[Thumbgps-devel] Bus Pirate for serial interfacing to the wndr and similar devices

[Thumbgps-devel] Bus Pirate for serial interfacing to the wndr and similar devices

[Dave Taht]

Given cero bug #379 it seems like I need to get
a couple of these to truly debug it.

http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate

I'd had something similar in France but it was serial only
and I gave it to someone that needed it.

Just in case anyone else needs to interface to 3.3v serial ttl logic,
or jtag, or whatever, it looks useful

Recommendation courtesy of steven woodrow

http://twitpic.com/9r49mr/full

who also has excellent taste in beer.


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Re: [Thumbgps-devel] Bus Pirate for serial interfacing to the wndr and similar devices

[Gary E. Miller]

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Yo Dave!

On Wed, 30 May 2012 19:47:59 -0700
Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:

> Given cero bug #379 it seems like I need to get
> a couple of these to truly debug it.
> 
> http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate

+1 on the Bus Pirate.  A Swiss Army knife for your breadboard needs.

RGDS
GARY
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Re: [Thumbgps-devel] [Cerowrt-devel] Bus Pirate for serial interfacing to the wndr and similar devices

[Outback Dingo]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Gary E. Miller <gem@rellim.com> wrote:
> Yo Dave!
>
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 19:47:59 -0700
> Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Given cero bug #379 it seems like I need to get
>> a couple of these to truly debug it.
>>
>> http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate
>
> +1 on the Bus Pirate.  A Swiss Army knife for your breadboard needs.

definatley nice....... should cc this to the WRT list, let them all
know it exists

>
> RGDS
> GARY
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Re: [Thumbgps-devel] [Cerowrt-devel] Bus Pirate for serial interfacing to the wndr and similar devices

[Stephen Woodrow]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:47 PM, Dave Taht <dave.taht@gmail.com> wrote:
> Given cero bug #379 it seems like I need to get
> a couple of these to truly debug it.
>
> http://dangerousprototypes.com/docs/Bus_Pirate

Another cool thing I should mention about the bus pirate in the
context of Openwrt dev/debugging is that it has an auxillary GPIO pin
available, even when you're using it as a UART. This means that you
could replace the reset button on the bottom of the board with a
transistor (+ resistor if there isn't already one) and be able to
activate the reset button from the comfort of your terminal.

If you coupled this with a remotely switchable power supply, you could
easily put the router into recovery mode without being physically
present (or needing to fiddle with paperclips).

I presume it should be possible to enter the factory recovery mode via
the uboot prompt somehow (thus making the reset button redundant), but
I haven't figured that out yet. If anyone has suggestions I would love
to hear them, as the Openwrt wiki didn't prove as useful as I'd hoped
in this regard.

--steve