What's New at Binho

Mission Control 3 is now in Public Preview

Jonathan Georgino — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:57:17 GMT

Mission Control 3 is now in Public Preview. Over the past seven months we rebuilt our point-and-click software from the ground up, and the result is a major step up in both experience and capability. You can explore it now on the Mission Control 3 page.

The idea is one workbench instead of a dozen vendor utilities. Drive hardware over I2C, SPI, I3C, and GPIO from a single interface, program I2C EEPROMs and SPI flash with a visual hex editor, and compose and sequence transactions without writing a line of code. It runs in the browser or as a native app on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

Composing and running a single I2C transaction in Mission Control 3.

Building and running a sequence of I2C transactions.

I3C support is a highlight: HDR modes up to 12.5 MHz, In-Band Interrupts, Hot-Join, and dynamic addressing, all from a point-and-click interface.

Every Supernova and Pulsar can run Mission Control 3 today, free of charge. All you need is the latest firmware, which updates in a couple of clicks from the final release of Mission Control 2. New Supernova and Pulsar units are ready for it out of the box.

This is a preview, so it ships the most foundational features today. We have planned new releases every two weeks for the foreseeable future, each adding functionality as it clears our internal testing and feedback from an early-adopter pool. Expect steady, frequent improvements.

Update your device and head to the Mission Control 3 page to get started.

Mission Control 2.17.3: automated migration to our new Airlock bootloader

Jonathan Georgino — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:02:50 GMT

Mission Control 2.17.3 is out, and the headline is a fully guided flow for moving your Supernova or Pulsar onto Binho Airlock, our new secure bootloader. If your device is still on firmware below 4.3.0, Mission Control now detects it on connect and walks you through migrating the bootloader and firmware in one confirmed step. No manual flashing, and no hunting for files.

Once a device is on Airlock (firmware 4.3.0 and later), Mission Control keeps it current automatically, downloading and applying .afx firmware updates for you.

So why update the bootloader? Airlock improves the firmware update experience and adds new ways to update firmware beyond USB mass storage, including our browser-based update utility. Under the hood it has a smaller footprint and sets the stage for a range of new device features we'll be releasing over the coming weeks.

Already running Mission Control 2? You will be prompted to auto-update the next time you launch it. New to it? Download Mission Control for Windows, macOS, and Linux from the Mission Control page.

Introducing the Binho Customer Portal

Jonathan Georgino — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:18:08 GMT

The Binho Customer Portal is here. my.binho.io is now your one place for the latest product documentation and software releases. You can also review your order history and download invoices while you're there.

Datasheets, manuals, and software downloads, all in one place.

We used to hand out files through DocSend, but a growing number of our enterprise customers run IT policies that block it. Rather than juggle a patchwork of sharing methods, we built something sturdier for the job.

Getting in is easy: sign in with Google or GitHub, or create an account with your email. You'll find it behind the new icon in the navigation bar, or just go straight to my.binho.io.

This is just the beginning. We have more features planned, so stay tuned.

Introducing Binho Airlock, our new secure bootloader

Jonathan Georgino — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Binho Airlock is our new and improved secure bootloader, and it now ships on every Supernova and Pulsar. It makes firmware updates easier to follow, frees up space for more application features, and opens new paths for updating in environments where the old approach fell short.

A clearer update experience. Airlock uses distinct LED behaviors throughout the update process, so you always know exactly what state your device is in.

Waiting in the Airlock bootloader. A green LED goes back and forth until an update begins.

During the update. The LEDs fill left to right like a progress bar as new firmware is written.

A leaner footprint. We've reduced the bootloader's memory footprint, freeing up code space for more application firmware features on every device.

Two new ways to update. Alongside the existing USB Mass Storage Device method, Airlock adds firmware updates over USB HID and WebHID. That matters especially for enterprise teams whose IT policies restrict access to mass storage devices. They can now update over HID instead.

