Confusing title, sorry. Basically for work I have used a Leo to send some keystrokes over USB to an attached Windows client when a photo switch triggers it. Now I have to make 100 of them including enclosures.
I see that I can buy the ATMega chips and program them, but is that something I can do here? I'd like to reduce the per unit size and cost as much as possible, but not quite sure where to go to learn how to do that. Is this even possible, or will I need to purchase a Leo for each one?
Depends on your intentions and how valuable you value your time. You could buy a Leo for each one and the sensors and a case etc. Alternatively you could buy just the chips (very cheap) and a programmer and program them all yourself and setup a perboard with needed components for each of the 100. If you intention is to sell these then invest time to make a PCB design but for just 100 use perf board.
Would the "AVR Programmer" components allow for this?
No intention to sell. I'm skirting close to conflict of interest with my employer as it is. Selling something would leap and bound over the line, hehe. This will just be a time saver type application. Was a good excuse to finally learn how to work with the Arduino starter kit I had for months.
Once I can prove concept to them, and it works in their application, they'll buy all the parts. What I get out of it is less boredom at work and the chance to learn the arduino platform XD.
I chose the Leo because it emulated a keyboard out of the box, but freely admit there are probably better ways about going about it, ways unknown to my lack of knowledge.
Can the attiny emulate an HID device like the Leo? If so, that's perfect.
