{"slug": "bring-back-minidv-with-this-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat", "title": "Bring back MiniDV with this Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT", "summary": "This article describes a project that uses a new FireWire HAT for the Raspberry Pi, combined with a PiSugar3 Plus battery, to create a portable \"Memory Recording Unit\" (MRU). This device is designed to replace tape in older FireWire/i.Link/DV cameras, offering a modern alternative to used equipment like Sony's HVR-MRC1, which costs around $300 on eBay.", "body_md": "In my last post, I showed you to use FireWire on a Raspberry Pi with a PCI Express IEEE 1394 adapter. Now I'll show you how I'm using a new FireWire HAT and a PiSugar3 Plus battery to make a portable MRU, or 'Memory Recording Unit', to replace tape in older FireWire/i.Link/DV cameras.\nThe alternative is an old used MRU like Sony's HVR-MRC1, which runs around $300 on eBay1.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bring-back-minidv-with-this-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat", "canonical_source": "https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/minidv-with-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat/", "published_at": "2026-03-27 14:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-22 21:40:13.544182+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["hardware", "products", "open-source"], "entities": ["Raspberry Pi", "FireWire", "PiSugar3", "Sony", "HVR-MRC1"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bring-back-minidv-with-this-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bring-back-minidv-with-this-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bring-back-minidv-with-this-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/bring-back-minidv-with-this-raspberry-pi-firewire-hat.jsonld"}}