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Skimming through the datasheets building documentation for the Bus Pirate Edu Kit.

We’re finalizing the gerber merging ULP for Eagle.  Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation continues to grow.

We tested out all the Bus Pirate Edu Kit exercises and the connection diagrams. Some alterations may be made to the real time clock exercise to make it more interesting. Rediscovered SEG market. Had ignored it as a tourist trap but, was really successful sourcing some low volume items there today. Really nice people at […]

Made an initial Eagle ULP to produce a crude .cfg configuration file for gerbmerge to process gerber panelization. We continue working on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation.  

Final sourcing. Dinner with HAXLR8R teams. We are finalizing the Bus Pirate Edu kit documentation. Finally got gerbmerge (gerber panelization) to work, thanks to schazamp’s instructables and Paul Mac’s Gerbmerge wiki.

We finished up all the models and renderings for the Bus Pirate Edu kit. Now we’ll concentrate on writing up the documentation required for each exercise, as well as assembling the booklet that will accompany the kit.  

Today we worked on some QFN breakout board for another kit we are preparing. Another image was rendered for the Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation, and the last model was prepped for rendering.

Another day, another render. This is exercise 9 of the planed 12 for the Bus Pirate Edu kit. In Huaqiangbei we tested out some part sourcing services for our parts kits.

Visited with Seeed about Bus Pirate edu kit, parts kit, and a handful of other projects. We continue working on the Bus Pirate edu kit documentation.

We stopped by our Taco pilgrimage in Hong Kong, before heading crossing over to Shenzhen. In the workshop work continues on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit Documentation.

Today we concentrated on filming, editing and posting the reflow hot plate video. We continue working on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation. The image above is used in an exercise where you build your own Bus Pirate LCD adapter on the bread board using only a 74HCT595 and a potentiometer. You can get an […]

Today we continued to work on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit exercises. We decided to add breadboard labels to our schematics diagrams. You can check out the documentation preview for the second exercise here. As always any feedback is welcome.

Finished federal taxes and started on state. Full service accountant next year for sure! Work continues on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation. Two exercises are documented, only ten to go.  We had to adjust the models due to some minor last minute changes.

Today we focused on editing and posting today’s video. We made adjustments to the header the Bus Pirate Edu Kit will use, which promoted rewiring of the models we previously made.

Bus Pirate voltage regulator investigation and writeup. We also continue working on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation.

Slowly building up the library of models for the Bus Pirate Edu Kit exercises. To make sure everyone can easily hook up any exercise, we’ll add top-down views, schematics, and wiring tables. Here’s an example of a wiring table for the exercise above. MCP9701A Pin1 – E1 Pin2 – E2 Pin3 – E3 Wires Black: […]

More development on the Bus Pirate Edu Kit documentation. The image above demonstrates the need for a breadboard wiring diagram, where each connection corresponds to the coordinate on the breadboard.

Today we mostly worked on the documentation for the upcoming Bus Pirate Edu Kit. We tidied up the 3D models, and started writing up the individual exercises. High resolution version (1280px) of the image above is available in our SVN.