Re-Programming the LilyTiny / LilyTwinkle

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Introduction

The LilyTiny (and LilyTwinkle) are both great, low-cost, sew-able microcontrollers for eTextile projects. For most projects that only need to interface to a small number of LEDs or sensors, the LilyTiny is a great option.

LilyTiny

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The LilyTiny has 6 petals. Two are reserved for power(+) and ground(-). The other four are general purpose I/O pins (GPIOs). The LilyTiny is pre-loaded with a sample sketch which shows a variety of LED patterns on each of the pins:

"breathing" pattern (pin 0)
heartbeat pattern (pin 1)
simple on-off blink (pin 2)
random fade (pin 3)

Note:You can also use this tutorial to reprogram the ATtiny85 on the LilyTwinkle and LilyTwinkle ProtoSnap. The only difference is how the microcontroller is programmed. Each of the four pins are programmed to randomly fade.

LilyTwinkle

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LilyTwinkle ProtoSnap

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This is a great place to start, but the only way to re-program one of these boards is to use an AVR Programmer and an ISP Pogo Pin Adapter to connect to the 6 exposed pins on the bottom of the LilyTiny board.

This is okay if you haven't already sewn your board into your project. If you have, we can still re-program your board. This tutorial will show you exactly how to accomplish this.

Required Materials

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need the following materials. You may not need everything though depending on what you have. Add it to your cart, read through the guide, and adjust the cart as necessary.