Hey Chicago -
The neighborly Travis Goodspeed will be giving a workshop this Friday, September 3rd, at 7pm at Chicago's Hackerspace, Pumping Station: One, on building and using his GoodFET JTAG adapter.
More than just a programmer & debugger, the GoodFET is a hardware hacking swiss army knife similar to the Bus Pirate. The workshop will cover the surface mount assembly of the GoodFET31 and how to use the GoodFET firmware.
Cost: $20 cash at workshop (same for member or non-member; includes GoodFET PCB & all components)
Equipment: soldering equipment will be provided, but feel free to bring any tools you prefer; strongly recommend bringing a laptop if you want to interact with the GoodFET firmware after assembly (it has no functionality disconnected from a host)
NOTE: Only 10 GoodFET31 kits are available. Please RSVP to reserve at kit: drew@pumpingstationone.org. This workshop is open to the public.
Cheers,
Drew