Program an ATtiny with Arduino
Follows are
directions for programming the ATtiny microcontrollers using the Arduino IDE.
In plain English, this is how to program 8-pin Atmel chips as you would
normally an Arduino. This is cool because the ATtiny is tiny, and - well - this
allows you to make tiny things that don't need a big ol' microcontroller.
The
instructions I have posted here are pretty much the same as instructions given
by the incredibly awesome High-Low Tech Tutorial. I posted my version of the
instructions here because I plan to make a couple of upcoming projects using
ATtiny chips and figured I would show my process.