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The Bus Pirate, created by and featured on Hack a Day, is a troubleshooting tool that communicates between a PC and any embedded device over most standard serial protocols, which include I2C, SPI, and asynchronous serial- all at voltages from 0-5.5VDC. This product eliminates a ton of early prototyping effort when working with new or unknown chips.
Working with the Bus Pirate is simple and effective - type commands into a terminal on your computer, those commands are interpreted by the Bus Pirate and sent via the proper protocol. The Pirate will also interpret data sent from your embedded device back to your computer terminal. A big bonus is the bootloader installed on the PIC, which allows you to easily update the firmware and change the functionality of the board.
The main components of the Bus Pirate are PIC24FJ64 processor and an FT232RL USB-to-Serial chip. A Mini-B USB connector is populated on the board, and when you plug it into your computer it will come up as a virtual COM port. The pinout of the 2x5 I/O header is documented .
Order now! We are setup to build these in house regularly. Lead times should remain less than a week.
Project description, more information and ordering can be found at https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9544
Bus Pirate Manual: http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate
Datasheet: https://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Components/General%20IC/32103_SPCN.pdf
Bus Pirate Forum: http://dangerousprototypes.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=4
FTDI USB Drivers: http://www.ftdichip.com/FTDrivers.htm
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