µ[micro]electronics info - interface

Bus Pirate v3 - prototype

admin — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:50:14 +0000

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.

(Source: Dangerous Prototypes)

AVR Ethernet I/O board

admin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:39:40 +0000

This is really great board: AVR Ethernet I/O board with 2x RS232, 2x USB connector, BW composite video, Real Time Clock with battery backup, PS/2 keyboard connector, Wiz810MJ ethernet module and LCD 16x2 display.

Photo: Ben Zijlstra

USERIAL

admin — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:36:59 +0000

An USB-to-Serial (I2C/SPI/GPIO) bridge.

Bus Pirate 2 - the USB version

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:57:56 +0000

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. Now with USB capabilities in the version 2.

microUSB

admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:44:00 +0000

A smart and small solution to connecting your devices with PC via USB.

USB to Serial with ATUSB

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:49:10 +0000

Build your own Benito - an USB to Serial device based on AT90USB162.

65SPI

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:25:35 +0000

A SPI interface for 6502 processor (probably usable with other 8bit processors too) in the CPLD.

Open Source USB to I2C Interface

admin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:20:19 +0000

Based on great Till Harbaum work (already mentioned here), Barry Carter makes this terrific USB to I2C interface.

Text video display for 8bit computer

admin — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:33:03 +0000

A simple and handy 40x25 monochrome text display you can attach to your 8bit computer (based on Z80, 6502 etc.) as I/O device with parallel data bus.

I2C LCD back-pack

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 07:57:37 +0000

The I2C LCD Back-Pack is a small(ish) PCB that can be plugged onto the back of an LCD so that you may control it over an I2C bus.