Bus Pirate users MightyOhm and A connected Ape reported oscillations of 150mV-400mV on the 3.3volt supply pin. A huge thanks to them both, as well as numerous investigators in the forum for looking into the problem. This appears to effect SparkFun Bus Pirates, and some Seeed Studio v3a/v3b Bus Pirates. It does not appear to […]
Category Archives: Bus Pirate
I2C with the Bus Pirate
Sailing the I2Cs with the Bus Pirate: The Bus Pirate came up as a topic on the mailing list a few days ago, and I realized I hadn’t yet shared the slides from my presentation (a year ago now!) on how to use the Bus Pirate to poke and prod I2C devices like sensors and […]
Synthesizer oscillator debugging with the Bus Pirate
Fortysevenfx tweeted: PySide -> BusPirate -> SPI = pure control magic :) It’s a prototype of a synth oscillator, here’s the digital core under debugging. Get an assembled Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Asus Laptop saved with the Bus Pirate and flashrom
Ph1ph1l0u successfully recovered his Asus Laptop using the Bus Pirate and flashrom: You have no idea how I’m happy too ;-) yes biosflasher, it’s a very GREAT soft, very usefull and very efficient ^^, and also for Bus Pirate: a cheap device, but how is usefull and efficient, a real GREAT device. Thanks a lot all […]
Bus Pirate v4.0c build in a toaster oven
Drjeseuss shares his Bus Pirate v4.0c PCB build using a toaster oven to reflow the solderpaste: All in all, this project was a success! The process worked well enough to repeat and the reflow toaster puts an end to my fears of QFN and BGA chips. It looks like I’ll be moving forward on the reflow controller […]
A peek into the curious world of HDMI copy protection… with the Bus Pirate
Adam Laurie (a/k/a/ Major Malfunction) is a white hat hacker from London, UK, who has presented at a number of conferences worldwide. He’s also the Director at Aperature Labs, Ltd. Recently he explored the broken HDCP security mechanism used in HDMI. After building the HDMI breakout cable pictured above he examined the cable’s data lines […]
Bus Pirate education kit parts
A new Bus Pirate educational/experimentation kit is in the works. Here, in no specific order, are the experiments/parts we plan to include. Almost all are from Microchip. This is mostly an accident, they seem to have the cheapest and most commonly available small serial devices in through hole packages. If you know of alternate devices […]
Embedded Projects Journal article on Bus Pirate
For those readers fluent in German, fG draws your attention to an article discussing the Bus Pirate. To us it looks like they’re discussing using a BP to assist in reading an online banking card. The article is found on pages 16-25 of the Embedded Projects Journal. You can download the 36-page PDF of the […]
Sample boxes for Bus Pirate educational kit
Needed a box for the educational kit so Seeed’s sourcers went to Huaqiangbei market and returned with this collection a few hours later. Very cool.
Dangerous Prototypes kits on EEVBlog #413 mailbag
Ernesto sent a few of our PCBs to the EEVblog. Dave opened them up and featured them in his latest mailbag video. The featured PCBs are: Bus Pirate v4 Sick of Beige – from Schazamp community order Bus Blaster v4 Part ninja kit Bus Pirate LCD adapter v4 A big thanks to Ernesto and Dave!
RFID Multipass spoof using ATTiny85
Hudson from NYC Resistor was inspired by Beth’s avrfid.S project to try to build a replacement for the multiple HID Prox card he carried for work. Hudson notes that “Beth’s design is simultaneously a technical tour-de-force and an example of how badly we can abuse the Atmel chips.” The entire schematic consists of an ATTiny85 […]
Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 back in stock
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. This breakout board lets you drive, and test HD44780, and compatible LCDs with your Bus Pirate v3. We changed the PCB to one of our standard PCB sizes, namely the DP6037 v1. Get an LCD adapter for $9.
Simple shrink wrap Bus Pirate case
Voidptr used clear shrink wrap to encase his Bus Pirate v3 and cut holes for the IO headers. See our case video from a few months ago, and even more awesome DIY cases from Bus Pirate fans. Check out our Bus Pirate Sick of Beige case now selling at Seeed for $3. Get an assembled […]
Bus Pirate v3.6 Sick of Beige v1 acrylic case v1 back in stock
Bus Pirate v3.6 Sick of Beige acrylic case v1 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. Version 1 of the basic case is simple, cheap, easy to assemble, and fits our Sick of Beige standard PCB sizes. Check out our tutorial on how to customize Sick of Beige cases. Get Bus Pirate v3.6 acrylic case […]
Bus Pirate with a Nexus 7 tablet
Dolabra connected his Bus Pirate to the Nexus 7 tablet. All it takes is an OTG USB cable and a serial app to get your Bus Pirate going. I have been playing around with USB OTG on my new nexus 7 tablet. I wanted to see if I could talk to a bus pirate. It […]
Unbricking a laptop with the Bus Pirate
Nbssss successfully unbricked his ASUS G74SX laptop using the Bus Pirate. He used a Pomona 5250 SOIC clip to attach the Bus Pirate to the offending BIOS chip while it was still soldered to the board. For those attempting this in the future, what worked was to connect the four signal pins to their counterparts […]
3D Model: Bus Pirate and breadboard holder 2
Today’s model is the second iteration of the Bus Pirate and breadboard holder we designed for a kit we are prototyping. It this version the Bus Pirate is interfaced with a TO220-5 packaged IC. The holder board was designed in Sketchup and the design SVG files were sent for laser cutting. Free PCB to the […]
Home soldered Sick of Beige compliant Bus Pirate v4
Some time ago Schazamp made a community order of Sick of Beige compliant Bus Pirate v4. Presslab received his and soldered it up. All that’s left is to wait for his Sick of Beige acrylic panels to arrive and assemble the case. I built mine, they look really great. Thanks again schazamp. Now I am […]
Bus Pirate scratch and dent brought back to life
Tom chose to redeem one of his coupons for a Bus Pirate v3 from the scratch and dent category of our free PCB drawer. On arrival it was faulty, but he was quick to diagnose a problem with the FT232RL USB-to-serial IC on board. After replacement the Bus Pirate came to life. I chose a […]
Bus Pirate v3.6 Sick of Beige v1 acrylic case v1 back in stock
Bus Pirate v3.6 Sick of Beige acrylic case v1 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. Version 1 of the basic case is simple, cheap, easy to assemble, and fits our Sick of Beige standard PCB sizes. Check out our tutorial on how to customize Sick of Beige cases. Get Bus Pirate v3.6 acrylic case […]