adamoutler posted picture of his Bus Pirate case sticker in action: I updated the locations in the first post. The Improved Bus Pirate Case Sticker has found its way to the SVN here. Anyone can maintain them now. Via the forum. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from […]
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Bus Pirate with mix of through-hole, SMD parts
Rohit documented his Bus Pirate clone build: I recently bought an XC9572 CLPD board from Seeed and realized I’d need a JTAG programmer. The BP has got some great firmware that makes it into a JTAG programmer. And since I’ve bombed several times at the Free PCB giveaways I decided to build one myself. My […]
Week in (p)review: July 01, 2011
Facebook free PCB Friday is on the way. Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: Maker Shed now stocks the USB Infrared Toy LeafLabs conference call Interfacing the TMP006 IR temperature sensor with the Bus Pirate xQFP breakout boards […]
Week in (p)review: June 24, 2011
Facebook free PCB Friday is on the way. Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: Thermal Tweeter, networked Twitter printer @dangerousproto Bus Pirate v3.5 is now shipping A box of new PCBs just arrived Bus Pirate is back in […]
Week in (p)review: June 17, 2011
This week was lost to server setup and site migration. Thanks for hanging in there. We’re back now, pushing to Twitter and Facebook too. Look out for new features and updates. A new mobile forum interface makes it easier to read and post. Many have noticed a substantial speedup with the new server too. Lots […]
DIY Bus pirate with FT232 breakout
hak8or posted pictures of his DIY Bus Pirate with a breakout for the FT232 chip. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our friendly distributors.
Week in (p)review: June 10, 2011
Facebook free PCB Friday is on the way. Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: How to mail PCBs WIFI web platform design review Bus Blaster v2, USB IR Toy v2, Bus Pirate v3b, and CPLD development boards are back […]
Maker Faire 2011: Bus Pirate
The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. It’s got a bunch of features an intrepid hacker might need to prototype their next project. This manual is an effort to link all available Bus Pirate information in one place. Get your own handy Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide […]
Week in (p)review: May 20, 2011
Facebook free PCB Friday is on the way. Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: Updated downloads for the Logic Shrimp, LCD Backpack FT232 Universal and LCD Backpack Nokia color USB IR Toy v2 free PCB build Bus Pirate […]
Maker Faire 2011: Hands-on DIY festival
The internet situation pre-Maker Faire Bay Area has been pretty bad. Worse than bad. Today we’re in the conference hotel though, and there’s wired and wireless internet aplenty. If you’re going to Maker Faire please stop by the Seeed Studio booth and say hi, we’re right next to the central Maker stage in the main […]
pyBusPirateLite support for Windows
There is a new version of pyBusPirateLite, the Python library for interacting with the Bus Pirate. It now supports Windows versions of Python. You can download the latest version from the Bus Pirate SVN Repository, or a package containing just pyBusPirateLite. See the wiki page on Bus Pirate Scripting in Python to get started.
Week in (p)review: April 29, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: USB IR Toy v2 was released We reviewed our photo studio in this week’s tools post Free PCB recipients can now pick their own board from the new free PCB drawer Check […]
JTAG XSVF player for the Bus Pirate
A new alternative firmware for the Bus Pirate programs JTAG devices like the CPLD development boards using standard (X)SVF programming files. We also whipped up a PC utility that sends the files to the Bus Pirate from the command prompt. Download the package here. SVF is a common programming format used in manufacturing. It’s a […]
CPLD dev-boards arriving now
The CPLD development boards are starting to arrive worldwide. jbeale took the XC2C64A board for a spin: Very happy to report that my first try at a Coolrunner II CPLD project works! This is the 16-bit timer with start / stop pulse inputs. It is only tested so far up to 4 MHz, using the […]
CPLD development board package v1.1
Package v1.1 for the CPLD development boards is now available for download. It includes: Schematic tutorials Verilog tutorials VHDL tutorials Bus Pirate XSVF programmer firmware and application PCBs Programming instructions for the Bus Pirate and Bus Blaster have been freshened. An updated ISE (X)SVF export tutorial will help you get started with your own projects. […]
Week in (p)review: April 01, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. This week our favorite project gets a free QFP protoboard. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: We released XC9572XL and XC2C64A (CoolRunner-II) CPLD development boards USB IR Toy v1 and Web platform v1.1 are back in stock at […]
Week in (p)review: March 25, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. This week our favorite project gets a free QFP protoboard. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: Bus Blaster v2 was featured in this week’s status update post, the hardware is being tested now and the documentation is mostly […]
Week in (p)review: March 13, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. This week our favorite project gets a free SOIC protoboard. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: We released a new QFP prototype board for SMD parts omegat shared his hot air soldering station in the project log forum […]
Watterott Electronic has the Web Platform
Watterott Electronic now stocks the Web Platform, Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v2, #Twatch and the Bus Pirate in Germany. Thanks for supporting our projects. If you’d like to be distributor please drop us a line. Hacker Spaces get distributor pricing too.
Week in (p)review: February 20, 2011
Don’t forget to share your current project in the comments or the forum. This week our favorite project gets a free SOIC protoboard. Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week: A new firmware and PC application to program CPLDs and FPGAs with the Bus Pirate MOD for the phpBB3 forum stops almost […]