ElderlyPirate (Community Bus Pirate v3,v4 firmware)

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Hello!

I’ve been (poorly) maintaining the “BusPirate” org on github.com since around 2016 which has been maintaining a community developed firmware for the older Bus Pirate v3, v4 boards.

I just realized that Dangerous Prototypes came out with a new re-designed Bus Pirate v5.
To help avoid confusion (and since DP is now using their “Bus Pirate” name again in an active product), I just renamed github / BusPirate to ElderlyPirate · GitHub.

If anyone on the Dangerous Prototypes team want any other modifications, please feel free to reach out and I can make it happen.

Thanks!

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Welcome here! It’s awesome that you’ve been able to keep those devices working (and yes, I still have a v3).

I’m not on the Dangerous Prototypes team.

To me, your rename to reduce users’ potential confusion shows a focus on the user, and thus is to be praised. Well done!

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Hey @kallisti5 - Thank you so much for your stewardship of the v3.x firmware. It’s so amazing that it’s still going after all these years!

Can I send you a Bus Pirate 5?

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@ian Haha, absolutely! It’s kind of funny, I only realized there was a Bus Pirate 5 after looking at the older Bus Pirates and thinking “I bet someone could make a Raspberry Pi Pico hardware hacking / debugging tool”.. then I found the 5 and said “huh, nevermind!” :laughing:

I have a BPv3 and BPv4 laying around.. I do want to keep them going, but absolutely excited to see what the 5 brings :partying_face:

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I’ll pm you :slight_smile:

The 5 is wonderful! It’s such a joy to code for the RP chips with the pico SDK. Every pin does everything, and there’s 16meg of flash, so we won’t run up against the chip capacity for years. The built in flash and eeprom commands almost eliminate the need for flash ROM or other external software (though we’re pulling together a new awesome binary mode right now too!).

V 3.x was an amazing little device for its time and cost. But the 5+ make it look like an absolute toy in comparison.

Excited to get your thoughts.

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