Vibrolax machined a case for his Bus Pirate: It was made from a scrap piece of 0.125″ acrylic sheet. My co-worker Arpad gets credit for the smooth edges, as he machined it on a Bridgeport mill. The 4-40 standoffs provides clearance between the top sheet and the Bus Pirate. A single washer provides clearance between […]
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Bus Pirate case from a mint tin
Kaeso made a Bus Pirate case from a mint tin. The Bus Pirate is a hacking multi-tool that can talk to many common electronic chips. See our case video from a few weeks ago, and even more awesome DIY cases from Bus Pirate fans. Get the Bus Pirate DIY edition PCB from the PCB drawer for […]
Control your Bus Pirate with an Android Tablet
N3mesys successfully controlled the Bus Pirate with an Android Tablet using the USB Serial Monitor app. This software lets Android enabled devices connect to FTDI USB-to-serial chips. The FT232RL and FT230X ICs are supported, so this works with older Arduinos and lots of other stuff with the common USB-to-serial chip. The only thing you need […]
Machined Bus Pirate v3 case
Timotet machined a case for his Bus Pirate v3. The bottom side of the case is machined on a CNC, while the top is made from acrylic cut to size. I thought my Bus Pirate deserved a decent case. After all Its only a matter of time before I inadvertently set it on something that […]
Bus Pirate helps out a hybrid race car build
A few days ago we were asked to help out a college team building a Formula Hybrid race car. They wanted to use the Bus Pirate to debug their electrical control system. We were happy to send one over. Hi Ian, I just wanted to say thank you again for the Bus Pirate. I finally […]
DIY Bus Pirate case
Stan Hall informs us of a Bus Pirate case he made at the OHM Space Corporation, an Oklahoma City hackerspace. Stan created the case using the hackerspace’s member-built CNC router. Case materials include plywood, acrylic and rubber bands. Here’s the link to his writeup. Get your own Bus Pirate for less than $40. Via the […]
Integrating the XSVF player into Bus Pirate firmware
Jean modified the Bus Pirate firmware to integrate the standalone XSVF player into it. The XSVF player is an alternate firmware for the Bus Pirate that allows it to program CPLDs and FPGAs via XSVF files. I have integrated the support of XSVF Player within the current 6.1 BP firmware as a new bitbang mode. […]
Programing your DIY Bus Pirate v3.5-SOIC build with the MSP430
Hardwhack bought 2 DIY Bus Pirate v3.5-SOIC PCBs and programmed them using the MSP430 microcontroller. Since he didn’t have any PIC programmers around, he decided to port the AVR Bus Pirate programmer code to a MSP430 MCU. The custom firmware he coded is open source, and available on his site. I built two DIY Bus […]
Bus Pirate v3.5 free PCB build
Denis 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 […]
HOW-TO: Use the Bus Pirate v3 as a PIC development board
The Bus Pirate is a handy debugging tool, but it’s also a 16 bit PIC 24FJ64GA002 development board. You don’t need a programmer to play, just upload the firmware over USB using the Bus Pirate’s nearly-impossible-to-brick bootloader. It’s easy to go back to the original Bus Pirate firmware at any time. This demo is step […]
Debuging Android on the Aura Design Life Pad via the Bus Pirate
Adam unboxes the Aura Design Life Pad, and immediately proceeds to tear-it-down. After soldering some wires to the UART port on the board he explains how to debug this Android Tabled with the Bus Pirate. Via the forum.
Unbrick the Bullet2 with the Bus Pirate update
Unbrick the Bullet2 outdoor radio network node with the Bus Pirate: I had the Bullet2 archived and i decided to update the firmware but i bricked it. The bootloader did not work from the lan so I proceeded to open the Bullet2 and connect it to an interface Bus-Pirate , which is capable of emulating […]
Updated Bus Pirate v3.5a DIY edition partlist
Bob shared a new Mouser shopping cart for the Bus Pirate v3.5 DIY edition. The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. Get the Bus Pirate DIY edition PCB from the PCB drawer for $3.95. Get an assembled Bus Pirate for $30, including world-wide shipping. Also available from our […]
Bus Pirate 802.15.4 ZigBee sniffer tools
Bruno hacked his Bus Pirate to be a ZigBee sniffer. He built a small protoboard adapter that connects the Microchip MRF24J40 module to the Bus Pirate IO header. He also wrote custom firmware that captures IEEE 802.15.4 traffic, and passes it on to a custom client app over USB. Check out his wiki page for […]
Bus Pirate v3 laser cut acrylic case
Hudson designed a laser cut acrylic case for his Bus Pirate v3.5 SOIC DIY edition. He provided the source files for anyone wanting to build their own. Cut from 2.5 – 3.0mm acrylic and screw together with M3x15 screws. If you use thicker 5-6mm acrylic only one middle layer is necessary, but the entire enclosure […]
PROTOTYPE PREVIEW: Bus Pirate HV programming adapter v4
Tayken finished the Bus Pirate v4 HV programming adapter. This adapter allows a Bus Pirate v4 to program PIC microcontrollers that require high-voltage on the VPP ICSP pin (PIC 16F, 18F) to enter programming mode. A DC-DC boost converter is driven by the Bus Pirate pulse-width modulator generates the required programming voltage. The adapter for […]
Bus Pirate and PiratePICprog programms PIC32
AndThen added support for PIC32 devices to PiratePICprog, the PIC programming application for the Bus Pirate. He needs help testing it. If you have a PIC32 and a Bus Pirate try it out. Please note: PIC32 programming does not require the Bus Pirate PIC programming adapter. Via the forum.
Chinese Bus Pirate tutorial
A Bus Pirate tutorial is now available in Chinese. A big thanks to Canghaiwuhen! We’ll get this moved to the wiki soon. All translations are appreciated.
Nook Tablet hardware protection hacked with the Bus Pirate
The Nook Tablet hardware protection was hacked with some help from the Bus Pirate. The Bus Pirate was used as a simple USB to UART bridge so nook hackers can talk directly to onboard ICs and bypass the standard bootloader. The device was released allowing ADB to be accessed. Barnes and Nobel quickly patched this […]
Workshop video #02: Bus Pirate and Bus Blaster
Workshop update on Bus Pirate firmware, Bus Blaster v3, and Bus Blaster v4. A quick look at our new Nasty Clamp camera tripods too. Bus Pirate firmware v6.1 is now available Bus Blaster JTAG debugger CPLD development boards use a bigger version of the CPLD on the Bus Blaster Nasty Clamps You can get Bus […]