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Tinusaur Kits Set of electronic boards and components. You assemble a miniature computer with a soldering iron. You can easily program it with the help of blocks. You can do all this with your child. Learn more Tinusaur Courses Intensive course of 20 classes for students...

An educational platform from the new millennium Tinusaur is a miniature computer - a set of electronic boards that you can easily assemble yourself, literally - with a soldering iron. Then you can learn how to program it with our own Blocktinu development environment by using blocks or in C. It...

Finally, Tinusaur products are available on Amazon USA . We’re happy to announce that you can buy the Tinusaur Starter EDU kit with Amazon Prime and have it at your door within 24 hours or less. Amazon  link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08V5RNWMV

Meet the Tinusaur  team at the BETT show  in London ExCeL . Leave us a message by filling out the contact form below. Per "General Data Protection Regulation" from 25.05.2018 - I agree to provide personal data to facilitate communication with Tinusaur. My...

Blocktinu is our web-based development environment created for the absolute beginners but also suitable for the intermediate. To use it you need to install 2 pieces of software: (1) Driver for the USB programmer; and (2) Uploader for your code. Follow these instructions for installing Blocktinu...

The Tinusaur kits contain everything you need to assemble a miniature computer that you can then easily program. They also contain additional boards with electronic components: LEDs, buttons, photo sensors, etc., with which you can create something fun and useful at home. We...

Finally, Tinusaur products are available on Amazon USA . We’re happy to announce that you can buy the Tinusaur Starter EDU kit with Amazon Prime and have it at your door within 24 hours or less. Amazon  link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08V5RNWMV The Tinusaur k...

Per "General Data Protection Regulation" from 25.05.2018 - I agree to provide personal data to facilitate communication with Tinusaur. My data will not be shared with third parties.

Tinusaur Documentation and Specifications

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Schematics Shield LEDx1 Gen:2 mk-I PCB Shield LEDx1 Gen:2 mk-I Shield LEDx1 Gen:2 mk-I

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Congratulations! 🙂 You’ve got the Free Tinusaur Board 4 (beta) PCB! Parts List MCU, ATtiny85, DIP ATtiny85 microcontroller Socket, DIP-8 Socket, DIP-8 Header 2×4 F Main board header 1 Header 2×5 F Main board header 2 Resistor, 10K Pull-up resistor for the RESET line ...

Congratulations! 🙂 You’ve got the Free Tinusaur Shield LEDx1 Tinusaur Shield LEDx1

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At Tinusaur , we create interesting and useful source code libraries that we're always happy to share with you. The Tinusaur is an open-source project - you can build and learn all by yourself, but buying our products will help us keep developing and improving them. Thanks for your support over the...

ServoLibTiny is a servo library for the ATtiny85 and other ATtinyXX microcontrollers. ServoLibTiny source code: https://gitlab.com/tinusaur/servolibtiny GitHub mirror at: https://github.com/tinusaur/servolibtiny NOTE: This project was developed for and tested on the ATtiny85 microcontrollers....

TinyAVRLib is a library of commonly used functions for tinyAVR microcontrollers. The source code is available as open source software at GitLab at https://gitlab.com/tinusaur/tinyavrlib – our primary repository, but there is also a copy at GitHub at https://github.com/tinusaur/tinyavrlib ....

NUM2STR is a small library, part of the TinyAVRLib library, for converting numbers to text in three main formats: decimal, hexadecimal, and binary. I have been using it for several years in another library to print debugging information. The library is designed for ATtiny85 microcontrollers...

MAX7219tiny is a C library for working with the MAX7219 display driver to control an 8x8 LED matrix. It is intended to be used with the Tinusaur boards but should also work with any other board based on ATtiny85 or a similar microcontroller. MAX7219tiny Source Code: https://gitlab.com/tinusaur/max7219tiny...

Make Projects Coming soon

At Tinusaur , we create interesting and useful projects all the time. Whether that is a library of source code, a new board with electronic parts, or a gadget, we're always happy to share it with you. The Tinusaur is an open source project - you can build and learn all by yourself, but buying our...

Tinusaur Product Registry and SKU Database

What is STEM ? It stands for "Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics". This is a term that is generally used to group these academic disciplines. The term is commonly used when considering educational policies and the choice of school curricula to improve competitiveness in the development...

The Sustainable Development Goals (the SDGs) are a set of 17 goals established by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. The goals are part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable...

One video is worth a million words! So, we recorded a short 4-minute demo video about how one Tinusaur Course goes. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/1c5b_Ywvqko Sound interesting? Contact us ! 1. Assembling the boards Everything starts with assembling your own Tinusaur board ,...

Choose from the list below the tutorial that you'd like to look at.

What’s our goal? To connect a MAX7219 based LED Matrix module to an ATtiny85 microcontroller and control the LEDs. Doesn’t sound very complicated, right? The Hardware The MAX7219 controller manufactured by Maxim Integrated is a compact, serial input/output common-cathode dis...

In our previous tutorial, we discussed how to create an interface between the ATtiny85 microcontroller and MAX7219 controller for LED matrices. We created 4 basic functions: max7219_byte , max7219_word , max7219_init , and max7219_row and they work great with a single 8x8 LED matrix. Let’s t...

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Our team members teach in schools and universities - private and public, as a part-time job or as a contribution to the community. As a result, over the years, a number of shortcomings and gaps in the educational system have been identified, as well as ways to overcome them. That's how the Tinusaur...

Contact us if you want to be part of our team.

The Tinusaur  was officially incorporated on the 5th of May, 2018. The company legal form is "OOD " – this is a form of Limited Liability Company in Bulgaria / EU. The Tinusaur  OOD is a VAT registered company. VAT ID: BG205098089 The VAT ID could be checked at http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/ ....

"Tinusaur" is a trademark of Tinusaur OOD.

Tinusaur Privacy Policy Your privacy is important to us. It is Tinusaur's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://tinusaur.com , and other sites we own and operate. We only ask for personal information when we truly need it...

Tinusaur Terms of Service 1. Terms By accessing the website at https://tinusaur.com , you agree to be bound by these terms of service, all applicable laws, and regulations and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these...

If you'd like to contact Neven Boyanov, please, fill out the form below. Per "General Data Protection Regulation" from 25.05.2018 - I agree to provide personal data to facilitate communication with Tinusaur. My data will not be shared with third parties.

If you'd like to contact Mihail Georgiev, please, fill out the form below. Per "General Data Protection Regulation" from 25.05.2018 - I agree to provide personal data to facilitate communication with Tinusaur. My data will not be shared with third parties.

Tinusaur Starter Super is a special kit (of 2 packages) that contains everything you need to assemble a miniature computer that you can then program. It also includes two additional boards with electronic components and a prefabricated wooden stand for the assembled boards and projects. In the package,...

Tinusaur Starter EDU is a set of 3 electronic boards, one of which has a microcontroller (a type of microprocessor), and the other two are additional boards with various electronic components on them, such as LEDs, photosensor, button, and buzzer. The kit also includes a USB programmer, as well as a...

The add-on board LEDx12 (also called a shield) is a package of a board, 12 LEDs that are arranged in a circle, and a buzzer to generate sound. The LEDs are connected according to the so-called Charlieplexing circuit.

The Tinusaur Shield LEDx5 board is an excellent addition to the Tinusaur set and will allow you to learn even more about electronics and programming. Once assembled, this board can be programmed with our own Blocktinu development environment . This can be done in two ways - by block programming...

The Tinusaur Shield EDUx3IO board is an excellent addition to the Tinusaur set and will allow you to learn even more about electronics and programming. Once assembled, this board can be programmed with our own Blocktinu development environment . This can be done in two ways - by block programming...

The Tinusaur Shield LEDx1 board is an excellent addition to the Tinusaur set and will allow you to learn even more about electronics and programming. Once assembled, this board can be programmed with our own Blocktinu development environment . This can be done in two ways - by block programming...

The Tinusaur Shield LEDx2 board is an excellent addition to the Tinusaur set and will allow you to learn even more about electronics and programming. Once assembled, this board can be programmed with our own Blocktinu development environment . This can be done in two ways - by block programming...

The add-on board (also called a shield) LEDx3 is a package that consists of a board with 3 LEDs - red/yellow/green, arranged in a column like traffic lights.

The add-on board (also called a shield) PROTOx80 is a set of a prototype board with two headers. This board would be useful if you want to create your own projects based on the Tinusaur platform.

