I build me a new shield for an uno to program attinys as my old one died, but I have a little problem. A while ago I updated arduino to version 1.6.3.
Besides losing some librariers, I also can no longer see my attiny cores. I still have the attiny map in the documents > arduino > hardware folder. But after the update I cant see the cores in the IDE anymore.
I cannot select any attiny chip. The IDE only shows the basic boards. I programmed attinys before in the past but I just dont understand why the IDE wont even show them.
I went to the boards manager, but I couldnt do anything there.
Does anybody knows why my IDE wont shot the attinys and how can I fix it?
The newer versions of the IDE have changed the way in which hardware is added. A good tutorial on installing support for IDE 1.6.x can be found at the following link.
I already did exactly what that tutorial said. but I only had one folder in between the folders, after removing that one, I could finally see the attiny cores. And my LED is blinking now.
Im still Mad as hell that my previous downloaded attiny cores dont work anymore, it included 2313 and 4313s as well
I am never updating this IDE again, all the miserable stuff that happened to me....
My shield of dual padded PCB and ZIF-socket is made to program more than 1 attiny
I am sure there is a way to have those working again. Have a look at the following guide prepared by adafruit which describes the process of adding pre-made "cores" for custom boards to the 1.6.x IDE.
It might take a bit of work but you can get your previous core compliant with the new requirements by following the guide linked below. I have never gone through that procedure, but I see no reason why it should not work.
