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 "category": "instruments",
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 "statusLabel": "Preorder",
 "description": "A universal hardware-hacking interface: UART, JTAG, SWD, SPI and I²C over one USB-C connection, with level shifting from 1.8 to 5.5 V.",
 "goodFor": "Talking to a board over whichever protocol it exposes, without a drawer of adapters.",
 "youNeed": "A host computer and wiring to the target.",
 "tradeoff": "No radio; it is a wired interface tool.",
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  "UART",
  "JTAG / SWD",
  "SPI / I²C",
  "Level shifting"
 ],
 "price": "US$49",
 "priceShort": "$49",
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 "checked": "2026-09-18",
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 "image": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/tigard.jpg",
 "cutout": "https://gadgets.sh/assets/cutouts/tigard.webp",
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   "merchant": "Hacker Warehouse",
   "label": "Buy from Hacker Warehouse",
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   "orderable": true,
   "url": "https://hackerwarehouse.com/product/tigard/?utm_source=gadgets.sh&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=tigard&utm_content=api",
   "note": "In stock at Hacker Warehouse when checked on 2026-09-29."
  },
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   "label": "Buy from 1BitSquared US",
   "kind": "shop",
   "orderable": true,
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   "note": "In stock at 1BitSquared US when checked on 2026-09-29."
  },
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   "note": "In stock at 1BitSquared EU when checked on 2026-09-29."
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     "label": "Processor",
     "value": "FTDI FT2232HQ dual high-speed USB to UART/FIFO",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Display",
     "value": "Indicator lights for debugging",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Radio",
     "value": "None; wired interfaces only",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Power",
     "value": "USB-C; switchable 1.8 V, 3.3 V, 5.0 V or off-board target supply",
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     "label": "Interface",
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     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
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    {
     "label": "Primary port",
     "value": "Dedicated UART including all flow-control signals",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Secondary port",
     "value": "Shared between headers for SWD, JTAG, SPI and I²C",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Level shifting",
     "value": "High-performance directional shifters, 1.8 to 5.5 V",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Switches",
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     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Logic analyzer",
     "value": "LA port to observe device-level signals",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    },
    {
     "label": "Software",
     "value": "Works as-is with tools and libraries that already support FTDI",
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    },
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     "label": "Shipping",
     "value": "Orders placed now ship October 2026",
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    },
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     "label": "Availability",
     "value": "Orderable, shipping on a future date stated by Crowd Supply",
     "source": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
    }
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   "label": "Crowd Supply project page",
   "url": "https://www.crowdsupply.com/securinghw/tigard"
  },
  {
   "label": "Crowd Supply",
   "url": "https://www.crowdsupply.com"
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 "blueprint": {
  "openness": "open-hardware",
  "opennessLabel": "Open hardware",
  "summary": "Tigard is fully open hardware: a complete KiCad project (schematic, PCB, footprints, 3D STEP models) is published under CC-BY-SA 4.0.",
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    "kind": "schematic",
    "label": "Schematic (KiCad)",
    "url": "https://github.com/tigard-tools/tigard/blob/master/tigard.sch",
    "format": "Eagle/KiCad"
   },
   {
    "kind": "pcb",
    "label": "PCB layout (KiCad)",
    "url": "https://github.com/tigard-tools/tigard/blob/master/tigard.kicad_pcb",
    "format": "KiCad"
   },
   {
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    "format": "HTML"
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    "url": "https://github.com/tigard-tools/tigard",
    "role": "hardware",
    "official": true,
    "license": null,
    "stars": 877,
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   }
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   {
    "part": "FTDI FT2232HQ",
    "role": "Dual-channel USB-to-UART/MPSSE (JTAG/SPI/I2C) bridge"
   }
  ],
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  "checked": "2026-09-27"
 },
 "sourceFiles": null,
 "firmware": [],
 "chips": [
  "ft2232h"
 ]
}