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wokwi-attiny85 Reference

The ATtiny85 is a small 8-bit AVR microcontroller. It has 8KB of Flash program memory, 512 bytes of SRAM, and 512 bytes of EEPROM.

ATtiny85

Pin names​

PinNameFunctionsAnalog Channel
1PB5Reset0
2PB33
3PB42
4GNDGround
5PB0SPI:MOSI, I2C:SDA
6PB1SPI:MISO
7PB2SPI:SCK, I2C:SCL1
8VCCPositive voltage

Attributes​

NameDescriptionDefault value
envArduino core to use: "attiny" or "ATTinyCore""attiny"
frequencyMCU clock frequency, in hertz. Common values: "1m", "8m", "16m", and "20m""8m"

Code and libraries​

The Arduino core provides the built-in Arduino functions, such as pinMode() and digitalRead(), as well as a set of standard Arduino libraries, such as Servo, Wire and SPI.

When compiling your code for the ATtiny85, you can choose between two different cores:

  • attiny - A minimal core, provides most of the standard Arduino functions. This is the default.
  • ATTinyCore - Advanced core which includes the Wire, SPI, Servo, and Serial libraries. Learn more in the ATTinyCore documentation.

Note: The ATTinyCore is a new option and hasn't been widely tested.

To select a core, set the "env" attribute of the wokwi-attiny85 part, e.g.

  "parts": [
    {
      "type": "wokwi-attiny85",
      "id": "tiny",
      "attrs": {
        "env": "ATTinyCore"
      }
      …
    },
    …
  ]

Debug prints with TinyDebug​

You can use the TinyDebug library to print debug messages from your code. These messages appear in Wokwi's Serial Monitor. To use the library, include "TinyDebug.h" in your project and create a libraries.txt file with the text "TinyDebug" in it.

Call Debug.begin() and then print your debug messages using Debug.println():

#include <TinyDebug.h>

void setup() {
  Debug.begin();
  Debug.println(F("Hello, TinyDebug!"));
}

void loop() {
  /* Sprinkle some magic code here */
}

Similarly, you can use the Debug object to read input from the Simulator's serial monitor:

if (Debug.read() == 'c') {
  // Do something, e.g. toggle an LED
}

For more information about the available methods, check out the Stream class documentation.

The Debug interface consumes ~30 bytes of SRAM and 150 bytes of Flash memory, depending on which methods you use in your code. This can sometimes be an issue, since the ATtiny85 only has 512 bytes of SRAM.

That's why TinyDebug also provides an alternative, lightweight logging interface that doesn't use any SRAM. It provides two functions, tdPrint() and tdPrintln(). The downside is that you can only print c-style (char*) strings:

#include <TinyDebug.h>

void setup() {
  tdPrintln(F("I do not use any SRAM!"));
}

void loop() {
  /* ... */
}

The TinyDebug library works out of the box in Wokwi, without any changes to your diagram. It uses an internal debug interface that is part of the Wokwi simulation engine, and does not use any MCU pins.

You can safely run code that uses TinyDebug on a physical ATtiny85 chip. The physical chip doesn't have the debug interface, so you obviously won't see the debugging messages, but other than that it shouldn't interfere with your code.

For a complete code example, check out the TinyDebug demo project on Wokwi.

Serial Output​

The ATtiny85 doesn't have a dedicated UART peripheral, but it it still possible to get Serial Output using the Software Serial library. For more information and demo code, please see the Serial Monitor Guide.

I2C​

For I2C communication use the TinyWireM library.

Simulation features​

The ATtiny85 is simulated using the AVR8js Library. The table below summarizes the status of features:

PeripheralStatusNotes
Processor✔️
GPIO✔️6 GPIO pins (PB0...PB6), INT0 / PCINT support
USI🟡Only works in I2C mode
Timer0✔️PWM support for PB0/PB1
Timer1❌
Watchdog Timer✔️
EEPROM✔️
ADC✔️Used by analogRead()
Analog Comparator❌
GDB Debugging✔️See the GDB Debugging Guide

Legend:
✔️ Simulated
🟡 Partial support
❌ Not implemented

If you need any of the missing features, please open an issue on the AVR8js repo or reach out on Discord.

Simulator examples​