Hacking your Digg Button with a Removable Interface Cable

Step 13 Upload DiggX, Modified Firmware for the Digg Button

Now, we're to the very exciting part. Uploading the diggX firmware. You can find the .hex file attached to this step (see below) or download it from atomicsalad (http://www.atomicsalad.com/download/diggx.zip).

Once you've unzipped the files, you can use ponyprog 2000 to upload it. All you do is select "Open Device File" from the File menu and choose the diggX.hex file. Then you choose "Write All" from the Command menu. With some small luck, ponyprog will write and verify the new code and your Digg Button should begin running the new firmware (you can see this go by quickly in the video).

The modded firmware features are:

• Longer scrolling and selfish message ("digg me" rather than "digg").
• A short button press increments the counter and plays the "dug" animation.
• A long button press resets the counter to zero and returns to scrolling
• A timeout after 2 minutes of no presses returns the Digg Button to scrolling (but doesn't reset the count) ... kind of a screensaver mode that helps attract diggers.
• A long timeout after 5 minutes of no presses puts the Digg Button into sleep mode to conserve power. Pressing the button wakes it up again.

You can hack the scrolling message and the "dug" animation easily by modifying the hex in ponyprog and uploading your revisions. More specific information about this shortly on atomicsalad.com.

SO, there you have it!

You are now empowered to hack and have your own fun with the Digg Button!