Black Friday post

It’s Black Friday, the busiest shopping day in the US. It’s a day to sell stuff, so here we are. At least you don’t have to wait in lines to get our stuff.

• Bus Pirate universal serial interface ($30), LCD adapter ($9), probe cable ($5), and case ($2.50)
• USB and Serial enabled LCD backpack ($17)
• Logic Sniffer logic analyzer ($50) and probe cables ($6, get two!)
• USB Infrared Toy ($20) infrared receiver and analyzer
• Web Platform ($40) business card size web server
• Bus Blaster ($35) high-speed JTAG debuger
• CPLD Breakout boards ($15)

We’re proud to work with Seeed Studio to make copies of our open source projects available. When there are cheap rapid prototyping machines you’ll be able to print our projects at home, until then, there’s Seeed Studio. Seeed has inexpensive worldwide shipping starting from $2.85, most of our projects include shipping in the cost.

For every hardware hacker, there’s the Bus Pirate. Figure out a new chip without writing code, program AVR microcontrollers, and more. Forget elegant abstraction, learn about electronic interfaces at a very low level. The Bus Pirate is shipping now. $30, including worldwide shipping. A probe cable is available for $5.

Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v2. Control HD44780 LCDs from the Bus Pirate with this breakout board. You can build the adapter with a few parts and a bread board, or you can get it at Seeed Studio for $9.

The USB and serial enabled LCD backpack connects HD44780-compatible character LCD screens to your USB port. Small character LCDs can show new mail stats, system performance, news feeds and more. You can get is assembled for $16.95.

Open Bench Logic Sniffer is an open source logic analyzer. It’s designed to support the SUMP logic analyzer software at the lowest possible cost. Get your own assembled Open Logic Sniffer for $45, including worldwide shipping.

This infrared hacking tool can visualize infrared signals with logic analyzer software, record and replay infrared signals, and decode them. You can get an assembled USB IR Toy for $20, including worldwide shipping.

The Web Platform v1.1 is a tiny server designed for networked hacks where a full PC is inconvenient. This business card size internet appliance can connect to web services, control physical objects from a browser interface, or email sensor status reports; no PC intermediary required! Get an assembled Web platform v1.1 for $40, including worldwide shipping.

Bus Blaster v2 is an experimental, high-speed JTAG debugger for ARM processors, FPGAs, CPLDs, flash, and more. Thanks to a reprogrammable buffer, a simple USB update makes Bus Blaster v2 compatible with many different JTAG debugger types in the most popular open source software. Get an assembled Bus Blaster v2 for $38, including worldwide shipping.

Ever get stuck choosing the right logic chip combination or voltage level translator? Give up the hunt and create your own custom logic chip. CPLDs can give you the logic you need, with the pinout you want, while saving board space and board revisions.

We offer two CPLD breakout boards, one is built around the XC9672XL, while the other is made for the Coolrunner II XC2C64A CPLD. They are available for $15.