Vincent is coding a Bus Pirate GUI with Qt. Being cross platform it should run fine under Windows, Linux, and Mac. So far it is a modified console with firmware update support. A code repository is available. Via the forum. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Category Archives: Bus Pirate
Bus Pirate: JTAG XSVF player successfully programs Amani64 CPLD
Cliff bought an Amani64 CPLD shield for the Arduino, he had no way to program it except: I did have a Bus Pirate on hand, the ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of digital hobbyists. He successfully uploaded the LED blinking firmware onto the Amani64 with the Bus Pirate JTAG XSVF player. Now he is free to develop his CPLD skills. Get your […]
From the mail bag: Bus Pirate JTAG XSVFplayer success!
cliff52 had success programing an Altera 3064 CPLD using the Bus Pirate JTAG XSVFplayer: I wanted to post a success using the Bus Pirate XSVFplayer software to program the Altera 3064 CPLD on the Amani64 Arduino shield, at least as far the ‘blink an LED’ stage. My BP is v3 and I used the SVF […]
HH10D humidity sensor Bus Pirate interface
Anthony posted a tutorial on interfacing HH10D humidity sensor with the Bus Pirate. He did the hard work of finding the calibration data, follow his tutorial and you’ll save time. HH10D uses a change in capacitance due to humidity to alter the output pin frequency. The calibration data is stored on a I2C EEPROM. Two modes of the Bus […]
Bus Pirate v4 PCB built
TitanMKD posted picture of his Bus Pirate v4 PCB built. Via the forum. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Bus Pirate Wii Nunchuck interface demo in Italian
settorezero interfaced a Wii Nunchuck using the Bus Pirate, article in Italian. For an English demo check here. Via Twitter.
Latest flashrom binaries for the Bus Pirate
New version of flashrom available. This app can program flash and bios chips using the Bus Pirate: Latest flashrom binary for Windows (32bit) This version also has support for plain ft2232-based flashers and thus it needs libusb and libftdi on your Windows machine. Via the forum. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including […]
Testing PCB sales: Bus Pirate v3.5a-SOIC on sale now!
A DIY version of Bus Pirate 3.5-SOIC is now on sale in the free PCB drawer. This is our first attempt at selling something directly. The PCBs were made through Seeed Studio’s Fusion PCB service. They’re red and 100% e-tested for errors. Unfortunately, this PCB has a minor bug, but it is easily corrected with […]
Yet another Bus Pirate GUI
Yet another GUI for the Bus Pirate: Here is a little gui I’m writing for my Bus Pirate and as an exercise in Qt. It is far from finish but I thought some of you might find it useful. At the moment, It’s nothing more than a modified console with support for the firmware upgrade […]
LCD adapters for the Bus Pirate v4
Pietja made two LCD adapters for the Bus Pirate v4: First a cheap, fast, bi-directional passive adapter. The second adapter is an update on the existing BPv3 adapter with PWM or manual control for the backlight and contrast. On both adapters the BP can sense the contrast voltage, there are solder jumpers to select the […]
Russian Bus Pirate 1-Wire
Another translation from Nick: Russian guide to Bus Pirate 1-Wire. All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account.
Solder bridges checking
LongHairedHacker shared an SMD soldering experience while building the Bus Pirate v4: A good way of checking for solder bridges is having a bright lamp shining through the pcb. The light will shine through the gaps between the pins, while any solder between them will totally block it. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for […]
Site: New illustrations in progress
Svenw1980 has updated a bunch of illustrations in the project documentation. Be on the lookout for cool new artwork all over the wiki. Thanks Sven!
DIY Bus Pirate v3
Frithjof shares this picture of a hand-made Bus Pirate v3: It really took a long time from printing the layout, over etching, applying tin and solder stop, soldering the parts, uploading the bootloader and finally uploading the firmware. But now it’s ready and it works!!! Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide […]
New Bus Pirate probe cable
Seeed Studio has a new Bus Pirate probe cable in stock. It has female pins instead of clips, and the wire is thicker and higher-quality. We prefer the female pins for plugging into pin headers on dev-boards. To interface another female header, like the Arduino, just pop a male header in between. Best of all, […]
Bus Pirate DS1820 temperature sensor tutorial in Italian
Bernardo wrote a Bus Pirate DS1820 1-wire temperature senor demo in Italian. Via Twitter.
Bus Pirate back in stock
Bus Pirate v3.5 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Bus Pirate v4 first complete package release v6-a1
The first complete release package for Bus Pirate v4 is now available in the forum. This includes a working bootloader and firmware based on the new open source USB stack, utilities, and complete source code. If you have the v4 hardware, any testing is greatly appreciated. There are still a ton of bugs to fix, […]
Sandbox Electronics pays royalty for third-party Bus Pirate sales
Sandbox Electronics sells a Bus Pirate knock-off in their webshop and on eBay. It’s a complete package and super cheap. The Bus Pirate is open source, and it’s totally fine that they sell one. We think they do a valuable service by promoting the Bus Pirate on eBay and other outlets we don’t bother with. […]
Dockstar debricking – JTAG with Bus Pirate
RedoX documented his Dockstar debricking with the Bus Pirate: I recently bricked my Seagate Dockstar, so I had to use JTAG to restore it… At the time, I didn’t have any JTAG adapter. I tried with a parport Wiggler, but without the correct chip it didn’t work. So I bought a Bus Pirate. And so, […]