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Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #15 –
You need that adapter for 16F/18F series PICs as they require 12V during programming. BP uses a 24F series PIC so the adapter is not needed.

But you can use a friend's BP as a programmer, we should have a tutorial on the wiki somewhere.

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #16 –
Hi kamcm,

I see that at least you did tried to test your Bus Pirate with the following utility:
"Bus Pirate HPV Adapter SELF TEST utility v0.1" which I search for but could not find it.
Can I ask where I could download it and how to use it?
Thanks kamcm

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #17 –
[quote author="Coder"]Hi kamcm,

I see that at least you did tried to test your Bus Pirate with the following utility:
"Bus Pirate HPV Adapter SELF TEST utility v0.1" which I search for but could not find it.
Can I ask where I could download it and how to use it?
Thanks kamcm[/quote]

https://code.google.com/p/the-bus-pirat ... Pselftest/
http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus ... g_selftest

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #18 –
Hi kamcm

The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows I'm running.
Is a 64-bit OS, I tried DOSBox but was not able to run the file, then I tried to edit
the .bat file but I end up giving up, thank you kamcm

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #19 –
[quote author="Coder"]Hi kamcm

The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows I'm running.
Is a 64-bit OS, I tried DOSBox but was not able to run the file, then I tried to edit
the .bat file but I end up giving up, thank you kamcm[/quote]

it works in 64-bit windows, you may download it with the wrong way.

https://code.google.com/p/the-bus-pirat ... lftest.exe

Download it by clicking the "View raw file" on the right hand side.

OR

https://the-bus-pirate.googlecode.com/s ... lftest.exe

The file should be 15K, you may did something wrong if it's not 15k.

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #20 –
Hi Guys:
Sorry for the problem brought.
This is Kevin from seeedstudio. If you have problem about Bus pirate, please contact with me for replacement, the email address is QC@seeedstudio"dot"com.
We have tested all the products before shipped them, So I am the most worried about these problem.
I will check the stocks tomorrow morning.

Thanks for your feedback.
Kevin

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #21 –
[quote author="KevinHai"]Hi Guys:
Sorry for the problem brought.
This is Kevin from seeedstudio. If you have problem about Bus pirate, please contact with me for replacement, the email address is QC@seeedstudio"dot"com.
We have tested all the products before shipped them, So I am the most worried about these problem.
I will check the stocks tomorrow morning.

Thanks for your feedback.
Kevin[/quote]

Sent qc@ an email.  Hopefully I get a reply this time (I used the contact form on your website twice last week, still haven't seen a response from either of them).

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #22 –
I will reply today, please don't worry about that.
I attached a manufacturing order information to you in our ERP system. It include the quality inspection and testing record, the delivery time. you can see this order quanity is 1000pcs, first pass yield is 98.20%. Some problems happeded with SMT and Testing process. If you have visited some manufacturing factory, you will understand we will do the failure analysis and record every defective unit, that will be useful for tracking the problem for us.
The below is the detailed information for the MO02043, for your reference.

Thanks
Kevin


产品良率汇总                        产品名：   Bus Pirate v3.6 universal serial interface       
工位   不良   良品   产品总数   良率   不良率         日期：   2013-10-08      
外观检测   3   997   1000   99.70%   0.30%         阶段：   MP      
测试   15   982   997   98.50%   1.50%         生产单位：   生产部        
一次良率   18   982   1000   98.20%   1.80%         生产难度：         
维修后良率      1000   1000   100.00%   0.00%                  
                                 
工位   问题   不良项目      数量   单项不良率   不良原因和描述      不良类别   处理方法   状态   测试者
外观检查   TOP1   IC1移位      1   0.10%   IC1移位      S   重新焊接   repaired   刘燕娥
   TOP2   IC2反向              1   0.10%   IC2反向      S   重新焊接   repaired   刘燕娥
   TOP3   IC(VR3)错料      1   0.10%   IC(VR3)错料      S   更换物料   repaired   刘燕娥
测试   TOP1    测试不通过        2   1.10%   IC1虚焊      S   重新焊接   repaired   刘燕娥
                            2      IC2不良              M   更换物料      
                            2      VR1虚焊              S   重新焊接      
                            2      IC2虚焊              S   重新焊接      
                            1      RN3不良              S   更换物料      
                            1      IC3偏位              S   重新焊接      
                            1      RN2虚焊              S   重新焊接      
   TOP2   灯不亮              2   0.30%   R4虚焊      S   重新焊接   repaired   刘燕娥
                            1       USB口虚焊      S   重新焊接      
   TOP3   板发烫              1   0.10%   C11钽电容反向   S   重新焊接   repaired   刘燕娥

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #23 –
Does your testing process verify that the chip was actually programmed?  Based on some of the replies here, this seems to be the suspected cause of the issues.

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #24 –
Yes, we test all the products, you can see 15 NG in the testing process, and that including the failure analysis and how to repair it.

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #25 –
I just received the replacement [05/30/13]and now I can connect to the Buspirate via terminal.
The problem has been solved.

Thanks for the help,

Kam

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #26 –
Same here, Bus Pirate v3.6(april 2012) from seeedstudio DOA(well power lights up but thats it). scope shows gibberish on 232RL TX pin so probably that is the problem. I am definitely not ordering from them again since this is second time(out of two) they royally screwed up my order.(first time it cost me around 20€ and lots of time and nerves)

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #27 –
Still waiting on my replacement :/

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #28 –
[quote author="kubikzovocia"]Same here, Bus Pirate v3.6(april 2012) from seeedstudio DOA(well power lights up but thats it). scope shows gibberish on 232RL TX pin so probably that is the problem. I am definitely not ordering from them again since this is second time(out of two) they royally screwed up my order.(first time it cost me around 20€ and lots of time and nerves)[/quote]

As I previously said, the main reason may be the counterfeit FT232RL.
The marking on the counterfeit FT232RL is CN480661.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5947#p55429

Re: Buspirate 3.6 alive?

Reply #29 –
You might like to check this post:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6052&p=55828#p55827
It was a driver problem.. Hope this helps for you all too..