Watch us solder the Bus Pirate v4.
The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. For a comprehensive overview check out our previous post.
Here are the main differences and advantages of V4 over V3:
- Integrated USB in the microcontroller (faster)
- Data storage EEPROM to hold settings
- Pull-up voltage selections: 3.3volt, 5volt, or external supply
- 2 extra I/O pins
- Multipurpose button
- Bus Pirate v4 vs v3 comparison
The Bus Pirate V4 is still a work in progress. If you want a reliable and fully tested tool, we still recommend the v3. It is actively developed and will be manufactured for the foreseeable future. Development on the V4 will continue, and we will let you know when we think it is the go-to hardware.
You can get a Bus Pirate v4 for $40, including worldwide shipping.
is it possible to got one of those BP4 PCB ? I really would like to assemble one ! (can you sell us blank PCB ? ??)
Maybe… We don’t currently have them in the PCB store, but we could. We could also put them as Seeed I guess.
Hello,
I’d like to learn this soldering technique.
Do you use hot air tool?
What kind of equipment and materials do you use?
Is this lead free?
Tahnks,
Tamas
Hi, the tools Ian used are described in detail here…
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Dangerous_Prototypes_tool_list
He was using a normal soldering tehnique, with a 50W temperature controllable soldering iron with a fine pitch “cone” tip I think its 1mm. He also used a fine pitch solder wire 60/40 leaded 0.5mm, flux and a solder wick to clean up the joints..
Ian doesn’t like soldering fumes, so he uses a fume extractor attached to his soldering iron, its the strange looking tube that goes parallel to the iron…
BTW, in this video he explains the equipment used as well, disregard the first part when he uses hot air to remove the IC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs-vbvm3NbU
The link for BPv3 vs BPv4 comparison is not working
thx, fixed