!
   I have a small project – ATtiny13 with 433MHz receiver and transmitter, so it is possible to use
   ATtiny13 as a remote switch with optional confirmation, or for some remote sensors. etc.
   Unfortunately I don’t know AVR C so it’s written with Arduino IDE + MicroCore by MCUdude

   https://github.com/DROID8622/ATtiny13-433MHz-Receiver-Transmitter

7. Привет Лукаш!
   Возможно ли заставить работать attiny13a с nrf 24l01?

   • Hi, Alex.

     I remember Florian Trier made attiny13a work with nrf24l01 with success. It was some time ago. I don’t remember details. Anyway, it’s possible but I haven’t test it, yet (but i’m going to!)

     Kind Regards
     /LP

8. I once made an 18 watt led headlamp for caving based on the attiny 13. Completely waterproof. Extremely rugged. Simple linear current regulator to run high power led. Tiny 13 produced a pwm signal to control the current regulator.

   Would be happy to share regulator design if you wish.

   • Hi Andrew,

     sounds like an insteresing project. Please, share the link in the comment bellow or send me via email. Will attach your project to the list.

     Kind Regards
     /LP

9. Witam serdecznie
   Nie wiem czy jest różnica między AT Tiny13-85 a AT Tiny85 PU -proszę o odpowiedź

   • Witam,

     1) ATtiny13 oraz ATtiny85 mają ten sam footprint (czyli wyprowadzenia) oraz zgodność peryferii I/O co w praktyce pozwala szybko rozwijający się projekt na ATtiny13 przenieść na np. ATtiny25/45/85. ATtiny85 jest szybszy oraz ma 8x więcej pamięci FLASH (8kB, stąd to “8” w sygnaturze). Najlepiej porównać pierwszą stronę datasheet’ów tych układów.

     2) Symbole występujące po numerze partii (np. ATtiny13A-PU) oznaczają warunki brzegowe pracy oraz typ obudowy.

     Przykładowe oznaczenia obudów:
     * AU – TQFP
     * MU – QFN
     * PU – DIP
     Dodatkowo przed symbolem obudowy może się pojawić liczba np. 10PU, która oznacza maksymalny zegar (10MHz)

     Warunki pracy:
     – (V_ gwarantuje pracę z niskim napięciem
     – (V) lub (P) oznacza też starszą wersję procesora
     – podczas, gdy (A) lub (PA) oznaczają nowsze wersje procesora; pełny zakres napięć (A) oraz mniejsze zużycie mocy (P) w porównaniu do starszej wersji

10. Hi,
    thank you for your great work. I have some additional ATtiny13 projects for you:
    https://github.com/wagiminator/ATtiny13-TinyUPS
    https://github.com/wagiminator/ATtiny13-TinySolder
    https://github.com/wagiminator/ATtiny13-TinyRemote
    https://github.com/wagiminator/ATtiny13-TinyDice

    • Hi,

      thank you. Will update the list soon!

      /L

11. 1MHZ with attiny13
    can signal generator be made?

    • Even if set Attiny13 clock at @9.6MHz it would be hard get it work.
      /L

12. Hello. Thanks for the very nice and helpful site.

13. Thanks for this great list!

    Here are some ATtiny13a projects from instructables:

    line follower robot
    https://www.instructables.com/id/ATtiny13A-Line-Follower/

    using a shift register
    https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-use-a-74HC595-Shift-Register-with-a-AVR-ATt/

    control 60 LEDs with ATtiny13a
    https://www.instructables.com/id/Display-Colorful-Message-in-Limited-Resources/

    • Goodies. Thanks!
      /L

14. Hi Łukasz,
    IR remote + 2 X DC 6V Gear Reducer Motor.
    can the robot control? forward, backward, right, left

    • Hi, let’s count it – one pin for IR, two pins per motor (H-bridge) – summing up 5 pins. Yes, it can!
      /L

15. I made a program to AtTiny13, to simulate a PS/2 keyboard, program it to keep looking at an I/O pin, when goes down, it automatically start to “type” certain information I use to repeat over and over on those internet payment screens… 😉 Now, a simple press of the button and there it goes. That particular motherboard still has the PS/2 keyboard connector.

    Also, another little project in assembly to play sinewave, and some Christmas song, using PWM in an AtTiny13. http://www.piclistbr.org/projetos.php?p=avrsinewaveplayer

    • Great job! 🙂
      /L

16. Hi Łukasz !
    I study your projects for ATiny13.
    I’m currently trying to figure out the code for working with the driver MAX7219.
    I can’t understand why you use the operator first MAX7219_CS_HIGH() and then MAX7219_CS_LOW()
    in the function
    MAX7219_send(uint8_t reg, uint8_t data)
    {

    MAX7219_CS_HIGH();
    MAX7219_write(reg);
    MAX7219_write(data);
    MAX7219_CS_LOW();
    __asm(“nop”);
    MAX7219_CS_HIGH();
    }
    In the description on the chip MAX7219, the signal CS must be in the active state at zero.

    • Hi, I don’t remember 🙂 It was a while ago.. but definitly, there was a reason if I did that. I used MAX7219 datasheet to make this lib.
      /L

17. Hi Łukasz ,

    my implementation of your ToDo – Canon remote controller (jack 2.5mm): https://github.com/pklosko/attiny13_eos-UARTcli

    THX for UART lib & CLI examples.

