Bus Pirate v3.6 universal serial interface is back in stock at Seeed Studio. This is the updated v3.6 in a standard PCB footprint. You can get a simple laser-cut acrylic protector for this board for only 3 bucks. Bus Pirate is a hacking multi-tool that has the capability to interface with most IC bus protocols […]
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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.
Bus Pirate in DEFCON 20 presentation
S3c writes to inform us that the Bus Pirate got a mention in DEFCON 20 talk on reversing smart meters. From what we were able to ascertain from the video the Bus Pirate is used to read memory devices located on the smart meter boards. Via the contact form. Get your own Bus Pirate for […]
Bus Pirate on EEVblog
Dave over at EEVblog used the Bus Pirate in his demo. In the video he works on Mantis Elite 3D Stereoscopic microscope review from Vision engineering. See the Bus Pirate in the EEVblog after the break. Get an assembled Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
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 v1 […]
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.
Bus Pirate and DS1307 realtime clock interface
jokkebk from Code and Life wrote this short how-to on interfacing the Bus Pirate to communicate with the DS1307 realtime clock. A good description showing beginners how to connect a BP to components or breakout boards and establish communications quickly and easily. Want to simplify hardware hacking? Get your own Bus Pirate for about $30.
Bus Pirate and plasma TV parts
Miceuz discovered a plasma TV by the dumpster and used the BASIC interpreter on the Bus Pirate to play with some of the components cannibalized from inside. Above he shows the BP connected to a 6-LED indicator with a M62320FP chip and an I/O port expander for I2C. You can find more pictures and miceuz’s […]
Hacking USB webkeys with Bus Pirate
Brad Antoniewicz has been exploring USB webkeys, the dongle devices used as marketing tools which guide Windows users to a seller’s webpage when plugged into the USB port. Essentially, webkeys function as a USB HID, emulate a keyboard and send commands stored in EEPROM to the host PC. Brad explored his webkey’s EEPROM using the […]
3D Model: Bus Pirate v4c AKA the Sick of Beige version
Today’s 3D model is the Bus Pirate v4c, also know as the Sick of Beige compatible version. The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. Check out out Sick of Beige customization tutorial explaining how to fit your project into our Sick of Beige cases. The models will be published […]
Panelize 4 DP6037 standard PCBs on a single cheap PCB order
Schazamp is making a community order of Bus Pirate v4 Sick of Beige PCBs. He decided to use Seeed Studio’ss cheap PCB service and hack together 4 Bus Pirates on one 10x10cm PCB. He hit a little snag with combining the gerbers, but Ernie helped him out. Since the Bus Pirate uses our DP6037 standard PCB […]
Popular Science likes the Bus Pirate
The Bus Pirate gets a mention as one of Popular Science’s favorite advanced development tools! This tool greatly simplifies prototyping. It can speak most common bus protocols, which allows me to play with new chips from a serial console or in software before building hardware around them The Bus Pirate was in a great crowd. […]
EEWeb PULSE: Bus Pirate as low-cost JTAG programmer
Frank noticed this article on EEWeb PULSE about Programming With Low-Cost JTAG Tools (PDF!) that references the Bus Pirate: If you’re not a big fan of building it yourself, then you could use one of the (X)SVF players that are available on the internet. Notable is the Bus Pirate from Dangerous Prototypes. Originally designed as a tool […]
Bus Pirate RFM12B radio data module demo
Hacromatic posted a tutorial on interfacing RFM12B radio data modules with the Bus Pirate: We’re working with some RFM12B RF modules, and needed to verify that they were working properly, so we used a Bus Pirate. We thought it’d make a nice intro to SPI on the BP so we wrote it up. Via the […]
Resurrecting a dead Bus Pirate using a GoodFET and a floppy cable
Bob Sheep tweetted: Resurrecting a dead Bus Pirate using a GoodFET and a floppy cable. Get your own Bus Pirate for $30, including worldwide shipping.
DEFCON 20: Hacking smart meters
At the recent DEFCON 20 conference in Las Vegas, Don C. Weber presented this talk on smart meter technology and security. The presentation deals with the optical port found on smart meters, and covers attacks from quick memory acquisition techniques to more complex hardware bus sniffing, as well as how authentication credentials are acquired. Finally, […]
Bus Pirate firmware v6.2 beta test
A test version of Bus Pirate firmware v6.2 is now available for download. This release has updates and bug fixes for hardware v3 and v4. Big changes: SPI mode speed fix BPv4 SUMP logic analyzer mode fixed BPv4 USB interrupt bug fixed (should fix many random bugs, including UART bridge) Fix translation files names 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 […]
Bus Pirate saves the day in paradise
If you were stranded on a deserted island, what one piece of open source tech would you want to have with you? For Javier Rosa the answer is clear: “I try and take my Bus Pirate with me whenever I can and it came in handy today. I’m presently on an island in the Pacific […]
Bus Pirate v4 case
Systems tech posted pictures of a case he built for his Bus Pirate v4. He cut up a standard small case to have access to the IO header, LEDs, and the USB jack. Some foam padding is keeping everything tight. See our case video from a few weeks ago, and even more awesome DIY cases […]