Wanted: Dedicated Logic Sniffer test squad

Development on the Logic Sniffer client is blazing forward. Jawi, and a few new contributors, are adding features daily. The development team is looking for a few dedicated beta testers on various platforms. The squad will test whether a pending release is functioning properly on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, before it goes live. If […]

View binary files in the Logic Sniffer client

Cactus wanted to view a binary logic dump in the Logic Sniffer client. He made a Ruby script to convert files to the OLS format. I needed to look at some data from a binary file that wasn’t grabbed by the Logic sniffer hardware, but the software doesn’t support that (yet? :) So after jawi […]

Week in (p)review: October 17, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past two weeks, in case you missed them: A USB Infrared Toy as a USB->serial bridge for an RFID reader Design a Dangerous Prototypes t-shirt for fame and prizes Bus Blaster power up test passes Logic Sniffer 101 introduction and overview Bus Pirate hardware v4 first firmware Three USB LCD […]

Week in (p)review: October 3, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past two weeks, in case you missed them: Bus Pirate firmware v5.8 USB IR Toy firmware v08 Logic Sniffer firmware v2.1 and updated OLS loader app Jawi released Logic Sniffer client v0.8.5 Web platform v1.1 is shipping now Bus Pirate LCD adapters are starting to arrive PCBs for the USB […]

Week in (p)review: September 26, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past two weeks, in case you missed them: The Bus Pirate LCD adapter v2 design was published, the hardware is available for immediate delivery A new USB Infrared Toy 101 quick-start tutorial A tutorial on using SubVersionN (SVN) to grab our latest code The Bus Blaster and mini-blaster PCBs arrived […]

Week in (p)review: September 5, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: USB Infrared Toy firmware v07 with bug fixes Updated WinLIRC plugin supports transmitting with the IR Toy SparkFun has the Logic Sniffer in stock. Thanks for helping us raise awareness of this open source project Honken demoed the first open source USB stack […]

Logic Sniffer dynamic memory depth in v2.12

The Gadget Factory released Logic Sniffer upgrade v2.12. There’s a video demonstration of the new features. This update includes dynamic memory depths. This means no more swapping bitstreams to get more samples when you only use 8 or 16 channels. Jochem Govers added this feature in response to the Gadget Factory’s bounty contest. There’s a […]

Week in (p)review: July 4, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: Bus Pirate firmware v5.1 was released. v5.0 was a major update with lots of changes, v5.1 corrects some bugs we missed in beta testing. Logic Sniffer test release v2.11 extends the memory available for samples and implements RLE for 8 and 16bit modes. […]

Week in (p)review: June 27, 2010

Last week was full of firmware updates. Here’s some highlights, in case you missed them: Bus Pirate firmware v5 was released. There were a few bug reports, a v5.1 update will probably be released this week. Go north, but don’t fall off the edge. Another release for the Bus Pirate: bootloader v4.3 with a few […]

Bus Pirate PIC programmer release

PiratePICprog executable and source are available on the Bus Pirate Google Code page. PiratePICprog is a new application that uses the Bus Priate to program PIC microcontrollers. V1 only supports the PIC 18F24J50 in the Open Logic Sniffer, but is has 18F and 24F script modes for prototyping other chip protocols. It requires Microsoft’s .net […]

Week in (p)review, June 13, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: On Monday the EEPROM in the Flash Destroyer died with 11,494,069 total write-verify cycles. For a closer look at the  failure, and the live stream viewing statistics, see the Flash Destroyer wrap up. It took three tries to get the USB Infrared Toy […]