If you have received the Bus Pirate 6, we will ship out new hardware if needed when a fix is found. No need to do anything.
If you received a Bus Pirate 6 from the first batch which has already shipped, and you don’t have a 5 - please let me know. I’d like to send you a Bus Pirate 5 while we wait to get 6 going again. Consider it a loaner you don’t have to give back.
I would be interested in that loaner program if possible.
OK, that’s taking care of your people! I ordered a BP6, but don’t send me a five yet. I live in Southern Chile; by the time my BP6 arrives, you might have gotten the fix already–shipping here usually takes four to six weeks from just about anywhere. Although I’m not on Matt’s level of soldering I’m game to give a bash at a hardware repair if that’s what it takes. Cheers!
I would be interested if this is an option still, le me know if you need any info from me. Thanks!
Please PM me your order number 
Hi Ian, I got the BP6 as my first BP, but I am not sure if I’m the first batch, I got it from dirtypcbs
Sure thing, please PM me your order number
Thanks for keeping us up to date and the community involved!
I hope everyone has received a support ticket with a tracking number. These have all mailed out. If you didn’t get a tracking number, please check your order page and open a ticket if needed.
I have a support ticket with a number and this body (redacted for brevity):
Hey Conrado,
Thank you so much for checking out Bus Pirate 6, I really appreciate…
Unfortunately your Bus Pirate 6 order is delayed…
The new Raspberry Pi RP2350 chips have a silicon bug that effects many Bus Pirate modes (E9 in the datasheet). I originally reported…
At the moment we are waiting to hear…
I found a rather drastic fix if there is no other solution…
Orders of Bus Pirate 6 that have already shipped will be replaced when the update is available, no need to do anything.
DirtyPCBs has a self refund option if you’d like to cancel your order, it can be found on your order page.
Does that mean that you’ve shipped me a fixed six, or that I should ask for a different support ticket? I’d still like to get a six, but I had the impression a few days ago that you were going to wait for a new silicon batch from RPI. Reading the chat, I didn’t see where the plan went from “we’re disappointed but we’re going to wait” to “we are just going to go ahead with the 4.7 resistor fix and ship anyhow” Is it decided one way or another? I’m asking because if there’s a chance of RPI updating the hardware I might decide to wait until they do.
We have a reel of 500 chips from Rpi. 100 have shipped. We have about 400 left. 400 PCBs are already made, parts are at the assembler.
The 4.7K “six fix” went to FCC/CE testing yesterday. When we have confirmation, assembly will start immediately on the batch of 400.
100 of the 400 batch go to replace shipped orders. The 300 remaining will fill back orders, and you’ll get a fixed six.
At the current rate, there probably won’t be many 6 left after filling back orders.
I do not plan to order more chips under the beta program. I want to wait to see what they release commercially. If they fix E9 then great, we’ll use the updated stepping. If they don’t fix E9, then it really depends on what other issues crop up between now and whenever they release the chip to the public.
Hi Ian, if the loaner program is still on the table, id be interested in it as well. I opened a support ticket on my order yesterday for it. Thank you!
This support ticket you mention is only for the BP6 folks who do not have a BP5? I don’t see a support ticket on my account, but then again I also have a BP5.
I got the tracking code , thanks ian
Ahhh, that makes more sense.
Yeah, I was thinking people who received a dead 6 and don’t have a 5 already might like something to play with while we get everything sorted.
Thankfully we have a solution and things are in motion. Hopefully we start shipping in 2-3weeks.
Please PM me your order number.
I am also interested in the bus pirate 5 loaner program
Hi, please PM me your order number. Or, for faster response, please open a support ticket on your order confirmation page.
Unless I’m doing something supremely dumb, I do not see a way to send you a PM. Not sure what I’m missing 