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I'm running this chip at 8mhz without a crystal. I just use two
bypass caps. <br>
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-Pete<br>
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I was planning on using the ATMEGA328 as that is what is on the Arduino Pro Mini board. Now that you mention it, I guess I could use the ATTiny84. I did try to use the pin change interrupt on the ATTiny84 but was not able to get it to awake form sleep except with a LOW signal. I wonder if that may be a limitation of the Sleep library I am using.
Back to the chip choice. Please let me know if I am missing anything on this list of pros and cons:
ATTiny84
- Pros: Cost, size, number of external components required
- Cons: This board uses both SPI and I2C so would need to learn how to “bit bang”
- Don’t know - power / battery life?
ATMEGA328
- Pros: More pins for inputs and indicators (thinking about adding some more controls)
- Cons: Cost, size, needs an external crystal
The easy choice would be to stay with the ATMEGA328 as I have the sketch working and have developed and field tested the design over the past 6 months. But, am I missing something that could sway me toward the Tiny?
Thanks,
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