without all the bells and whistles the Arduino has to offer. He contemplated using an ATtiny for smaller projects, but after looking into what he would need to program the chip under Linux ...

Features of the Arduino Learning Kit ATTiny85 and Programmer Board ... Otherwise you can use all 6 even if you are Programming via USB). – 8k Flash Memory (about 6k after Bootloader).

The ATtiny85 based mini development board is similar to the Arduino, but cheaper and smaller (ofcourse ... Otherwise you can use all 6 even if you are programming via USB! The ATtiny 85 is a low-power ...

“Possibly the smallest ATtiny85 based ‘duino derivative”. Indeed! When Olimex announced the Olimexino 85s as the smallest Arduino ever ... powering the device via USB (or battery ...