Help choosing a microcontroller

DrAzzy:
The tiny84 (or 841 - it's only slightly more expensive and has a way better feature set - but unfortunately only SOIC and smaller packages, no DIP) would be your go-to AVR here.

Aliexpress IME is hit-or-miss for microcontrollers and IC's. There are some that you can get crazy cheap there, but most of the time, the deals don't end up being that good compared to the professional electronics supply houses (Mouser, Newark/Farnell, Digikey, etc) - Tiny84 and 841 are both like 70-something cents a pop from Mouser and Digikey.

This is a stark contrast to passives, LEDs, and stuff like that, where aliexpress and ebay direct-from-china usually beat the western supply houses, often by an difficult-to-belive margin.

yep you are right they are cheap, but living in europe the shipping cost kill me, for mouser its 20€ and for digikey 18€
i can't buy from them if i don't take more than 50€ :frowning: