Is it possible to connect the HX711 LoadCell module to a ATtiny85 microcontroller? My end result is to make a wireless Loadcell using the HX711, a ATtiny85 (using software serial), and xbee.
Hi tptken,
While it might be possible, none of the code we have for the HX711 will work on an ATTiny85 since it has no UART. You would need to do some pretty extensive overhauling (or writing your own code) to get the data from the HX711, through the ATTiny85 and then to the XBee. It actually may be a better idea to simply connect the HX711 directly to the XBee and use that as your microcontroller but, similar to the ATTiny85, we do not have any example code for doing that so you would need to modify our example or write your own to work with the XBee.
If you want to read more on the ATTiny, I would recommend taking a look at [this section of our Tiny AVR Programmer Guide. For information on using an XBee as a microcontroller the [Digi Support Page and [this doc for the XBee SDK can help.](XBee SDK Documentation)](Technical Support | Digi International)](Tiny AVR Programmer Hookup Guide - SparkFun Learn)