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Pluralistic: bunnie's piggyback hack (09 Jan 2026)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/

The random thing I am grumpy about today is datasheets that don’t provide nominal dimensions :/ #electronics #hardwarehackers #manufacturing

The random thing I am grumpy about today is datasheets that don’t provide nominal dimensions :/ #electronics #hardwarehackers #manufacturing

Pluralistic: "Science Comics Computers: How Digital Hardware Works" (05 Nov 2025)

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/05/xor-xand-xnor-nand-nor/

@esden

Oh, those threaded inserts are nice!

#embedded #development #hardwarehackers #electronics #debugging

@esden

Oh, those threaded inserts are nice!

#embedded #development #hardwarehackers #electronics #debugging

I decided that we need a better development setup for Black Magic Probe v3. I designed a little breakout carrier. We will likely spend some quality time with a debugger hooked up to it so I think it will be a worthwhile. The SMT threaded inserts are really nice. I also 3D printed a base to keep the TH pins from scratching the table. ;) #embedded #development #hardwarehackers #electronics #debugging #kicad

I decided that we need a better development setup for Black Magic Probe v3. I designed a little breakout carrier. We will likely spend some quality time with a debugger hooked up to it so I think it will be a worthwhile. The SMT threaded inserts are really nice. I also 3D printed a base to keep the TH pins from scratching the table. ;) #embedded #development #hardwarehackers #electronics #debugging #kicad

Hey everyone! We have some great news! The @hextreeio ( aka. @stacksmashing and @LiveOverflow ) Faultier and GlitchTags are now also available in the German (EU) store! Get them now it is only a small initial batch! https://1bitsquared.de/products/faultier #electronics #infosec #hardwarehackers #hardware #embedded #glitch

Hey everyone! We have some great news! The @hextreeio ( aka. @stacksmashing and @LiveOverflow ) Faultier and GlitchTags are now also available in the German (EU) store! Get them now it is only a small initial batch! https://1bitsquared.de/products/faultier #electronics #infosec #hardwarehackers #hardware #embedded #glitch

For my defense I did not have the time or energy to ask them what the hell and just rolled with it. I now pay the consequences of having to shuck 500 of these dumb panels :/ (they arrived in three massive boxes, such a waste of resources I feel bad :( ) #electronics #opensource #fpga #hardwarehackers #manufacturing

For my defense I did not have the time or energy to ask them what the hell and just rolled with it. I now pay the consequences of having to shuck 500 of these dumb panels :/ (they arrived in three massive boxes, such a waste of resources I feel bad :( ) #electronics #opensource #fpga #hardwarehackers #manufacturing

Why did JLCPCB not panelize them onto larger panels is beyond me SMH #electronics #opensource #fpga #hardwarehackers #manufacturing

Why did JLCPCB not panelize them onto larger panels is beyond me SMH #electronics #opensource #fpga #hardwarehackers #manufacturing

Freshly baked iCEBreaker FPGA batch ;) #fpga #opensource #electronics #manufacturing #hardwarehackers #openhardware

Freshly baked iCEBreaker FPGA batch ;) #fpga #opensource #electronics #manufacturing #hardwarehackers #openhardware

Running low on iCEBreakers so today we do some assembly to stock up :) #fpga #opensource #electronics #manufacturing #hardwarehackers #openhardware

Running low on iCEBreakers so today we do some assembly to stock up :) #fpga #opensource #electronics #manufacturing #hardwarehackers #openhardware

First batch of @hextreeio Faultiers and GlitchTag are packed for shipping! More will go out as soon as we receive the next batch of boards! :) https://1bitsquared.com/products/faultier #electronics #hardwarehackers #opensource

First batch of @hextreeio Faultiers and GlitchTag are packed for shipping! More will go out as soon as we receive the next batch of boards! :) https://1bitsquared.com/products/faultier #electronics #hardwarehackers #opensource

