Putting the final touches on the video from Sjaak’s workshop. Don’t miss the part where he sets a diode on fire.
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Workshop video #01: Sjaak solders a QFN chip, attempts the BGA challenge
We took our cameras on the road and visited Sjaak’s workshop this week. He showed us how he solders QFN chips with a bit of hot air and normal drag-soldering. We also surprised him with a challenge to solder a tiny BGA chip, see how it turns out. Here’s some links mentioned in the video: […]
Bus Pirate: Firmware v5.0
Bus Pirate firmware v5.0 is now available for download. This is the first release with Sjaak’s newterm overhaul. This version has a completely reworked core with lots of new features to make prototyping easier than ever. We encourage you to take a walk around the new interface, go further north, and explore it. As with […]
Bus Pirate ‘new terminal’ test release
Sjaak is working on a branch of the Bus Pirate firmware known as ‘newterm‘ because it contains a new terminal interface. It’s ready for an alpha release (download here), and we’d like to invite curious testers to take the new firmware for a spin. Newterm is only compatible with the v4 bootloader using pirate-loader or […]