This is a fun little project to use the "3 cent" MCU for an application it is actually well suited for: An intelligent 7 segment display. Each segment consists of a dedicated MCU to control data transmission and update of each segment. My intention is also to use this as a test bed for protocol design.
You can find a detailed writeup here.
Firmware here
Do you know anybody selling the free-pdk programmer ready made yet? Somebody on the issues list talked about ordering a batch from Elecrow but no further word.