    Petr

    • Hi Petr! Love it!
      Thx
      /L

18. I like it so much

19. Hello. Thanks for your very nice and useful site
    Can we set up a memory card with attiny13? For example, read the temperature and save it to the memory card?

20. TODO: counter + LED 7segment:
    https://create.arduino.cc/projecthub/dj-lukas/the-cheapest-and-simplest-pulse-counter-b0fc3d

    • Hi Lucas, you made a cool project. I added it to the list!
      /L

21. Hi, I made a counter from your TODO list @ Arduino IDE. Are you interested?

    • Hi, I would be surely interested. Do you have a link to your project on github or somewhere else?

22. Witam.
    Czy jest możliwość zrobienia ładowarki do padów PS3 na attiny13?

    • Cześć, udało mi się zrobić kilka prostych ładowarek na ATtiny13 dla akumulatorów żelowych. Jakie akumulatorki są w PS3?
      /L

23. Hi, sir
    In project(23)
    How to make 2 analog inputs and compare value for outputs pls?

24. Is it possible to use ATtiny13 to implement an AC dimmer with a Zero crossing detection?

    • It’s kind of interesting project! I think the ATtiny13 has enough features to monitor ZCS (not alone ofc.) and drive for example a Triac. On Arduino playground is an example (AVR-GCC) of “AC Phase Control”, https://playground.arduino.cc/Main/ACPhaseControl.
      /L

25. Thanks, I’m a beginner but I’ll try to figure out how to make it 🙂

    • If so, have a nice adventure! I hope that materials I posted here will help you start your project.
      /LP

26. Hey Lukasz, is attiny 13 powerful enough to make a sound reactive LED driver? I want to connect audio input on one pin and have LED on the other? Thanks 🙂

    • It’s depend on what do mean by “reactive”. ATtiny13 has ADC and hardware PWM. Should be enough to read audio and drive LED 🙂 Take a look at https://blog.podkalicki.com/a-few-funny-projects-using-my-simplified-implementation-of-dft/

27. Cesc z Litwy,

    czy bedzie pan Lukasz robic projekty z innymi AVR mikroprocesorami, na przyklad Atmega8 itd.?

    • Panie Tomaszu,
      czasami sięgam po ten mikroprocesor w swoich projektach komercyjnych. Część przykładów opublikowałem na GitHubie:
      – https://github.com/lpodkalicki/blog/tree/master/avr/atmega8
      – https://github.com/lpodkalicki/atlib/tree/master/examples/atmega8
      /LP

28. Hi Łukasz, from what I understand attiny13a have 2 pwm channels so i wonder if you could help me to build pwm dimmer for 2 led fixtures by providing 2 channels which would run 2 Darlington transistors to run them?
    My understanding of pwm functionality of the chip is very limited. Thx ahead of time.

    • Hi, do you have any specific PWM parameters (frequency, duty cycle resolution) for your project?

      • For leds i don’t need more then 120hz but to be on the safe side it we can do more. Duty cycle resolution 8bit(max).

        Thanks again

29. Dear Sir,
    ATiny13 must be always be used with uno this will let the Atiny13 work as standalone unit? After of course compile it! Mfile winAVR!
    kind regarrds
    demetrios

    • Hi, do you mean Arduino UNO?

30. It seems like Atmel Studio 7’s display of Program memory use is not trustworthy. It does not show the same value as the hex-files properties does. There is a big difference.

31. This is a great blog. I like playing around with the Attiny MCU’s. Especially the 13. I have tried your software UART. It works great. In my last project, I use an attiny13 to get signals from a photoresister and a movement sensor. I use a ESP8266-01 to request measurements. My request terminated first with ‘>’. But i wanted to change this to ‘\r’. I use Atmel Studio 7 as IDE.
    When I use ‘>’ as terminater, everything is OK. But when I change it to anything else (‘\r’ or ‘A’), I get a program overflow.
    while ((c = uart_getc()) != ‘>’ && (p – buff) < 16)
    gives
    Program Memory Usage : 326 bytes 31,8 % Full

    while ((c = uart_getc()) != 'A' && (p – buff) < 16)
    gives
    Program Memory Usage : 2268 bytes 221,5 % Full (Memory Overflow)

    Do you have any idea, what causes this?

32. I really like your page! I am a fan of the ATTiny family as they are so much fun to work with. I will check back.

    • Thanks! 🙂
      /L

33. Hi Łukasz,

    I like the ATtiny13A too. Thank you very mutch for sharing your Soft UART library.

    For me the ATtiny is a perfect Co-Controller for the ESP8266 wifi chip and low current applications. You can power down the ESP, the ATtiny messures sensors, keep variable and uptime. After wakeup or trigger the ATtiny send it’s data to the ESP. The ATtiny itself going to sleep for small intervalls.

    Best regards, Robert

    • Hi Robret, you’re welcome! I’m glad you like it.
      /L

34. how to connect attiny13 with bluetooth module?
    md.tanzim.rahman@gmail.com

    • Hi, since ATtiny13 does not have hardware USART/UART you can try ‘talk’ to your BT module using Software USART. It should work, but note that errors rate will be quite high. Take a look at the article showing how to use software UART – http://blog.podkalicki.com/attiny13-software-uart-debug-logger/ . Please, let me know if it worked! 🙂