hak8or is building a rover and posted pictures of DIY Bus Pirate: Here is my bus pirate I am using for getting the contents of the EEPROM. I took the schematic from the original bus pirate, got rid of some stuff, changed some stuff, and made it a bit smaller. I should have used a […]
Category Archives: Bus Pirate
Calling all Bus Pirate v4 testers
Thanks to the hard work of Honken and JTR, the Bus Pirate v4 finally has a 100% open source USB bootloader. If you have the v4 hardware, we could use your help testing the bootloader and new firmware. Test packages are available in the forum. Thanks to JTR and Honken for their tireless work on […]
Small Bus Pirate clone
Greeeg made a small Bus Pirate clone: I’ve been quite happy with my sparkfun Bus Pirate. After seeing this project I decided I would attempt to redesign the bus pirate to be as small as possible, whilst still maintaining full functionality. My final design turned out to be about %50 smaller than the sparkfun version. […]
Bus Pirate: DS28EA00 temperature sensor demo
wortelsoft demonstrates the DS23EA00 1-Wire digital thermometer using the Bus Pirate: The DS28EA00 is a, 1-wire temperature sensor. It features selectable 9/10/11/12 bit resolution with a typical accuracy of ±0.5°c, alarm function and user-programmable upper and lower trigger points. Special to this sensor are the two io pins which can be used for sequence detection […]
AVRDude + Bus Pirate 40x speed improvement
jyoung posted a new version of AVRDude and a Bus Pirate firmware that speeds AVR programming up to 40x: I’ve spent the past few days implementing some changes to the Bus Pirate firmware and also to avrdude to increase the verify speed performance. Since I don’t have an ATmega2560, I’m unable to write suitable code […]
Russian Bus Pirate self-test guide
Another translation from Nick: Self-test guide in russian. All translations are appreciated, and there should be a language selection feature on the wiki soon. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
New Bus Pirate probe cable
Seeed is working up a new Bus Pirate probe cable. It’s going to have female ends like the SparkFun cable. For the last year we’ve been using 1:1 female cables to connect the Bus Pirate to stuff. We think the connections are more secure than the cheap test clips on the old cable. The new […]
Bus Pirate modes graphic
fco made this cool graphic for the Bus Pirate. It’s a skull, and the teeth list the different Bus Pirate modes. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Pirateship Bus Pirate GUI source code released
A graphic interface for the Bus Pirate is a common request. Pirateship was the first to be released more than a year ago. It hasn’t been actively developed, but the source code is now available and hopefully someone will run with it. Via the comments. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide […]
Russian Bus Pirate user interface
Another translation from Nick: Russian Bus Pirate user interface. All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Spanish Bus Pirate 102 tutorial
Bus Pirate 102 is now in Spanish. All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account. Thanks to Vincent, Foxit, and Fcobcn for these translations. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Italian Bus Pirate 101 tutorial
The introductory Bus Pirate 101 tutorial is now available in Italian. If you speak .it check it out. All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account.
Bus Pirate MCP9800 temperature sensor tutorial
Nexus used the Bus Pirate with an MCP9800 temperature sensor and documented it on the wiki: The MCP9800 is an inexpensive, high-accuracy, 2-wire (I2C) temperature sensor. It features selectable 9/10/11/12 bit resolution with a typical accuracy of ±0.5°c at 25°c, programmable alarms, and low power consumption. We sent a free PCB code to say thanks! […]
Read the AK8975 magnetometer with a Bus Pirate
Reading the AK8975 magnetometer with the Bus Pirate: I managed to mess up the ATAVRSBIN1 I got from Atmel during a [quadracopter crash]. After the crash I noticed it didn’t respond any more so I hooked it to my Bus-Pirate… Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our […]
Bus Pirate: TMP102 I2C temperature sensor
Anthony interfaced the TMP102 I2C temperature sensor with the Bus Pirate: This is a tiny I²C sensor which provides a great resolution (12 bits), accuracy (0.5° C), and nice features including programmable high/low alerting temperatures and low power consumption. The ADDR/A0 pin allows for configuring the slave address to allow up to 4 devices on […]
Russian Bus Pirate 102 tutorial
Another translation from Nick: Russian Bus Pirate 102 tutorial All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account.
Spanish Bus Pirate 101 tutorial
For anyone trying to get started with the Bus Pirate in .es, the first Bus Pirate introduction tutorial is now available in Spanish. Thanks fcobcn, a free PCB code is in the mail! All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account.
Russian Bus Pirate 101 tutorial
For anyone trying to get started with the Bus Pirate in .ru, the first Bus Pirate introduction tutorial is now available in Russian. Thanks Nick, a free PCB code is in the mail! All translations are appreciated. The wiki is open to anyone with a forum account.
Bus Pirate interfacing MMA8453Q accelerometer
m8051 dead-bugged a tiny QFN accelerometer on a dip breakout board and tested it with the Bus Pirate. We were trying to work out the new Accelerometer MMA8453Q which is a I2C based 10 bit accelerometer. Bus Pirate helped us to debug the issues and also talk to the MMA8453Q chip. Thanks Boseji! Via the […]
Bus Pirate v3.5/v4 case design
Honken designed a case for the Bus Pirate v3.5/v4 form factor. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.