Category Archives: firmware

USB Infrared Toy firmware v07

USB Infrared Toy firmware v07 is ready to download. V06 was a little buggy, this release should be a lot more solid. This download contains the latest firmware only. Transmit fixed (hopefully) LED on/off/mute commands Sample timer setup Transmit frequency modulation setup Byte endianness adjustment Fixed hardware version detect (now solid) Cleaned most code (could […]

Bus Pirate firmware v5.7

Bus Pirate firmware v5.7 is ready to download. This is a bugfix release: Improved SPI sniffer, higher max speed Clear terminal buffer overflow error What’s on your wishlist for firmware v5.8? We also uploaded two new source code packages. Source for firmware v4.3 and v5.7 is ready for your hacking pleasure. Read about the firmware […]

Logic Sniffer dynamic memory depth in v2.12

The Gadget Factory released Logic Sniffer upgrade v2.12. There’s a video demonstration of the new features. This update includes dynamic memory depths. This means no more swapping bitstreams to get more samples when you only use 8 or 16 channels. Jochem Govers added this feature in response to the Gadget Factory’s bounty contest. There’s a […]

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 v5.5

Bus Pirate firmware v5.5 is ready to download. This version has a few new features and a couple bug fixes. New servo controller (‘S’), thanks Randy New SPI binary bulk read/write should speed up Flashrom Updated commands to support piratePICprog Some bug fixes, as usual Read about the firmware update process for the ds30 Loader […]

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 […]

Logic Sniffer test release 2.11

The Logic Sniffer is an open source logic analyzer. It’s designed to support the SUMP logic analyzer software at the lowest possible cost. This project is a collaboration between the Gadget Factory and Dangerous Prototypes. Jack posted Logic Sniffer bitstream test release 2.11 with bigger samples and RLE improvements: Extends memory depths from 8k and […]

Bus Pirate: Bootloader v4.3/v4.4 upgrade

See the latest version in the documentation wiki. Bus Pirate developers have been using an updated v4 bootloader for several months. It’s tested really well, so we packaged it in an installer. Bootloader v4.3/v4.4 is a minor update of v4.1/4.2. It is not a required update. Any v4+ firmware will work with any v4+ bootloader. […]

Logic Sniffer upgrade v2.1 released

Package v2.1 is the first official upgrade release for the Logic Sniffer. Download it now at the Gadget Factory. This version has a lot of updates that should fix a bunch of problems in the initial release: FPGA bitstream v2.1 with high-speed SPI connection between the PIC and FPGA. This eliminates most ‘hardware not found’ […]

Bus Pirate firmware v4.5

Firmware v4.5 for the Bus Pirate can be downloaded here. Changes include: New binary rawwire command for PIC programmer (Logic Sniffer rescue) OpenOCD support (may have been missing from v4.2) Fix to terminal input parser accepting out-of-range characters bug Other minor fixes This will be the last v4 release. The next release will be v5.0 […]

USB Infrared Toy firmware v1.02

There’s a new firmware, hardware, and source archive for the USB Infrared Toy available for download here. This release includes a very minor firmware update, there’s no real compelling reason to upgrade: USB device descriptor properly reports bus-powered device Removed padding from manufacturer string in descriptor Increased delay before and after self-test Updated self-test version […]