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 […]
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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. […]
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.
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 […]
Workshop Update for August 14th, 2012
Today we continued verifying updates to the Bus Pirate firmware and prepared a beta test release. We also tested fitted some Scheme G Sick of Beige magnet holders in different hole diameters. Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware development continues with the UART menu system now implemented and tested. We continued developing the next version […]
Workshop Update for August 13th, 2012
Today and tomorrow are Bus Pirate days, so we’re reviewing all the latest patches in preparation for a release at the end of the week. We test fitted the SoB case for ATX, and fitted the Scheme G standoffs in a sheet with different sizes of test holes. We worked on initializing the ATX BB […]
Workshop Update for August 9th, 2012
Today we spent a lot of our time editing the video we filmed on our Singapore Global Geek Tour. Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 SPI and I2C protocols are complete. All 4 devices (EEPROM, ADC, DAC, and PWM generator) are functional on both protocols. Today we started work on the UART interface, which will feature […]
Workshop Update for August 8th, 2012
Today we are flying back to the workshop from our Singapore Global Geek Tour. Expect a full report soon. We successfully added an SPI EEPROM emulator to our Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware. We also had time to finish the SPI PWM generator, and the SPI DAC emulator. We added the 74×573 octal latch […]
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 […]
Bus Pirate and Open Bench Logic Sniffer: Reverse engineering an RF light switch
Skywodd tweetted about reverse engineering an RF 433MHz light switch (machine translation) using Arduino, Bus Pirate, and the Open Logic Sniffer. You can get Bus Pirate for $30, or grab a Logic Sniffer for $50. All including free worldwide shipping. Via TweetDeck.
Bus Pirate v3.5 free PCB build
David built a free Bus Pirate v3.5 PCB. The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the free PCB drawer. Get […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #30: Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v3 overview and demo
EEVblog brought up the Bus Pirate LCD adapter this week, so we though it was a good time to talk about the latest v3 hardware revision and do a simple demo. This is a small board that has everything needed to control and test common HD44780 LCD character displays with the Bus Pirate. The latest […]
Controlling a camera with the Bus Pirate
Hacromatic posted a tutorial on interfacing an Arduino camera module with the Bus Pirate: The Bus Pirate from Dangerous Prototypes is one of my favorite debugging tools. It’s a really handy gadget for probing and poking around on various communications buses to get an understanding of how to interface to new chips or devices. It […]
3D Model: Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3a
Today’s 3D model is a small revision of the Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3. We added an optional 2×8 HD44780 header footprint to the board, as per EEVblog’s suggestion. Check out our tutorial on how to build 3D models from Cadsoft Eagle board files, as well as the tutorial on how to render life like […]
Bus Pirate on EEVblog and 2×8 connector support on LCD adapter
Dave over at EEVblog tested an HD44780 LCD, and he used the Bus Pirate and LCD adapter in his demo. In the video he works with an LCD that has a 2×8 header, but the LCD adapter only supports a 1×16 type. Here’s a prototype LCD adapter board updated with an optional 2×8 LCD header. […]
Unboxing of the Meizu MX Android phone and gaining root access with the Bus Pirate
Adam unboxes the Meizu Mx and gets root access using the Bus Pirate. The phone is torn down to the main-board to gain access to the UART test points on the board. After that it was a simple matter of connecting the Bus Pirate to the phones UART lines. Also check out Adam’s rant on […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #29: Favorite Bus Pirate features
Today’s video is about our favorite Bus Pirate features. Voltage measurements with the Bus Pirate ADC pin are easier than working with a separate multimeter on an analog project. We read a voltage from an MCP4725 I2C digital to analog converter in the demo using the d and D (continuous) voltage measurement commands. The up/down […]
WORKSHOP VIDEO #28: Exploring the serial port
While USB is all around us, the humble (virtual) serial port is still everywhere. Today we explore the serial interface on the Infrared Toy, Bus Pirate, and Logic Sniffer. See a demonstration of the binary interfaces and commands normally used only by software utilities. Grab some terminal software like Tera Term, and Hercules and follow along. […]