Hey everyone! We have some great news. We at 1BitSquared started a collaboration with @hextreeio ( aka. @stacksmashing and @LiveOverflow ). We are now offering the Faultier power glitch tool and Glitch Tag targets! They work great with @hextreeio hardware security courses. https://1bitsquared.com/products/faultier #electronics #infosec #hardwarehackers #hardware #embedded #glitch

Hey everyone! We have some great news. We at 1BitSquared started a collaboration with @hextreeio ( aka. @stacksmashing and @LiveOverflow ). We are now offering the Faultier power glitch tool and Glitch Tag targets! They work great with @hextreeio hardware security courses. https://1bitsquared.com/products/faultier #electronics #infosec #hardwarehackers #hardware #embedded #glitch

⚠️Fellow #HardwareHackers! #BigNews ⚠️
#BRUSCHETTAboard 🇮🇹 is here!🔥

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006010220678.html

https://github.com/whid-injector/BRUSCHETTA-board

THE Multi-Protocol Swiss-Army-Knife you wanna have around your Hardware Hacking Lab 💻🥷

#IoTsecurity #HardwareHacking #EmbeddedSecurity

⚠️Fellow #HardwareHackers! #BigNews ⚠️
#BRUSCHETTAboard 🇮🇹 is here!🔥

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006010220678.html

https://github.com/whid-injector/BRUSCHETTA-board

THE Multi-Protocol Swiss-Army-Knife you wanna have around your Hardware Hacking Lab 💻🥷

#IoTsecurity #HardwareHacking #EmbeddedSecurity

hardwear.io (https://hardwear.io/usa-2023/):

🛰️Calling out #hardwarehackers #securityresearchers to share your latest research not just limited to embedded systems security, IoT, 💽integrated circuits

⚠️Call for Paper is open till 10th Aug ⌚https://t.co/JDD8L7LSME

#hw_ioNL2023 #CFP #embeddedsecurity #Conference https://t.co/f0jRVvEioz

Am Samstag den 25.02. findet ein offener Lötkurs für Kinder und Jugendliche ab 12 Jahren im Martin-Luther-Haus statt (Obermarkt 13, 55232 Alzey). Der Kurs findet von 10 - 18 Uhr statt. Die Veranstaltung wird im Rahmen der LEADER Förderung kostenlos angeboten. Alle benötigten Materialien werden zur Verfügung gestellt.
#hardwarehackers #cccregio #alzey #cta

Am Samstag den 25.02. findet ein offener Lötkurs für Kinder und Jugendliche ab 12 Jahren im Martin-Luther-Haus statt (Obermarkt 13, 55232 Alzey). Der Kurs findet von 10 - 18 Uhr statt. Die Veranstaltung wird im Rahmen der LEADER Förderung kostenlos angeboten. Alle benötigten Materialien werden zur Verfügung gestellt.
#hardwarehackers #cccregio #alzey #cta

As I basically drowned on Twitter, let's try here to see if someone can help me out: what would be the cheapest possible device that has some kind of location (GPS etc), some kind of display and some kind of input?

Context: I created whenwhere.cf as a proof of concept for hopefully some day creating a cheap device for addressing in the poorest regions, when phones are a luxury. Having cheap navigation and addressing without map or internet dependency can hugely improve people's lives.

#OLN #GPS #navigation #PlusCodes #HardwareHackers

Several years ago I purchased a second-hand PED. It was before the contactless ones became widespread. (At least in the UK 😂​) I took it apart to see what kind of anti-tamper mechanisms it had.

#Ingenico #hardwarehackers

Hey are there other #hardwarehackers on mastadon?

I am not sure what to do with this exactly but because Mastodon gives me enough space that I can go beyond just sharing a link to a new blog post, I want to make use of that.

The TL;DR is:

I wanted to learn how to program an #atmega328p using existing gear I had on hand rather than buying a programmer. It can be done with a #Tigard but I couldn't find all of the information I needed to do so in one convenient location, so this blog post is the information that I needed pulled together.

