Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. This breakout board lets you drive, and test HD44780, and compatible LCDs with your Bus Pirate v3. We changed the PCB to one of our standard PCB sizes, namely the DP6037 v1. Get an LCD adapter for...Tags: LCD adapter
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Monday, December 3rd, 2012
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. This breakout board lets you drive, and test HD44780, and compatible LCDs with your Bus Pirate v3. We changed the PCB to one of our standard PCB sizes, namely the DP6037 v1. Get an LCD adapter for...Tags: LCD adapter
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Thursday, October 25th, 2012
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. This breakout board lets you drive, and test HD44780, and compatible LCDs with your Bus Pirate v3. We changed the PCB to one of our standard PCB sizes, namely the DP6037 v1. Get an LCD adapter for...Tags: LCD adapter
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Thursday, July 19th, 2012
Today we mainly worked on the Workshop Video. Illustration for the Sick of Beige laser cutting tutorial is complete. As is the documentation for the recently released Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3. We updated an early prototype of the Bus Blaster v4, and put together the BOM for that project...Tags: laser cutting, LCD adapter, Sick of Beige, Workshop Update
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
Free PCBs are being mailed. We're trying really hard to find a way to go to Singapore's first Maker Faire at the end of the month. Our USB talk was accepted to the Open Hardware Summit so we're working on the presentation now. In response to Dave's suggestions we made...Tags: Bus Pirat, LCD adapter, OHS, Workshop Update
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Monday, July 16th, 2012
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 2x8 header, but the LCD adapter only supports a 1x16 type. Here's a prototype LCD adapter board updated with...Tags: Bus Pirate, hd44780, LCD adapter
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. This breakout board lets you drive, and test HD44780, and compatible LCDs with your Bus Pirate v3. We changed the PCB to one of our standard PCB sizes, namely the DP6037 v1. Get an LCD adapter for...Tags: LCD adapter
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Thursday, June 7th, 2012
The workshop video always sucks up a whole day, this one way longer than normal to edit though. Learn about the parts we stock and why. Routing of the soldering practice badge continues today. We set the design using 3 '595 shift registers, and one ULN2003 Darlington array. Two '595s...Tags: Eagle library, LCD adapter, Part Ninja, Workshop Update
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Pietja made two LCD adapters for the Bus Pirate v4: First a cheap, fast, bi-directional passive adapter. The second adapter is an update on the existing BPv3 adapter with PWM or manual control for the backlight and contrast. On both adapters the BP can sense the contrast voltage, there are...Tags: LCD adapter
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
The previous and current batch of the Bus Pirate LCD adapter have some minor updates: Clearer labeling is a lot easier to read The backlight section has a footprint (no parts yet) for a dimming circuit using the PWM on the Bus Pirate AUX pin. This isn't tested yet, so we...Tags: Bus Pirate, LCD adapter
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v2 is back in stock at Seeed Studio. Get an LCD adapter for $9.Tags: LCD adapter, Seeed Studio
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
eHaJo is the first reseller to carry the Bus Pirate LCD adapter. Lots of LCD adapters have been sold, but we haven't heard much from users. We're hoping that means everything is working great. eHaJo has the Bus Pirate, LCD adapter, probe cable, and case in stock and ready to...Tags: eHaJo, LCD adapter
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
asdf just received the first LCD adapter v2. More pictures on asdf's Flickr photostream. There are sporadic reports of missing connector cables. Seeed is aware of the issue, just ask for a replacement if your cable is missing. Get an LCD adapter for $9. Via the forum.Tags: LCD adapter, unboxing
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Sunday, September 19th, 2010
We go through a lot of prototype PCBs, and end up with lots of extras that we’ll never use. Every Sunday we give away a few PCBs from one of our past or future projects, or a related prototype. Our PCBs are made through Seeed Studio’s Fusion board service. This...Tags: hd44780, LCD adapter, pcb
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Thursday, September 16th, 2010
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...Tags: adapters, hd44780, LCD, LCD adapter
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