It’s finally here! The Bus Blaster v2 JTAG debugger is now in stock and shipping at Seeed Studio. Read the full hardware design article There’s a ton of JTAG debuggers out there, what makes the Bus Blaster v2 so special? V2 has a reprogrammable logic chip (CPLD) that sits between the FT2232H USB chip and […]
Category Archives: Prototypes
NEW PROTOTYPE: Logic Shrimp logic analyzer
The Logic Shrimp is a medium speed, low-cost logic analyzer with a USB interface. It can capture up to 256K samples at 20MHz, and is compatible with the open source SUMP logic analyzer client. The 23K256 serial SRAM from Microchip makes this project possible. Each chip stores up to 256K samples from one logic analyzer […]
NEW PROTOTYPE: XC9572XL CPLD development board
Ever get stuck choosing the right logic chip combination or voltage level translator? Give up the hunt and create your own custom logic chip. CPLDs can give you the logic you need, with the pinout you want, while saving board space and board revisions. The Xilinx XC9500XL family has some of the cheapest and readily-available […]
NEW PROTOTYPE: CoolRunner-II CPLD development board
Ever get stuck choosing the right logic chip combination or voltage level translator? Give up the hunt and create your own custom logic chip. CPLDs can give you the logic you need, with the pinout you want, while saving board space and board revisions. The CoolRunner-II XC2C CPLD has two separate banks of pins that […]
PROTOTYPE: xQFP protoboard with SOIC, SSOP, 0805 footprints
Today we’re super excited to announce a new QFP prototype board for SMD parts, the newest addition to our Dangerous Protoboard collection. This giant protoboard has a xQFP breakout footprint, along with a score of other pads for SMD parts. Great for getting started with a new microcontroller. Dangerous Protoboard: xQFP. Prototype board for working […]
PROTOTYPE: Bus Blaster v1 JTAG debugger
The Bus Blaster is a high-speed JTAG debugger/programmer that works with many ARM processors, CPLDs, FPGAs, and flash chips. It’s compatible with the most popular open source JTAG utilities such as OpenOCD and urJTAG. After almost a year of on-and-off development the first Bus Blaster v1 prototype is available. This initial batch is offered to […]
PROTOTYPE: ENC424J600 breakout board
We forgot to release this stalled prototype during the Seeed Studio holiday. We put a lot of work into these projects, but they’re still missing major components and testing. If an abandoned project sparks your interest, we may have PCBs to get you started. This is a breakout board for Microchip’s ENC424J600 100/10 Base-T Ethernet […]
PROTOTYPE: Daft Punk table controller
We’re releasing a stalled or abandoned prototype every few days while Seeed Studio is on break. We put a lot of work into these projects, but they’re still missing major components and testing. If an abandoned project sparks your interest, we may have PCBs to get you started. The goal of this project was to […]
PROTOTYPE: PIC Z-machine emulator
We’re releasing a stalled or abandoned prototype every few days while Seeed Studio is on break. We put a lot of work into these projects, but they’re still missing major components and testing. If an abandoned project sparks your interest, we may have PCBs to get you started. The goal of this project is to […]
PROTOTYPE: Ethernet LED driver
We’re releasing a stalled or abandoned prototype every few days while Seeed Studio is on break. We put a lot of work into these projects, but they’re still missing major components and testing. If an abandoned project sparks your interest, we may have PCBs to get you started. The goal of this project is to […]
PROTOTYPE: Ethernet JTAG debugger for OpenOCD
We’re releasing a stalled or abandoned prototype every few days while Seeed Studio is on break. We put a lot of work into these projects, but they’re still missing major components and testing. If an abandoned project sparks your interest, we may have PCBs to get you started. The goal of this project was to […]
PROTOTYPE: XT IDE disk controller with CPLD
We’re releasing a stalled or abandoned prototype every few days while Seeed Studio is on break. We put a lot of work into these projects, but they’re still missing major components and testing. If an abandoned project sparks your interest, we may have PCBs to get you started. The XT-IDE project is a Vintage Computer […]
NEW PRODUCT: xQFP breakouts
Prototype with QFP size surface mount chips. Currently available in 0.50mm, 0.65mm, and 0.80mm. 32-80pin xQFP packages Each pin brought to a header Open source (CC-BY-SA) Don’t know your size? See choosing a breakout board. Available in 0.50mm, 0.65mm, and 0.80mm for $3.
NEW PRODUCT: MCP2200 USB to Serial breakout board
The MCP2200 is a new USB to serial converter chip from Microchip. Our MCP2200 breakout board brings all the pins to bread board friendly headers. USB CDC virtual serial port interface Secondary HID configuration interface Up to 8 additional IO 256bytes user EEPROM TX/RX indicator LEDs All pins to bread-board friendly header Open source (CC-0) […]
NEW PRODUCT: Surface mount protoboard SOIC
Dangerous Protoboard: Bus Pirate v3/SOIC is now available for $10. This is Sjaak’s special Dangerous Protoboard for working with SOIC chips and SMD parts, it includes a Bus Pirate v3 connector for easy testing. It has footprints for: 0805 parts (59x) SOIC chips from .150″ to .3″ (max 112 pins) SOT23-3 (16x) 26×10 pin through-hole […]
NEW PRODUCT: FT2232H breakout board
We have a new breakout board for the FT2232H USB2.0 high-speed IO IC. Breakouts are in stock and shipping now for $27. Read a complete overview of the design on the wiki. This board has the latest 5th generation FTDI FT2232H USB 2.0 IO chip. The FT2232 is a USB to serial converter like the […]
NEW PROTOTYPE: USB Universal LCD backpack
The USB Universal LCD backpack controls LCDs with up to 16 interface pins at 3.3volts or 5.0volts. This includes common HD44780 character LCDs and larger graphical LCDs. Small backpack mounts behind most LCDs USB control for common 1×8, 1×16, 2×8, 2×16 … up to 4×40 character displays and some graphic displays 3v3 and 5v LCDs […]
NEW PROTOTYPE: USB Infrared Toy through-hole PCB
We took the next-gen USB IR Toy v1.1 circuit and rearranged it into a through-hole PCB. It’s the basic Infrared Toy with a couple additions: Raw infrared signal detector for frequency measurement Breakout area with all the unused pins, tap in and do something interesting Check out the design, and get a PCB for $7.
Prototype: Web platform v1.1
The web platform is a tiny server designed for networked hacks where a full PC is inconvenient. This tiny internet appliance can connect to web services, control physical objects from a browser interface, or email sensor status reports. It’s our go-to board for interactive internet art like the @tweet tree Twitter-controlled Christmas tree. Web platform […]
Prototype: Bus Pirate LCD adapter v2
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v2 enables the mysterious LCD mode on your Bus Pirate. The Bus Pirate can’t control an HD44780 LCD alone, it needs help from a few extra parts. Read the how-to and build your own adapter, or buy it assembled for $9. The v2 adapter is a complete rework of the […]