BP v3 Arrived

[bluesign2k]

Woohoo! My Bus Pirate v3 has just turned up (not sure where my twatch is though, being that it was shipped the same day... hmm).

Here's my info screen, seems to use the later B5 devices where as my BP2go had an A3 device:

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Bus Pirate v3 (Seeed Studio)
http://dangerousprototypes.com
Firmware v2.4-Seeed
DEVID:0x0447 REVID:0x3043 (B5)
HiZ>
I've now updated to the latest version which seems to have gone okay, passes all the self test too, but I seem to have a dead "mode" LED and the "vreg" LED is way too bright... time to whip out the iron methinks :)

[ian]

Thanks for the report. I bet the #twatch is close behind, it was a much heavier package. Any chance you could attach a picture?

Great news about the B5 chip!

I'm sorry you had a dead LED. Can you read the value on the bright VREG resistor? I must have low brightness LEDs because the LEDs Seeed uses seem to be much brighter with the same resistor.

Notice the special compile :) This way we can tell a new Seeed Bus Pirate. v2.4-Seeed has a self-test mode accessible by connecting the right combo of pins on the ICSP header, so it's a good idea to update to a normal firmware right away. I need to write a post to that effect.

[ian]

Adding to that - the manufacturer self-test mode in v2.4-seeed has been replaced by the new binary self-test mode (example script in the SVN).

[MotoDog]

I got BP V3 today too!

Have got it hooked up and some results.  Don't know how to test it fully.

Wondering if I should try to update its firmware?

I may end up killing it totally?

My Power Led is really bright, Mode is funny, only have seen it flicker.

Is there a first time check out procedure for beginners?

Thanks
Mike

[ian]

Hi MotoDog - Glad you got your BPv3.

The MODE LED only comes on when a mode is engaged.

You should definitely upgrade the firmware, there's very very little chance of killing it with an upgrade. In fact, I've never heard of it happening under normal use.

The self-test might be what you're looking for (menu ~):
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2009/07/28/bus-pirate-self-test-guide/

Also, the manual is freshly updated and pretty comprehensive:
http://dangerousprototypes.com/bus-pirate-manual/

[MotoDog]

Whoopie!

OK, I did an update!  There were other hex files in the download.  IT and ES I guess were for Italian and Spanish?  I picked the other one?

Here is what I got now when I initialize!
Is that the latest REVID?  What is B5?

Is there top view picture with functions of the 10 Pin Interface Connector for Reference.
Is there a printable schematic?.  I printed out the manual and 101 but am missing finding these.

Thanks for the fun!
Mike


From Up Dated Bus Pirate........................

HiZ>i
                                                                         
Bus Pirate v3
                                                                 
Firmware v3.0
                                                                 
DEVID:0x0447 REVID:0x3043 (B5)
                                               
http://dangerousprototypes.com
                                               
HiZ>                                 

[ian]

Yes, IT and ES are translations.

B5 is the latest revision of the PIC 24FJ64GA002.

The BPv3 article and full-sized placement image show the IO header pinout.
http://dangerousprototypes.com/2009/10/04/prototype-bus-pirate-v3/
http://wherelabs.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/brdii.png

The schematic was left out of the article for some reason, but I put it in with a link to the full size image:
http://wherelabs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/bpv3cct.png

[ian]

I added pinout diagram for v3 and v2go to the manual as well.

[pandroid]

Hello folks,

I received my BP today, and I am updating the firmware as we speak. I did the self-test before I started the firmware upgrade and it passed.

The LEDs are not that bright on mine, although I only have the PWR LED on when I plug the device in, should the VREG LED light up too? (I haven't read the manual completely yet)

One thing I had to deal with was the lack of comdlg32.ocx in my freshly installed Windows XP 64-bit OS, which is needed for the Microchip bootloader app, to fix this issue:
  - Download http://windowsxp.mvps.org/utils/Comdlg32.zip
  - Extract it into C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64
  - Run regsvr32  C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx

The bootloader app should now work.

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The firmware upgrade is now finished and it reports:

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HiZ>i
Bus Pirate v3
Firmware v3.0
DEVID:0x0447 REVID:0x3043 (B5)
http://dangerousprototypes.com

Time to hack, thanks Ian!

[ian]

Is it possible for anyone to post a picture I can use on the blog? It doesn' t have to be great, just something for the unboxing thread.

Thanks!

[pandroid]

Not a great shot, but here we go:


(click photo for the flickr photo page...)

[ian]

That's a great picture, thanks!

[cybergibbons]

Evening All,

My Bus Pirate v3 arrived yesterday and I've just had a chance to play with it. Tried out a few of the modes and they work fine. The self-test is successful as well.

As with others, the PWR and VREG LEDs are very very bright. Also, the MODE LED never comes on.

I've not had a chance to check why this is - I'll add another reply once I have checked.

Andrew

[cybergibbons]

Yep, the LED is broken, the pin is changing state fine. I'll probably just add another one.

[bluesign2k]

Here's a few pics of mine, still haven't got around to sorting the LEDs... that's tomorrows job:) I don't have the board infront of me just at the moment, but from memory the resistor for VREG reads as 391.



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