Every Supernova and Pulsar now ships with Airlock. For devices already in the field, the upcoming Mission Control 2 desktop software will let you update the bootloader yourself. The Binho Nova bootloader is unchanged.

Update device firmware right from the browser

Jonathan Georgino — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 GMT

Updating your Binho device no longer means installing anything. Our new browser-based updater lives at dfu.binho.io: open it, connect your Supernova or Pulsar, and update right there.

Updating a device in the browser at dfu.binho.io.

The tool handles the busywork for you. It detects your device type automatically and always serves the most recent release, so you are never hunting for the right file. And for teams running customized firmware, the same tool lets you load your own tailored builds.

The updater runs on WebHID, which is supported in Chromium-based browsers like Chrome and Edge, and it works on Android devices as well. Safari and Firefox do not support WebHID yet, so reach for a Chromium browser for now.

One requirement: your device needs to be running the new Airlock bootloader, which now ships on every Supernova and Pulsar.

I3C Protocol Analyzer Plugin v4.2.1: HDR-BT decoding and multi-lane transfers

Jonathan Georgino — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Version 4.2.1 of the Binho I3C Basic Protocol Analyzer Plugin for Saleae Logic is here, with improved HDR-BT mode decoding, plus new support for multi-lane transfers and MCTP-over-I3C decoding.

Enhanced HDR-BT decoding. We've sharpened how the analyzer reads HDR-BT (High Data Rate, Bulk Transport) traffic, so bulk-transport transactions are cleaner to follow and easier to validate directly in your Logic captures.

Multi-lane transfer support. New in 4.2.1, the analyzer now decodes multi-lane I3C transfers, so you can capture and analyze higher-throughput multi-lane traffic right alongside the rest of your bus activity.

MCTP-over-I3C decoding. Two new I3C Transactions HLA options to decode MCTP over I3C, per the DMTF DSP0233 v1.0.1 binding. MCTP Packets surfaces each I3C transaction's packet header — SOM/EOM flags, sequence number, message tag, and source/destination EIDs — along with the payload bytes, while MCTP Messages reassembles a complete message from its first (SOM) to last (EOM) packet. It also emits incomplete-message, sequence-error, and pending-read-notification frame types, and verifies PEC as CRC-8/SMBus over the I3C address and packet bytes.

Multi-lane capture decoding in Logic.

It's available now to anyone with an active license. New to our I3C test solutions? Reach out to support@binho.io and we'll help you get set up.

A refreshed website that reflects where we stand

Jonathan Georgino — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT

We've refreshed binho.io. A new design, a clearer structure, and updated branding that reflects where Binho stands today. The look is sharper, and so is the story it tells.

On the Test & Measurement front, the site now does justice to how much our instruments can actually do. We've laid out the full breadth of each tool's capabilities and presented the details in a concise, consumable form, so engineers can take the measure of what's on offer without digging for it.

On the ISR front, our Intelligent Systems & Robotics work has sharpened its focus to Physical AI: the sensing, firmware, real-time control, and validation that intelligent machines depend on. Very few teams hold the whole line from first sensor to shipped product. We do, and that is exactly why it is our opening.

Take a look around. We'll keep posting product news and company updates here as we go.

CosmicSDK v1.3.0: cross-platform, with Python, Java, and C# bindings

Jonathan Georgino — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:00:00 GMT

CosmicSDK v1.3.0 is here. Over the last few releases, the SDK has grown from a C and C++ library into a cross-platform toolkit with first-class bindings for Python, Java, and C#, so you can drive Supernova and Pulsar from whatever stack your project already runs on.

It now runs on Windows, macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), and Linux, including arm64. v1.3.0 itself adds finer device control, programmatic bus-voltage readback, broader I3C CCC command coverage, and version reporting across the bindings, all on top of the I2C, I3C, SPI, UART, and GPIO support already in place.

We've also published new customer-facing documentation, with an architecture and threading overview and protocol examples for every binding. Browse the docs, or read the v1.3.0 changelog for the full list of changes.