Introduction: How to Use the IR Library With an Attiny
This Instructable will tell you how to use the IR (infrared) library on an Attiny. I will be using an Attiny85 with an Arduino Uno. I won't cover how to upload sketches to the Attiny just how to use the IR library with it. the best tutorial on uploading sketches I've found is this YouTube tutorial :
(a quck note and warning, You will need to have software serial working for the attiny (follow this instructable : https://www.instructables.com/id/Attiny-serial-monitor-using-arduino-walkthrough/) or google it
Step 1: Getting the Files
Hey Guys this instructables is a bit old and I would recommend using the arduino 1.0.5 Ide and it should work just fine as the newer updated Ides have been changed so this no longer works. Just download the 1.0.5 ide as a zip file from the arduino site and extract it to a different directory to your current ide so they don't interfere with each other.
The main issues that you would come across when trying to use the IR library with an Attiny are errors like this:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\IRremote\IRremote.cpp:229: error: 'TCCR2B' was not declared in this scope
this is all to do with different timers on the Attiny than the Atmega chip but we don't need to worry about it unless you want to change the library code (THAT IS SOME HARD STUFF DON'T CHANGE THE CODE) but there are some libraries or the same library just ported to the Attiny so the codes we write is the same as it is for the arduino. you can download the zip file here :
http://gammon.com.au/Arduino/IRremote_Attiny.zip
Just extract the files and put the IRremote file in the libraries folder in the the arduino folder the path should look like
C:\Users\(your user)\Documents\Arduino\libraries
you will also need to download this for the next step:
Step 2: Fixing the Final Error
Hopefully if you try to upload a sketch utalising the IR library you should now be left with this error
c:/program files (x86)/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/bin/../lib/gcc/avr/4.3.2/../../../../avr/lib/avr25/crttn85.o:(.init9+0x2): relocation truncated to fit: R_AVR_13_PCREL against symbol `exit' defined in .fini9 section in c:/program files (x86)/arduino/hardware/tools/avr/bin/../lib/gcc/avr/4.3.2/avr25\libgcc.a(_exit.o)
But don't worry if you don't you may likely be using the wrong core so just skip to step 4 (Troubleshooting) and come back to this step.
if you have the error above you are going to need to extract the second download from the last step (tinyPCRELpatch.zip) this step is quite easy just copy the hardware folder to the hardware folder in where you installed the arduino ide (IT IS NOT WHERE WE PUT THE IR LIBRARY FOLDER) it will be some where in your program files (x86) (or the version for your operating system and pc). The path for mine is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardware
once you copy it it will ask you if you want to replace Id.exe (make sure its only Id.exe and nothing else) select replace and let it copy (it doesn't affect the normal ide so once its there you don't need to worry.
if you are using a mac read reply #4 on this thread:
Step 3: A Bit of Code
This step is about code that I used to first get this working it was code that i used on the arduino except different pin numbers due to the less amount of pins on the attiny85. however for this code you will need to use an arduino and the serial monitor just so you can find out the code the buttons use. all the code and can be found here : https://www.instructables.com/id/The-Easiest-Way-to...
Step 4: Troubleshooting
If in step 2 you did not get the different error you probably are using the wrong. the core used for software serial should work but if it doesn't then you can download this one:
https://arduino-tiny.googlecode.com/files/arduino-...
follow the installation guide in the read me file if your computer says that it can't open it just browse for a program and open it in note pad it should open just fine anyway.
If you want to switch back to using the IR library for the Arduino and not the Attiny the you will need to replace the ported library with the regular library which you can download from here:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jd5j7911amju36g/...
i hope this helps this is my first instructable if there are any problems feel free to message me as i know it van be hard to find a straight tutorial for this on the internet. All the infomation in this tutorial came from these sites:
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=180611.0
http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?PHPSESSID=8t8a2l...
