Week in (p)review: August 8, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: PiratePICprog v0.2 was released, program some PICs with the Bus Pirate Bus Pirate firmware v5.5 with servo driver, updated PIC programming support, new Flashrom command A preview of the inexpensive multi-chip programmer. There’s a lengthy discussion in the forum about fixing bugs and […]

Bus Pirate firmware v5.5

Bus Pirate firmware v5.5 is ready to download. This version has a few new features and a couple bug fixes. New servo controller (‘S’), thanks Randy New SPI binary bulk read/write should speed up Flashrom Updated commands to support piratePICprog Some bug fixes, as usual Read about the firmware update process for the ds30 Loader […]

Bus Pirate firmware 5.4 released

Bus Pirate firmware v5.4 is ready for download. This is a recommended update with bug fixes, enhanced features, and major code cleanup. The documentation wiki has been updated with the new commands and macros. Selectable CS pin direction in SPI and raw3wire protocol Partial writes (less then 8 bits) in raw2wire and raw3wire protocol Command ‘i’ is […]

Week in (p)review: July 18, 2010

Here’s some highlights from the past week, in case you missed them: Bus Pirate firmware v5.3 was released with bug fixes and enhancements. We can’t buy ad space in Make this time. Add 16 more buffered channels to your Logic Sniffer with the Gadget Factory’s buffer wing. Sjaak demoed an LED matrix board from Sure […]