Logic Sniffer case designs: yaobls case update

Yet another Logic Sniffer case: I’m interested in releasing some open source board designs under the Creative Commons license. Some of these board designs would benefit from having a small case, so I’ve been looking into various options for getting custom cases built. One of the approaches I investigated was using the Shapeways online SLS […]

Week in (p)review: July 15, 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: USB Infrared Toy v2 and Web Platform v1.1 are back in stock at Seeed Studio Bus Pirate introduction tutorial is now available in Spanish […]

Week in (p)review: July 08, 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 Fail Whale Bus Pirate Zeno zit zapper hack update Bus Pirate and CPLD breakout free PCB build Check out Frank’s RC Quadrotor […]

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 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 […]

OpenBench Logic Sniffer release 3.08

A new software package v3.08 is available for the Logic Sniffer: OpenBench Logic Sniffer Release 3.08 is now available for download. Release 3.08 includes Jawi’s 0.9.4 client with the following changes: Numerous Bug Fixes Support for multiple “Sump” clients Via the forum. Get a Logic Sniffer for $50, with free worldwide shipping.

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 […]

Week in (p)review: June 03, 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: Bus Pirate v3.5 free PCB build Bus Pirate v3.5 was featured in this week’s status update post Updated web server on a business card […]

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 […]

Logic Sniffer used in IDE bus sniffing and hard drive password recovery

Open Sesame on Prezi dop3j0e needed a way to recover the password on his ThinkPad’s hard drive after the laptop’s fingerprint scanner died (in which the password was stored.) Luckily, the drive’s IDE had 16 5V data lines just like the inputs on the OpenBench Logic Sniffer. He wired the Logic Sniffer to the lines […]

Week in (p)review: March 18, 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: A big box of parts arrived from MDFLY A KT-link buffer clone supporting JTAG Serial Wire Debug is now available for Bus […]

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 […]

Week in (p)review: February 27, 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 Bus Blaster v1 JTAG debugger was released Check out Dogsbody’s Demon Core v3.07 for the Logic Sniffer. We also released […]