We asked what things you check before sending gerbers to the board house, and what your favorite gerber viewer is. Here is a compilation of your responses: Problems with the footprint, the solder pad is sometimes buried by mask. Drills outside board or flipped. CAM didn’t export expected silkscreen layers. Evaluating not only whether a […]
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Bus Pirate preorder update
The Bus Pirate v3 preorder has been a great success. Seeed moved to a second preorder because we, once again, exhausted the supply of critical chips available for the Bus Pirate. So much for advanced planning! If you got in on preorder 1, your Bus Pirate is being manufactured at this very moment. It should […]
Last Bus Pirates in preorder 1
The Bus Pirate hardware v3 preorder has been a huge success. Thank you for your support! The BPv3 rollout has been pretty low-key. We haven’t posted the Instructables version, and the new design hasn’t been linked by any blogs. Only readers and forum members know about the new hardware, but we’ve almost run out of […]
#twatch network LCD preorder update
The #twatch ethernet LCD backpack preorder is over, shipments will start around October 10, 2009. Our first project was a big success. Thank you for participating with comments and preorders! If you missed out on the preorder, Seeed is making a few extra units you can buy for $45, worldwide shipping included. We don’t plan […]
Network LCD (#twatch) availablility update
**UPDATE*** Seeed is listing the #twatch again. They located additional PIC chips. The #twatch preorder has an estimated October 10 ship date. #twatch production is limited by the number of PIC 18F67J60 ethernet microcontrollers Seeed can find for immediate delivery. Here’s some of the options at this point: Seeed locates more PIC18F67J60s, they add more […]
#twatch: Preorder update
We’re really excited about the #twatch preorder. Yesterday was a great day for the #twatch, Seeed Studio added a few extra to their store. Thank you for your support! If things heat up, there’s a potential shortage of the PIC 18F67J60 chip we used. We built another #twatch using the slightly smaller PIC 18F66J65 chip […]
Hack a Day's Bus Pirate preorder 2: revision B5?
Bus Pirate v2go Firmware v2.2-nightly DEVID:0x0447 REVID:0x3043 (B5) Hack a Day’s preorder 2 Bus Pirates are starting to arrive worldwide. Remember to upgrade the firmware when it arrives. We’ve had one report that the latest preorder was assembled with revision B5 PIC 24FJ64GA002 chips. Press ‘i’ in the Bus Pirate terminal to see your PIC […]
Preorder the #twatch ethernet LCD backpack
**UPDATE** The #twatch will start shipping around October 10, 2009. The preorder is over, but there’s a few extra #twatches in the Seeed store for $45, including worldwide shipping. Get them while they last because we won’t make more soon. If you missed the #twatch, sign up here to be notified of any future #twatch […]
Hack a Day Bus Pirate preorder 2 ships
Fan from Seeed Studio just posted this note in the forum: Hey guys, This is fan from Seeedstudio. I got a good news for you, Bus pirate preorder 2 was ready and started shipping. You should get your preordered product very soon. Thanks for the update! When you get your Bus Pirate remember to update […]