Cheap DIY Bus Pirate v.4 cable

February 26, 2012, 12:26:06 pm

I wasn't using my free build Bus Pirate v.4 until now, because of the lack of cables and pinheader.
While browsing a junk box the other day I found this:

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It came from an old compaq server I dismantled years ago.
As the cables go out parallel to the connector, I decided to use an angled pinheader.
I didn't have any, so back to the junk box I found an old disk drive;

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I had to cut it, here's how it ended up looking:

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I personally prefer having the angled connector, it makes the Bus Pirate more stable over my desk.
I took a look at other desktop tools like the Saleae logic or USBee, they all have the pins coming parallel to the board.
This could be something to take into account for future DP designs.

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The probe hooks are from ebay, they are really cheap, I got one hundred of them for less than 20 dollars.