Sorry for the slow posting yesterday and today. JTR released a working, open source USB bootloader for Bus Pirate v4. We’re testing and tweaking it on IRC.
Facebook free PCB Friday is on the way. Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum.
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week:
- Logic Sniffer is back in stock at Seeed Studio
- PICqueño, Bus Pirate v4, Bus Pirate V3.5, USB IR Toy through-hole, and USB IR Toy Shield free PCB build
- Video of the XC9572XL v1a and Lattice LC4032 v1 CPLD dev-board builds and power up test
- We highlighted Ferrite beads in this week’s partlist post
- Flashrom 0.9.4 released, which works with the Bus Pirate
- Preview of the new forum theme
- We did the first test of the PICqueño32 hardware
- Check out exapod’s mini POV, orcinus’ Chronoduino expandable Arduino watch update and tinito’s large two-wheel balancing robot in the project log forum
- Greeeg made a small Bus Pirate clone
- New in the free PCB drawer: SMD chips for practice
- wortelsoft demonstrates the DS23EA00 1-Wire digital thermometer using the Bus Pirate
- Our application for a booth at Maker Faire New York 2011 was accepted
- We installed the Piwik tracking software
- MCPU creates a minimal CPU on a CPLD
- jyoung posted a new version of AVRDude and a Bus Pirate firmware that speeds AVR programming up to 40x
Coming this week:
- Open source USB stack updates!
- Soldering videos
- More site updates
- App notes on the weekend
- Free PCB Sunday
- Free PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday
- A new partlist post on Wednesday
- Free PCBs via Facebook on Friday
- Weekly roundup and preview every Friday
What are you hacking this week?