Seeed Studio posted a picture of the new Bus Pirate v3.5 hardware. Updated hardware will ship in all future orders.
Bus Pirate v3.5 has exactly the same features as Bus Pirate v3b. We added a much requested shrouded header, and made tweaks to keep manufacturing costs down. We haven’t quite finished the hardware writeup, but here’s a quick summary of changes:
- v3.5 has a bigger PCB, the same size as v4. Both boards will fit the same inexpensive acrylic case.
- The IO header is centered and has a shroud – the plastic cover thing that makes it easy to get the probe cable on right (not pictured because we couldn’t find one)
- Most resistors were consolidated into resistor packs. The arrays are cheaper, and there’s three fewer pick and place movements for each array, nine less to assemble v3.5.
- All parts reduced to 0603, CD4066 (IC3) changed to SSOP.
- Test pins shorted to indicate v3.5. The firmware knows if it runs on a v2.5/3a,v3b, or v3.5 PCB. Not that it matters at all.
The first batch of 500 Bus Pirate v3.5s is extra special. Seeed has 500 SOIC PIC 24Fj64GA002s sitting around so we made the first board with an SOIC footprint.
Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
It even looks cool. ;)
Pretty Please could we have the Bus Pirate v4 ASAP? (more pins more PWNAGE)
How long more will it take, the developer version of the Bus Pirate v4 has been out for a while already, can’t wait for the user version ! ^_^
The shrouded header is placed “backwards”. I mean, the notch of the shroud should be pointing to the other side (towards the PIC and not towards the exterior) to match the Seed’s BP cable.
This new layout looks very neat.