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ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

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Re: ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

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Post by cibomahto »

officialchicken wrote: post #13

I have an old v3.6 from Dangerous Prototypes that I still frequently use and works fine with a coding assistant over serial terminal for doing some wire-level debugging of firmware. I am definitely not interested in paying the Pi tax for a new one just to get improved scripting. The roughly $100 BP v6 price point means looking into a other analyzers is required. How does this ESP firmware really compare - can anyone…

The BP V5 is only $42.50 and is still the most popular model, and is actively developed and supported. The BP6 has some fancier features that make it more expensive, but the Bus Pirate folks are very price sensitive and want to keep the tool as accessible as possible. (source: I'm a distributor for them).

Re: ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

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Post by atVelocet »

coldcity_again wrote: post #28

The snark in these comments! @geotp please don't be put off, this is great work. Found it in recent days and couldn't have been better timing for what I needed to do. I have it running well on a Heltec WiFi LoRa 32(V3) with very minor patches to support the CP2102 UART.

True! Also a perfect timing for me.

Do you mind sharing the changes?

Re: ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

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Post by geotp »

coldcity_again wrote: post #28

The snark in these comments! @geotp please don't be put off, this is great work. Found it in recent days and couldn't have been better timing for what I needed to do. I have it running well on a Heltec WiFi LoRa 32(V3) with very minor patches to support the CP2102 UART.

Thanks for your support

If you want, you can push the platformio env for your specific board to add it to the list of supported boards

Re: ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

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Post by extraduder_ire »

kps wrote: post #35

Which supported boards will do 5V I/O?

I don't think there's any common 5V esp32 boards. You should be able to wire up some level shifters to connect it to 5V (or a range of other voltages). Sparkfun sells boards with a TXS0108E on it as well as simpler transistor based ones.

Re: ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

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Post by dbl000 »

@geotp Ignore a lot of the mean comments, this is an excellent project and something that I've being meaning to hack together for myself. Having web access to remotely debug I2C/UART is a literal godsend. I cannot wait to just drop in an ESP32 instead of having to connect a rats nest of wires.
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