Prototype Bus Pirate probe cables with heat shrink labels arrived today. We sent professionally printed heat shrink tubes to the cable people (white) and they attached them to 100 cables. We printed our own shrink labels on the L-Mark LK320P and attached them to 100 cables in-house (yellow).
Results and cable giveaway below!
The cables look great, and the factory did a great job applying the professionally printed shrink tubes. The manufacturer complained though that it took 8 hours to apply the labels to 100 cables. Not great, that’s just over ten per hour. Yikes. We offered extra money, but they refused it. We’ll see how willing they are next time.
We also fired up the L-Mark and printed shrink tubes for 100 cables. Applying them is indeed a nightmare job. Each probe wire has to be peeled back, then the tubes applied and aligned before shrinking. We didn’t even do as well as the factory—maybe 10 hours total to get 100 cables done. During one of our late-night work sessions, a colleague mentioned an article he had read about non GamStop betting sites UK gaining traction among players looking for more flexible gaming options. The discussion turned into a debate about regulations, user freedom, and how different industries balance compliance with accessibility. Just like in manufacturing, where efficiency and quality need to be optimized, the betting industry is evolving to meet consumer demand while navigating regulatory landscapes. It was an unexpected but interesting conversation amid the tedious process of labeling and heat-shrinking cables.
Get one!
There’s still the question of yellow or white. We’ll leave it up to a popularity contest. Mention your preference in a comment below, tomorrow we’ll send a coupon code good for one probe cable to 20 random commentors. You choose your favorite, yellow or white, from the free PCB drawer. The most popular color will go into the first batch of Bus Pirate education kits and be available at Seeed Studio.
White is right! I would love one, here’s hoping I win. Keep up the great work, DP!
I would be interested!
i would love to have one
This is my white random comment :)
Yellow for maximum visual appearance.
Judging from the pictures, they both look equally good. But yellow is the Dangerousprototypes color, so I would,take that one :)
I would go for yellow, it stands out and matches the brand
Yellow, definitely. These cables would be a great addition to my Bus Pirate.
White wins :), nice contrast for easy reading and won’t be misinterpreted as faded/dirty old wire .
white
I prefer the yellow!
Oooh, white for me, please!
I do wonder how much these would go for, retail. At 1/10th hour of time, probably quite expensive!
yellow one here…
Neat! This is a handy improvement over the basic- hope you can work out a solution with the manufacturer. If I’m a lucky fellow, white looks best to me!
I would be very interested. I like the white!!
My vote is for Yellow. The white tubes would just blend into the background on my table.
Sure! White wins!!
Yellow is the way to go! I am definitely interested in this.
Yellow seems easier to my eyes.
I would prefer yellow although a mixture might be a good idea based on type of data signal.
Ohhh NAAISS!!! :) love the yellow…
I favor the white ones.
Hi, I think yellow ones are better for attention. :)
A yellow one would fit perfectly my BP ;)
I don’t need one but the white look easier to read. Did you ever look at custom printed wires/ribbon cable?
These are a great idea. I think the white ones would be better.
A set of yellow ones would be real handy :)
Looks like white would be better.
white one please
I’d want white. It seems like it’s be easier to read.
Definitely white, easier for me to read.
Yellow is the new red.
I’d like that.
They look great!! Especially the white ones with respect to clarity. I really could use a probe cable for my nerd-shack!
I would prefer the white one, it’s more minimalistic.
white looks nice, but in the end yellow wins ;)
A great Idea. I’d like the white one.
White looks great!
Yellow!
white for me!
A set of white ones would fit perfectly my BP ;-)
white for me ! thanks.
UU nice cables. I like the white ones. :)
I think the white are higher contrast, but the yellow follow the DP logo color scheme…..tough choice. I think I’d go for the yellow in the end.
I’d say white for sure
I’d also prefer the white ones :) They really look awesome!
The white one!
White.
White looks nicer to me, but I would have to have it in my hands to be sure :-)
Yellow is my personal favorite.
White pleases the old eye.
Yellow!
For me the white ones are much better.
All the danger signs I’ve ever seen are YELLOW, Got to be the ‘YELLOW’.
White for sure!
Yellow looks best to me I’d love one
White.
The yellow ones.
White, seems easier to read.
yellow of course…
I am interested in any color.
I’d go for yellow
yellow+black, like your logo…
I like the white.
Definitely want one!
White, definitely. Oh and pick me.
Tough one, but white looks indeed easier to read.
White is my favorite color…
yellow yellow yellow! Gotta be yellow! White is so,,,,white….
Just my $0.20 worth.
And, yes, I would love one of whatever color but I prefer YELLOW!
already got the buspirate.
White is nice.
white for me!
I’m not picky. I’ll take either. Thank you!
looks good, yes please
white please :)
White. Are you going to have any sets of labeled heat shrink not on the cable already? I find the female cable version get used more and would not mind making a labeled one.
