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 +<del>Going to do a group buy/build on these:  If you're interested put your name in the discussion.</del>
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 +Buy here:  http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>www.seeedstudio.com/depot/bus-pirate-v3-assembled-p-609.html?cPath=174
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 +Interfacing a new microchip can be a hassle. Breadboarding a circuit, writing code, hauling out the programmer, or maybe even prototyping a PCB. We never seem to get it right on the first try.
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 +The ‘Bus Pirate’ is a universal bus interface that talks to most chips from a PC serial terminal, eliminating a ton of early prototyping effort when working with new or unknown chips. Many serial protocols are supported at 0-5.5volts, more can be added.
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 +===== Protocols (bus modes) =====
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 +  *  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
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 +===== Features =====
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 +  *  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-&gt;serial mode
 +  *  10Hz-1MHz low-speed logic analyzer
 +  *  Can program many AVR microcontrollers
 +    *  Supported by AVRdude
 +    *  Can emulate the AVR STK500 v2 programmer by loading the alternate ST500 Clone 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.
 +
 +===== Applications with Bus Pirate support =====
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 +The Bus Pirate is used through a simple terminal interface, but these applications also support the Bus Pirate as a programming device, etc.**
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 +**
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 +  *  [[http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/avrdude|AVRDude AVR programmer]] (AVRDude v5.8+, firmware v4 (any) or v5.9+)
 +  *  [[http://openocd.berlios.de/web/|OpenOCD JTAG debugger]]
 +  *  [[http://www.flashrom.org/Flashrom|flashrom bios/flash programmer]]
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 +Here is some more info about the Bus Pirate:
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 +http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>code.google.com/p/the-bus-pirate/
 +http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Features_overview
 +http:<nowiki>//</nowiki>dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate_schematic_and_partlist
  
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