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The point of I2C NACKs
The logic analyzer output above (top continues on the bottom) shows the Bus Pirate I2C address scan function. The Bus Pirate sends a DS1307 I2C read address. After the DS1307 ACKnowledges the address...
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Bus Pirate Mind-Reading Mode?
Mike Donovan suggests that a USB version of Zibri’s Force Trainer interface hack could be done with a Bus Pirate. Substitute the MAX RS232 serial converter with a Bus Pirate in UART mode configured...
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Demo: Noritake Serial VFD
Edouard Lafargue let us republish his demonstration of a Noritake GU140x32-7002 Serial VFD screen (may prompt about a secure certificate). The Noritake VFD used here is a “Show and Tell” 140×32...
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Preview: Inexpensive multi-chip programmer
This is a preview of an inexpensive, medium-speed AVR/PIC/CPLD/Arduino programmer. It’s designed for people who don’t own a programmer and just want to rescue a bricked PIC or AVR. The programmer uses...
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TK-1315LA GPS connection guide
The tiny TK-1315LA GPS tracks up to 20 satellites, and runs from battery-friendly 3.3volts. Tayken demonstrates how to connect the Bus Pirate and get NMEA position data from the device.
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NEW PRODUCT: MCP2200 USB to Serial breakout board
The MCP2200 is a new USB to serial converter chip from Microchip. Our MCP2200 breakout board brings all the pins to bread board friendly headers. USB CDC virtual serial port interface Secondary HID...
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Interfacing Arduino and Python: Guide to Semi-advanced Serial Programming
Chandler has posted this tutorial on Interfacing Arduino and Python as it relates to serial programming. For this tutorial, you will need (or at least it is helpful) to have a knowledge of the Python...
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7400 competition entry: C-IR capture device
Kevin entered a Detailed consumer IR capture with 74HCxx series chips for the Open 7400 Logic Competition: This is a CIR (Consumer IR / Remote Control) capture device built with 74HCxx series logic...
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MegunoLink tools talk to serial port devices
MegunoLink is a utility to create a communication link between PCs and serial port devices such as the Arduino. … useful tools that interact with an Arduino-style board (or other MCU with serial...
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Type4me USB keyboard emulator automates passwords
Bored of always typing in the same password over and over again? Luca designed a board to tackle just that problem. It’s a USB composite device, featuring both a USB keyboard emulator and a serial...
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App note: Propeller communication with a PC app
Abstract: Many embedded applications share information with external devices, and the preferred connection between devices is asynchronous serial communications. The multicore architecture of the...
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First impression on the ESP8266 serial-to-WiFi module
Ray Wang has been experimenting with the ESP8266 Serial-to-WiFi module, which has gained much hype recently. “The module is very compact, easy to interface with, and inexpensive. I wrote an Arduino...
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ChipHeadBang – design for an USB to Serial converter with ICSP header for...
microtherion has published new project the ChipHeadBang, that is available on Github: Design for an USB to Serial converter with ICSP header for (slow) bitbang programming, based on the CH340G chip....
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Talk SPI to EEPROM part3: Test SPI Protocol with Bus Pirate
Jan Cumps tested out SPI Protocol using a Bus Pirate: It wasn’t my initial intention to use the Bus Pirate. But my first naive attempts to talk from Hercules to EEPROM failed. I could create the SPI...
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USB to 3.3V – 5V serial TTL adapter
Dilshan Jayakody published a new build, USB to 3.3V – 5V serial TTL adapter: This post is about experimental USB to 3.3V/5V serial TTL adapter which we build recently to work with both 5V and 3.3V...
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A LCD serial terminal with Teensy
Giovanni Carrera writes, “This project uses a serial 40×4 LCD display with a Teensy board to realize a compact serial terminal receiver to be connected to many systems with serial output such as our...
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