Serial Communication ATTiny13A (#1)

ATTiny didn't come with TX/RX Pins, so I have to make it by myself. 

Got it from http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2012/12/attiny-software-serial-tx-in-assembly.html

Slightly modify it because avra didn’t compile it original source

.include "../tn13Adef.inc" ; definitions for ATtiny13A

.cseg

.org 0x00

rjmp start ; executed after reset

start:

    ldi r16, 0x6D ; 'm' 

    ldi r17, 8 ; put 8 in counter register

txloop:

    lsr r16 ; shift off the next bit, LSB first

    brcs Send1 ; if it is 1 (C=1) then send 1

Send0:

    cbi PORTB, PB0 ; send a 0=low

    rjmp BitDone

Send1:

    sbi PORTB, PB0 ; send a 1=high

BitDone:

    dec r17 ; bitcnt--

    breq start ; if bitcnt == 0, start over

    rjmp txloop ; else do the next bit

Build, compile and upload it

Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ avra -o serialTX.hex serialTX.s 

AVRA: advanced AVR macro assembler Version 1.3.0 Build 1 (8 May 2010)
Copyright (C) 1998-2010. Check out README file for more info

   AVRA is an open source assembler for Atmel AVR microcontroller family
   It can be used as a replacement of 'AVRASM32.EXE' the original assembler
   shipped with AVR Studio. We do not guarantee full compatibility for avra.

   AVRA comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
   You may redistribute copies of avra under the terms
   of the GNU General Public License.
   For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.

Pass 1...
Pass 2...
done

Used memory blocks:
   Code      :  Start = 0x0000, End = 0x000A, Length = 0x000B

Assembly complete with no errors.
Segment usage:
   Code      :        11 words (22 bytes)
   Data      :         0 bytes
   EEPROM    :         0 bytes
Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ 

Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ ls
serialTX.s  serialTX.s.eep.hex serialTX.s.obj
serialTX.s.cof  serialTX.s.hex  serialTX1.s
Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ avrdude -p t13 -c usbasp -P usb -B4 -n

avrdude: set SCK frequency to 187500 Hz
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9007

avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (H:FF, E:FF, L:6A)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ avrdude -p t13 -c usbasp -P usb -B4 -U flash:w:serialTX.s.hex 

avrdude: set SCK frequency to 187500 Hz
avrdude: AVR device initialized and ready to accept instructions

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.00s

avrdude: Device signature = 0x1e9007
avrdude: NOTE: "flash" memory has been specified, an erase cycle will be performed
         To disable this feature, specify the -D option.
avrdude: erasing chip
avrdude: set SCK frequency to 187500 Hz
avrdude: reading input file "serialTX.s.hex"
avrdude: input file serialTX.s.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: writing flash (22 bytes):

Writing | ################################################## | 100% 0.02s

avrdude: 22 bytes of flash written
avrdude: verifying flash memory against serialTX.s.hex:
avrdude: load data flash data from input file serialTX.s.hex:
avrdude: input file serialTX.s.hex auto detected as Intel Hex
avrdude: input file serialTX.s.hex contains 22 bytes
avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

Reading | ################################################## | 100% 0.01s

avrdude: verifying ...
avrdude: 22 bytes of flash verified

avrdude: safemode: Fuses OK (H:FF, E:FF, L:6A)

avrdude done.  Thank you.

Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ 

I use USB-to-TTL, and after several fail attempt to compile and upload using usbasp, I’m getting annoyed, so I use hc-05 (a bluetooth module) to communicate with ATTiny. Just connect the RX pin to PB0.

Nugrohos-MacBook-Air:serial nugroho$ screen /dev/cu.HC-05-DevB 

avr

modify it 

note that 

L1:     dec  r20

        brne L1

will generate error

Pass 1...

Abort trap: 6

edit it to 

L1:     

        dec  r20

        brne L1

not sure why avra refuse the first formatting

(of course the code above still won't work, it lacks the baud rate :) )