If you have a #woprsummit 0x01 badge and you're not sure how to program it, there might be some useful information in there for you. Maybe you can use it as a basis for figuring out how to do it with another device.

Maybe you've got a different #avr microcontroller but you're not sure how to program it.

The basic steps are:

1. Set correct target board in #Arduino IDE
2. Export compiled code from Arduino
3. Wire Tigard JTAG header to target board’s ISP header according to the diagrams
4. Select JTAG on Tigard mode switch
5. Select desired voltage on Tigard
6. Plug in Tigard via USB-C
7. Set fuses - avrdude -C +tigard.conf -c tigard -p atmega328p -U lfuse:w:0xFF:m -U hfuse:w:0xDA:m -U efuse:w:0x05:m -> Note different fuses may be needed depending on device config
8. Upload code - avrdude -C +tigard.conf -c tigard -p atmega328p -U flash:w:/path/to/firmware.ino.with_bootloader.standard.hex

There's also some bonus info in there about integrating the Tigard with Arduino IDE.

The Tigard was designed (at least in part) by @securelyfitz

I believe the WOPR Summit badge was designed by @dntlookbehindu and @kismetwireless .... at the very least they're the ones that were helping out on Discord with questions.

You can learn more about WOPR Summit here: https://www.woprsummit.org

#HardwareHacking
#HardwareHackers
#BadgeLife

I am not sure what to do with this exactly but because Mastodon gives me enough space that I can go beyond just sharing a link to a new blog post, I want to make use of that.

The TL;DR is:

I wanted to learn how to program an #atmega328p using existing gear I had on hand rather than buying a programmer. It can be done with a #Tigard but I couldn't find all of the information I needed to do so in one convenient location, so this blog post is the information that I needed pulled together.

If you have a #woprsummit 0x01 badge and you're not sure how to program it, there might be some useful information in there for you. Maybe you can use it as a basis for figuring out how to do it with another device.

Maybe you've got a different #avr microcontroller but you're not sure how to program it.

The basic steps are:

1. Set correct target board in #Arduino IDE
2. Export compiled code from Arduino
3. Wire Tigard JTAG header to target board’s ISP header according to the diagrams
4. Select JTAG on Tigard mode switch
5. Select desired voltage on Tigard
6. Plug in Tigard via USB-C
7. Set fuses - avrdude -C +tigard.conf -c tigard -p atmega328p -U lfuse:w:0xFF:m -U hfuse:w:0xDA:m -U efuse:w:0x05:m -> Note different fuses may be needed depending on device config
8. Upload code - avrdude -C +tigard.conf -c tigard -p atmega328p -U flash:w:/path/to/firmware.ino.with_bootloader.standard.hex

There's also some bonus info in there about integrating the Tigard with Arduino IDE.

The Tigard was designed (at least in part) by @securelyfitz

I believe the WOPR Summit badge was designed by @dntlookbehindu and @kismetwireless .... at the very least they're the ones that were helping out on Discord with questions.

You can learn more about WOPR Summit here: https://www.woprsummit.org

#HardwareHacking
#HardwareHackers
#BadgeLife

Working on some new #Christmas animations for my #Disneyland #rgbled Ears tonight. 🎧🐭😁 #hardwarehackers (_Also FAA Approved landing light theme _😅)

@craftyjon I commente it on your other account. But look in my follows list. You should be able to find some #hardwarehackers in there to follow ;)

@craftyjon also see my follows list. I am for the most part collecting #hardwarehackers :)

Any recs for a particulate air quality sensor? Last year it was popular (cheaper?) to replace the PCB in an IKEA Vindriktning, but the price has gone up and the PM1006K sensor it uses is a lot worse than laser particle counters. Looking for something available, cheap is a bonus.

#hardwarehackers #maker #embedded #IoT

@esden Happy to be here <3

I like that name! Less overlap with "tech" folks, and more people with soldering irons. I'll have to use it from now on! #hardwarehackers