Today a parcel come in with lots of goodies from MDFLY. We are prototyping a lot so every useful gadget that helps us a lot. Follow below for a look at the jumper cables, resistor kits, and pogo pins in this order.
Author Archives: Sjaak
HACK: Open source USB stack on MCP2200
Microchip has a new USB->serial converter chip called the MCP2200. We suspected they made this chip from a 20-pin PIC. The MCP2200 pinout is like other PIC uCs, and it has similar reset pin and internal voltage regulator circuits. We hooked up our trusty PICKIT3 and read the device ID. The MCP2200 was recognized as a […]
Scrolling marquee from Christmas lights
John repurposed GE Christmas lights into scrolling marquee. Via Hack a Day.
NEW PRODUCT: Surface mount protoboard SOIC
Dangerous Protoboard: Bus Pirate v3/SOIC is now available for $10. This is Sjaak’s special Dangerous Protoboard for working with SOIC chips and SMD parts, it includes a Bus Pirate v3 connector for easy testing. It has footprints for: 0805 parts (59x) SOIC chips from .150″ to .3″ (max 112 pins) SOT23-3 (16x) 26×10 pin through-hole […]
Led Cube 8x8x8
chrmoe built this 8x8x8 Led Cube 3-dimensional LED display. Via Hack a Day!
Bus Pirate with RDM880 RFID module
Michu did a small write up on using the Bus Pirate with a 13.56Mhz RFID module. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors Adafruit, Open Source Control Systems, and eHaJo.
74F138 Xmas demo
First of all Merry Xmas to everyone! We found some time to whip up a new demo to show the Digital IO mode (DIO) of the Bus Pirate. This mode gives us full control of the pins and acts much like the binary mode. We used it to interface a 74F138 and a couple of LEDs. The 74F138 is a […]
USnooBie + Optical mouse sensor
Watch video through the eye of a computer mouse optical sensor: The datasheet shows that it’s easy to use, just read the delta-X and delta-Y movements, and it can also provide a 18×18 pixel greyscale image.
DEMO: 96×16 OLED display
It has been a while since a demonstration was posted. We whipping up new projects for you like the USB LCD backpack, HVP adapter, Buspirate v4 prototype, breakout boards, and several other project that are TOP-SECRET but will be released soon! Now that everything is at to manufacturing, we have some time off for our family and for fun stuff. […]
RIP: Easter Egg 4-28-2010 to 8-13-2010
Today is a sad day.. a very sad day.. With the release of firmware v5.6 we lost a beloved addition to the Bus Pirate: the new Easter egg. Starting in v5.0, including the first alpha release of the new terminal design, we included a new Easter egg. It was fun for us to write, and a pain to […]
Bus Pirate firmware 5.4 released
Bus Pirate firmware v5.4 is ready for download. This is a recommended update with bug fixes, enhanced features, and major code cleanup. The documentation wiki has been updated with the new commands and macros. Selectable CS pin direction in SPI and raw3wire protocol Partial writes (less then 8 bits) in raw2wire and raw3wire protocol Command ‘i’ is […]
Demo: Sure-electronics DE-DP014
To demonstrate some of the new commands from the new firmware 5.2, we interfaced the DE-DP014 from Sure-electronics. This is a single, SPI-like controllable 1.8″ single 5×7 dotmatrix. It has an on-board PIC controller which stores a special ASCII font. The package consist of two units, a simple demo board and two 10-pin cables. Sure […]