ATtiny and the Arduino IDE - RELOADED

(Deutsche Version) Some time ago, I published a post with the topic "ATiny and Arduino" in which I explained how to install the so called ATiny cores for Arduino to be able to program the ATtiny with the Arduino IDE.

Since I needed anohther core for my new projects, I wanted to write a short post about it, too. The core can be used for ATtiny25, ATtiny45, ATtiny85, ATtiny24, ATtiny44 and ATtiny84.

All the files you need can be downloaded HERE. After extracting the archive, copy the folder "tiny" to the folder "hardware" of your Arduino installation (e.g.  "C:\Programs\Arduino\hardware\tiny"). Open the subfolder "avr" in the folder "tiny" and rename the file "Prospective Boards.txt" to "boards.txt".

After restarting the Arduino IDE, you can choose the desired ATtiny. Since I use the german version of the IDE, I'm not sure how the menu is called in the english version. I think it sould be something like "Tools" - "Boards". Have a look at the screenshot if you can't find the right menu. The ATiny can now be programmed with the IDE using a programmer like the USBasp. It is important that the fuses of the ATtiny are set correctly and fit to the chosen settings.

Pinout can be found in the file "pins_arduino.c" in the folder "tiny\avr\cores\tiny".
For the ATtinyx4 it's for example:
//
//                                        +-\/-+
//                               VCC  1|    |14  GND
//                     (D  0)  PB0  2|    |13  AREF (D 10)
//                     (D  1)  PB1  3|    |12  PA1  (D  9)
//                               PB3  4|    |11  PA2  (D  8)
//  PWM  INT0  (D  2)  PB2  5|    |10  PA3  (D  7)
//    PWM        (D  3)  PA7  6|    |9   PA4  (D  6)
//    PWM        (D  4)  PA6  7|    |8   PA5  (D  5)        PWM
//                                       +----+