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Set up your computer

You'll program your Evil USB Cable or PwnPixel with the free Arduino IDE. You only need to do this setup once.

1. Install the Arduino IDE

Download and install the Arduino IDE (version 2.x) from arduino.cc/en/software.

2. Add the Digistump board package

Your device is compatible with the Digispark ATtiny85 board. The original Digistump package is no longer maintained, so we use the community-maintained version, which works with Arduino IDE 2.

  1. Open File → Preferences (on macOS: Arduino IDE → Settings).

  2. In Additional boards manager URLs, paste:

    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ArminJo/DigistumpArduino/master/package_digistump_index.json

  3. Click OK.

  4. Open Tools → Board → Boards Manager, search for Digistump, and install Digistump AVR Boards (version 1.7.2 or newer).

3. Install drivers

Windows needs a driver to talk to the device's bootloader. After step 2, run the installer included with the board package:

  1. Press Win+R, paste the path below, and press Enter:

    %LOCALAPPDATA%\Arduino15\packages\digistump\tools\micronucleus

  2. Open the version folder (for example 2.5), then Digistump_Drivers.

  3. Run Install_Digistump_Drivers.bat and accept the prompts.

If that folder doesn't exist, download Digistump.Drivers.zip from the DigistumpArduino releases page and run InstallDrivers.exe.

No drivers needed. 🎉

Let your user access the bootloader without sudo by adding a udev rule:

echo 'SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="16d0", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0753", MODE:="0666"' \
  | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/49-micronucleus.rules
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

4. Select the board

In the Arduino IDE, go to Tools → Board → Digistump AVR Boards and choose Digispark (Default - 16.5mhz).

That's it. You're ready to write your first payload.