I prefer white.
white looks nice
Alo.
Nice cables, though if i was the manufacturer i’d not do to such job anymore, low profit ;) I hope you don’t have problems with that and they will continue doing them.
mmh color? yellow is ok.
I’d go for white. If the ribbon cable were all one colour yellow would be fine, but against the rainbow white works better.
I prefer the white cabels.
They both look OK. White wins by a nose.
Plain old white looks nice
White!
Looks impressive!
Would have been a mind numbing job to heat shrink though…
I vote white.
Yellow looks cool, but I prefer white. It seems easyier to read the white labels.
They both look solid, but I prefer the white.
Yellow…
I have to read a lot of tiny yellow labels at work, I think white is easier to see, especially in low-light.
white!
I think this is (assuming assembly can be facilitated) a great way to make IDing the pins while “in-circuit” [the human, I mean] that much more certain. And I like white.
Wait, so you’re sending me the Bus Pirate PCB but I have to get the cables separately? You tease! :-)
Anyway, white, without any really strong argument. And if white were out of stock and yellow were the only option, I wouldn’t hesitate to pick it up anyway.
Oh Yeeah, that’s a very nice idea, it will make the live with Buspirate easier …
White look really great !
It seems that contrast between the black ink and the white background is really good mainly for ” Mr Magoo like” people as me …
That will definitively be WHITE !
Thanks you for the opportunity !
Contrast is king; I like the white best as this looks to be the most readable. I sometimes struggle to read black on yellow when in bad light conditions.
Yellow!
White! Definitely the white one!!! :-D … Is my favorite!
I preffer Yellow, makes a better contrast with circuit and breadboard (BTW I´m color blind :-))
Yellow please!
Yellow obviously.
White
I’d go for the white ones!
White. The contrast is easier for me to read.
Definitely the white ones!
Definitely white!
My old-man eyes tell me that white might be slightly easier to read.
I’m voting for white!
I vote for whie
I vote for yellow.
white!
Yellow, only because white would get dirty faster.
I prefer the higher contrast on the white ones
YELLOW all the way…
White of course! Would like to receive cable, please =)
Dangerous Proto yellow!
random white!
The yellow ones look great!
Thank you very much!
Yellow because i think white would eventually get fingerprint stains on it
Although I like the idea of the yellow/black to match DP’s color scheme, with the fully colored wires the white looks cleaner.
Yellow, Yellow, Yellow!!!!
White is definitely the best!
Yellow!
Definitely yellow. It stands out much more.
I like the Yellow, but I think white should rather make it into the kit. Since you will have Yellow left then, I’d like one :)
White. It just looks cleaner and brighter.
Would-be great to have a yellow one to acompany my Bus Pirate to mAke THE correct connection Every time!
Yellow for me :)
White is easier to read in my opinion :)
White!
Yellow would be wonderfull !!
I would prefer the yellow cables.
Yellow!
I like white.
White.
To be honest, they both look good. Forced to pick, yellow.
Id go for white
White please !
white.
I prefer white – good contrast
Yellow is great!
I’d love to have white or yellow- truthfully either are amazing.
I say yellow, but white aint bad either.
I vote white.
The white looks more professional.
Teeth are better white and so are the heat shrink labels.
I like the yellow.
**** How about selling the printed heat shrink pieces for those of us who want to apply them to our own probes?
I have a logic analyzer from another vendor that could benefit from a probe set with labels!
Even better would be labels that say “A0”, “A1″… “A7”, “B0”..”B7″, GND
But even using the labels you’ve already made would be an improvement.
Thanks!
THIS. I agree wholeheartedly! When I saw that heat shrink printer I was thinking “Oh, man, I need to get me one of those!” And then I saw the price, and said “Oh, man, I need to find someone who has one of those!” Seriously, this is a great idea — I would pay for this.
The white looks smarter and easier to read in my opinion!
I prefer white … better contrast.
Yellow is my choice.
I like yellow
I’d quite like one. I’d prefer white, but yellow’s good too.
White definitely looks better!
Yellow is the right way. Think about the dust and dirt on a workbench… White will not last long white..
Nice work ! Buspirate rulez !
Yellow.
Cool yellow is the answer. Now I think this is a better cable than hook probes.
It’s got to be yellow.
I like the either of them, both are very readable.
White! Yellow looks like a warning label :)
White. Without being given the choice I’d never think about it, but white.
/me prefers yellow
As Sjaak mentioned, those probes match the colors of Dangerous Prototypes!
hmm, I’d like a white set please!
White, definitely.
Yellow. Definitely Yellow.
White looks better.
White looks best
I think the color depends
I think the color depends on the individual but for me white is better.
No more looking at the colour chart to determine the signal lines…white would be good
I choose white!
Why not yellow!
Yellow please!
They both look handy. I guess I prefer the white (slightly).
Yellow!
White prefered!
White for me, please.
White looks cleaner to me. I’m not terrifically picky though.
