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A Python script to run the Arduino MiniPirate Sketch

A while back I wrote about the BusPirate. You can view that post here. In it, I mention an Arduino sketch called the “MiniPirate” which allows you  to try some of the functions of the BusPirate on an Arduino. Over time, I have found that sketch to be very useful. You can use it to …

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The BusPirate (a very useful circuit)

BusPirate

A few days ago my son bought me a birthday present. It was a BusPirate from SparkFun. This is what it looks like plugged into a breadboard. The BusPirate is quite a handy circuit. I have used it to flash a BIOS chip using FLASHROM  and also program an AVR ATMEGA 328P with AVRDude. It …

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