I have bought a few very small arduino boards. Here is the link: http://www.ebay.de/itm/301835556487?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Which board should I select in the Arduino Software and where do I get drivers?
Worth noting - that board does NOT work with standard ATTiny cores. It is meant to communicate over USB using V-USB. You should ask the vendor where to download the files, since there are a number of takes on VUSB ATtiny 85 boards.
Frankly, I think the whole idea of using V-USB for attiny85 boards is stupid unless you specifically need USB functionality for some reason. But some people seem to dislike using an ISP programmer for some reason.
DrAzzy:
Worth noting - that board does NOT work with standard ATTiny cores. It is meant to communicate over USB using V-USB. You should ask the vendor where to download the files, since there are a number of takes on VUSB ATtiny 85 boards.Frankly, I think the whole idea of using V-USB for attiny85 boards is stupid unless you specifically need USB functionality for some reason. But some people seem to dislike using an ISP programmer for some reason.
I've actually transitioned almost completely to using writing "Arduino" code in plain CPP using [b]int main (void)[/b] and compiling with a Makefile.
Any Arduino library that I may need I just include in the source. Once in a while I find that one library depends on another, but it's usually a trivial thing to fix.
And, I upload the resulting code with an Atmel AVRISPMKII directly... no bootloader.
It's much easier (IMHO) to just do it all in one line... "nano source.cpp && make upload" over and over until it's right.
DrAzzy:
Worth noting - that board does NOT work with standard ATTiny cores. It is meant to communicate over USB using V-USB. You should ask the vendor where to download the files, since there are a number of takes on VUSB ATtiny 85 boards.Frankly, I think the whole idea of using V-USB for attiny85 boards is stupid unless you specifically need USB functionality for some reason. But some people seem to dislike using an ISP programmer for some reason.
By the way, the board that the OP mentioned does bring out all the necessary pins to be able to upload code using an ISP. In fact, I do that with my tiny85 boards
I use this "standard" pinout and a 6 pin adapter cable with a 2X3 on one end (for the ISP) and a 6X1 on the other for the board.
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NuclearVirus:
I have bought a few very small arduino boards. Here is the link: http://www.ebay.de/itm/301835556487?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AITWhich board should I select in the Arduino Software and where do I get drivers?
Your board is most likely a digispark.
http://digistump.com/wiki/digispark