Bus Pirate
The Bus Pirate is an open source hacker multi-tool that talks to electronic stuff. It's got a bunch of features an intrepid hacker might need to prototype their next project.
Protocols
- 1-Wire
- I2C*
- SPI
- JTAG
- Asynchronous serial
- MIDI
- PC keyboard
- HD44780 LCD
- 2- and 3-wire libraries with bitwise pin control
- Scriptable binary bitbang, 1-Wire, I2C, SPI, and UART modes
Features
- 0-5.5volt tolerant pins
- 0-6volt measurement probe
- 1Hz-40MHz frequency measurement
- 1kHz - 4MHz pulse-width modulator, frequency generator
- On-board multi-voltage pull-up resistors
- On-board 3.3volt and 5volt power supplies with software reset
- Macros for common operations
- Bus traffic sniffers (SPI, I2C)
- A bootloader for easy firmware updates
- Transparent USB->serial mode
- 10Hz-1MHz low-speed logic analyzer
- Servo driver
- Can program many AVR microcontrollers
- Supported by AVRdude
- Can emulate the AVR STK500 v2 with alternate ST500 Clone firmware
- Programs FPGAs and CPLDs with alternate XSVF firmware
- Scriptable from Perl, Python, etc.
- Translations (currently Spanish and Italian)
- Public domain (Creative Commons Zero) source. Prototype with the Bus Pirate, then use the code in your project however you want.
Application Support
The Bus Pirate is used through a simple terminal interface, but these applications also support the Bus Pirate as a programming device, etc.
- AVRDude AVR programmer (AVRDude v5.8+, firmware v4 (any) or v5.9+)
- OpenOCD JTAG debugger
- flashrom bios/flash programmer
Purchasing
- Bus Pirate v4.0 - Newer, more space for bigger firmwares
- Bus Pirate v3.6 - Proven, more well tested
- Worldwide: http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/bus-pirate-v3-assembled-p-609.html?cPath=61_68
- USA: https://www.adafruit.com/products/237?&main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=237
- USA: http://www.epictinker.com/Bus-Pirate-v3-assembled-p/thm180c4m.htm
- Germany: http://www.watterott.com/en/Bus-Pirate
- Europe: http://evola.fr/en/dangerous-prototypes/164-bus-pirate-v3-6.html
- USA: https://anibit.com/product/ptt07001
- USA: http://store.hackaday.com/products/buspirate-v3-6-thm180c4m