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Power Advantage Tool Hardware

Power Advantage Tool Parts 


If you do not already have an Ultra96 v2 that is set up for Power Advantage Tool monitoring, you can make one. You will need these parts:
Ultra96 v2
Bus Pirate (official Seeed Studio v3.6) can be ordered at https://www.seeedstudio.com/Bus-Pirate-v3-6-universal-serial-interface-p-609.html
56" or longer ribbon cable to female pin sockets
Micro USB cable

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Power Advantage Tool Fabrication


  • Ribbon Cable to female pin sockets: Strip three conductors to 5” 6” length, solder darkest wire to Ultra96 I2C Test Point GND, brightest wire to SCL (CLK), and mid wire to SDA (MOSI)
  • Bus Pirate (Seeed Studio) v3.6: Attach female ribbon cable pin sockets to Bus Pirate connector GND pin 10,  CLK (SCL) pin 4, and MOSI (SDA) pin 3
  • Velcro dots: Mount Bus Pirate to back side of Ultra96
  • Mini USB: Attach to Bus Pirate to PC. This also powers the Bus Pirate via USB power.

Power Advantage Tool


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