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Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

December 15, 2010, 06:04:16 pm

Bus Pirate v4 test batch should be done any day now. The production prototype is working.

I only ordered an initial batch of 20, many are already taken by case designers, developers, etc who are getting free advance hardware. There is no promise the hardware is without bugs, and it might not be the production design (I won't hesitate to change the final pinout if the mood strikes me).

The test batch comes programmed with firmware v6.0.

It WILL NOT come with a bootloader, you must have a PIC programmer to upgrade it.

I would really prefer that these go to contributing designers, developers, and testers only. The initial price will be pretty high to discourage lookie loos, but if you make some good contributions DP will pay for your 'pirate.

As soon as there is a workable bootloader we can produce 100.

If you want one dispite the bolding above, you can reserve one in this post. The rest will go on sale in a free-for-all at Seeed.

I'll dig through my PMs for the list of people who already have one reserved. (Ril3y, ahri, Tayken?,...) Sjaak already has one soldered by moi, and IP and McZ have PCBs.

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #1 – December 15, 2010, 07:26:10 pm

ive been waiting to try one out, id even solder it myself!

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #2 – December 16, 2010, 12:09:21 am

@sqkybeaver: If you don't get it through seeed, there will be  some available through pcb free sunday.

BTW: Next time I solder it meself!! Someone pointed me to a good solderstation

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #3 – December 16, 2010, 01:09:47 am

i used to solder QFN and 0402 smt by hand, all day long, i still have access to a stereo microscope and a fine soldering station. good with RHOS too!

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #4 – December 16, 2010, 08:37:17 am

I've given away all the PCBs I had, but another batch is on the way. I'd be happy to send you a board when I get them.

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #5 – December 16, 2010, 09:48:52 am

Yep, I sent a PM for reserving one. After my year -end presentation I can design and hopefully laser cut a case. (Still waiting for the machine to be repaired though )

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #6 – December 16, 2010, 01:17:15 pm

i could imagine a lot of people have been waiting for this revision, ive been trying to hold out.

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #7 – December 22, 2010, 11:53:26 am

@sqkybeaver - no reason to hold out, it could be a very long time until this is ready for general use.

Just got word that these are being tested now. Maybe they'll be ready tomorrow.

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #8 – December 22, 2010, 01:24:26 pm

that would be awesome, Ive been thinking it would be nice to see how fast it could be pushed with native usb.

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #9 – December 27, 2010, 02:56:10 pm

We didn't quite make it, but the prototypes are available today. I'm going to fill freebie requests first, then expand to paying developers, then put anything left in the Seeed store. I'll post a PIC if I get one.

Re: Bus Pirate v4 to developers by Christmas

Reply #10 – December 27, 2010, 10:26:06 pm

[quote author="ian"]
I'll post a PIC if I get one.
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A PIC24FJ256GB106?