Digispark Is Arduino Compatible USB Development & Production Platform

We've been following #-Link-Snipped-# here on CrazyEngineers for quite some time now. The micro-controller kit has been used by hackers in a number of interesting electronics project including Robotic Minion Starter Kit, Mini-Satellites and even to play Mario. But Portland based Erik Kettenburg wanted to create a mini-Arduino that would be smaller & cheaper. Meet Erik Kettenburg's Kickstarter project called '#-Link-Snipped-#'.

Digispark can be programmed using Arduino IDE (Integrated Development Environment), so don't expect a big learning curve. All the details of the kit are available on official Kickstarter project. Do take a look and if possible, shell out a few dollars to the project. Here's introduction video -

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<h2>Digispark Tech Specs</h2>
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