Interesting Electronics Projects

Here, I am trying to list out some good open source projects that would be of interest of may and help the Hobbyists like me to harness them. Lets begin ,

• Bus Blaster: An Open Source Jtag project by dangerousprototypes.com

• This is an USB JTAG for ARM and other such controllers using the FT2232 chip's built-in capability.
• Still in a very nascent phase but hope to get useful soon.
  
  
  
  
  
• Arduino
• BusPirate
• ButterFly Platform

DIY USB to Serial Converter

Recently I discovered that the Nokia Cable used for the communication and syncing the Nokia phones contains a FT232 like IC. You can buy the Data cables DKU-5 or CA-42 cables. The trick is to use a Nokia cell phone data cable based on Prolific’s PL-2303. These cables have a USB to Serial TTL converter built right in. So they work nicely with the Ardino type of protos.