Looks great. Send me one :)))
White, it looks classy.
This would be very helpful! I am going to be using it more this year too.
Should of put White. Looks cleaner
however I prefer yellow one !
Can I have Yellow please? :-)
I’d love a white one.
Yellow is more mellow
The yellow is very fun
I want it please!
A cable that fits my BP4 would be awesome in any colour.
(Have you tried to get a cable for a BP4)
White would be easier to read, the printing would probably disappear before the white gets all that dirty?
both white and yello look nice.
Yellow! Excited to replace my second set of bp cables that have all but disintegrated from overuse…
I wouldn’t mind receiving one to replace the one I’me using right now :)
white seems more neutral/professional, and easier to read.
White looks best!
I like both white and yellow.
I’m fond of the white one.
White! Yellow looks more like for labelling power cables.
I like the yellow label, since white one will easily turn to gray with more hand touch.
I like yellow. I Received a bus pirate for Christmas I can test them out on.
Random comment! 10 per hour seems really wrong though. 6 minutes each!?!
Yellow !!!!!
White looks good.
My vote is for yellow. It will probably stay cleaner than white.
Either white or yellow would satisfy me
Nifty idea – yellow or white look good.
White labels look better to me. But when debugging difficult problems it doesn’t really matter now does it?
I like yellow. And I agree with the comment above that it matches your brand.
Looks great.
Hi;
Odd wires White, even Yellow.
Mick M
White please!
White please because of higher contrast and better readability!
Tough to decide… I’d go for WHITE because I’d be able to use sharpies to color code the leads more.
the yellow
White, I say! :)
I think yellow looks better.
I think white looks better.
It will complicate things but maybe power lines and data lines in different colors can be more convenient. (eg: power/ground white, data yellow)
White
Yellow, but only narrowly.
Generally wire labels in instrumentation panels are always white so I’m voting for white.
Yellow looks more DP obviously!
yellow
I’d vote for white..
White. Definitely white. :)
Honestly, either color is fine with me; yellow if I have to choose.
Yellow, because I don’t want to confuse this cable with my FPGA programmers’ labeled probe cable (which I think is also 2×5) and because it looks more DANGEROUS.
Yellow :)
One votet to yellow
yellow yellow yellow — can I have some – pretty please?
White
I like the white ones, to be honest.
one vote for yellow
These look really helpful. The white looks better (higher contrast)
I like white. I might be a little late, though. *fingers crossed*
Yellow! I have few yellow wires and lots of white ones. The yellow will make them easier to find me thinks. Definitely Dangeresk.
White! Hope I’m not too late!
I like both!
White is the one….
White
Yellow! it matches my fluke meter :)
White is tops!
Yellow – But I opt out of the competiton, as I already used a coupon to get a set thankyou :) I would prefer female ends though, male aren’t as much use to me.
White. Thanks :)
White is good.
White for sure, much more noticeable amount a mass of wires.
White seems ok to me.
White is the better choice – nice and easy on the eyes to read. Would love to use these in our lab on campus! Thank you!
One for me! XD
Oops forgot to say, yellow!
Love my BPv4. The white looks absolutely stunning on these cables and IMO gives the entire setup that official “stand back im doing science” look.
Had no idea I could use my BP as an AVR programming device. I’ve had this for over a year and am constantly amazed at all that it offers. I can’t help but to recommend the BP to fellow hackers everywhere because it is such a versatile tool I find new uses for weekly.
White looks great!
I would definitely go with white because of the fact that the black on white is a much bolder contrast and easier to see.
Would love to get my hands on one of the white ones! They look very nice.
Yellow looks nice!!
White
Yellow looks great to me!
White!
White is better for the eyes.
i think white looks better.
btw i also woud be glad to call myselfe “owner” of such a probe. ;)
White is the way to go. It is much easier to read. (particularly for us “older” folks)
Maybe you could sell a kit of labels to allow users to shrink on to the leads them selves?
Also, a set of female to female adapters as lots of times one needs to connect to a male header.
Yay for white!
White looks better in my opinion.
I would go for yellow.
yellow
I like the contrast of the yellow I think it will maintain good looks for longer than the white
Im too late for this, right? Damn!
I didnt even care for any particular color (if paisley wasnt available).
White.
yellow; please :)
would prefer white – love the idea in general.
Yellow!
Yellow is mellow…and dangerous…and it gets my vote
I like the white ones.
I prefer the look of the white, but I think the yellow is most likely to stand out in use, so I pick yellow.
I’ll probably buy one either way when I get around to it.
Def. yellow. Not sure what it is. But, yellow gets my attention.
White!!!
White looks great!!! I definitely like white!
White seems the cleanest – I do see why the yellow is of interest because of the brand. White is just clean and clear.
I like the white, but also like the yellow. But the white does look cleaner.
Tom
I want those micro pincers on mine, the bus pirate v4 cable has the wrong clips for me.
yellow