Tinusaur main microcontroller board with ATtiny85 on it (1 MHz, 8-bit RISK CPU, 8KB Flash, 512B RAM, 512B EEPROM) along with all electronic components for its stable operation, battery, and programming connector.

Tinusaur Starter EDU is a kit that contains everything you need to assemble a miniature computer that you can then program. It also includes two additional boards with electronic components.

Tinusaur Starter STD is a kit that contains everything you need to assemble a miniature computer that you can then program. It also includes two additional boards with electronic components.

Tinusaur Starter Super is a special kit (of 2 packages) that contains everything you need to assemble a miniature computer that you can then program. It also includes two additional boards with electronic components. In the package, you receive a soldering iron with all the necessary tools for soldering...

Tinusaur User Guides.

User Guide for Tinusaur Starter EDU. Choose from the list below the package that you'd like to work with.

User Guide for Tinusaur Starter SUPER. This set consists of: Tinusaur Starter EDU, Tools Kit - Soldering.

Tinusaur Main Board. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Tinusaur Main Board. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Tinusaur Shield LEDx1. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Tinusaur Shield LEDx2. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Tinusaur Shield LEDx2. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Tinusaur Shield LEDx2. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Tinusaur Shield EDUx3IO. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

IMPORTANT: This is the documentation for Generation 1 of the Kids.Micro products. Below you will find a guide on how to assemble your board. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Expect more information about this kit soon. If you have already assembled this board and want to test it before you start writing programs for it, you can download the demo code below. It is available as a BTHEX format and can be automatically uploaded to the microcontroller board.

Blocktinu Tools for Windows - Setup. Below you will find a brief guide on how to install and setup the necessary software for Windows. It is in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Kids.Micro Shell Kids.Micro Shell Kids.Micro Shell Kids.Micro Shell

Work in progress - more information is coming soon. This is the USB programmer that we use to upload the code to the microcontroller. It is a USBasp programmer.

Work in progress – more information is coming soon.

Expect more information about this kit soon. This is what the finished board should look like. Tinusaur Shield LEDx3

Expect more information about this product soon. Shield LEDx3 Gen:3 Shield LEDx3 Gen:3

Expect more information about this kit soon.

Work in progress – more information is coming soon.

Utility Kit Multivibrator. Below you will find guides on how to assemble your kit. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded.

Arduino IDE - Tinusaur Setup. This is a short guide on how to set up your Arduino environment to work with Tinusaur. The boards use the ATtiny85 microcontroller, so that guide might be useful for other similar boards.

This tutorial will guide you through the installation and setup of the AVR GCC Toolchain under Microsoft Windows. You'll also learn how to install some additional and useful tools that will help you write easier your first microcontroller programs. Prerequisites What do we need to complete...

Tinusaur Starter EDU Gen:3. Below you will find guides on how to assemble your kits. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded. Choose which you want more information about.

Tinusaur Starter STD Gen:3 - User Guides. Below you will find guides on how to assemble your kits. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded. Choose which you want more information about.

Tinusaur Starter SUPER Gen:3 - User Guides. Below you will find guides on how to assemble your kits. The files are in PDF format and can be downloaded. Choose which you want more information about.

UPDATE: 2022 WINAVR   is (or was) a great project. Its most “recent” package is from 2010-01-20 . In other words, it is outdated . There are many projects that attempted to replace it but none of them (AFAIK) is extremely popular. We’ve put together a very detailed guide  on ho...

This version of the product is no longer available . Check the current Shield LEDx2 version. Download an archive copy of the guide here:https://gitlab.com/tinusaur/shield-ledx2-docs/-/raw/master/Tinusaur_Shield_LEDx2_Assembling_Guide_Gen3.pdf?inline=false Use the pictures below for a reference...

This version of the product is no longer available . Check the current Shield LEDx2  version. Download an archive copy of the guide here:https://gitlab.com/tinusaur/shield-ledx2-docs/-/raw/master/Tinusaur_Shield_LEDx2_Assembling_Guide_Gen4_mkI.pdf?inline=false Use the pictures...

How-to Tinusaur. You already have one of the Tinusaur products, and wondering where to start? You have come to the right place!