I’m confused about why the Attiny85 is more popular (on hobby electronics sites) than the picoPower microcontrollers like Attiny43U. Why doesn’t everyone want the lowest current consumption, as well as an Attiny with a built in booster to 3V? I’m not sure if there’s something I’m missing. I have bee…

Why is Attiny85 so popular?

thankyou May 18, 2015, 4:44pm 3

That’s all? It seems easy enough to use a breakout board for a surface mount microcontroller…

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