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Porting QMK to a Cheap Mechanical Keyboard
Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen an incredible number of DIY keyboard builds come our way. Some have had their switches nestled into laser-cut aluminum and others 3D printed plastic. They may...
View ArticleHacking a Netgear Router
Have you ever wanted to watch someone reverse engineer a piece of hardware and pick up some tips? You can’t be there while [Jeremy] tears open a Netgear N300 router, but you can see his process step by...
View ArticleThe Cable Modem to SDR Transformation
What do you do with an old cable modem in a closet? If you are [stdw] you reverse engineer it and turn it into a software-defined radio. The modem in question was a Motorola MB7220. After looking at a...
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Rolling Your Own TiVo WiFi Adapter
The only thing more surprising than finding out TiVo actually put out a new 4K set-top box recently is learning that somehow they didn’t bother to build WiFi into the thing. You’re forced to buy a...
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Scratching That Itch
I did something silly. I bought a lot of ten “broken” cheesy indoor quadcopters on eBay — to hopefully cobble one working one together and to amuse my son. At this point, I’ve got eight working. The...
View ArticleRemoticon Video: Firmware Reverse Engineering Workshop with Asmita Jha
Taking things apart to see how they work is an important part of understanding a system, and that goes for software as much as for hardware. You can get a jump start on your firmware reverse...
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Taking Over the Amazing Control Panel of a Vintage Video Switcher
Where does he get such wonderful toys? [Glenn] snagged parts of a Grass Valley Kalypso 4-M/E video mixer switcher control surface from eBay and since been reverse engineering the button and display...
View ArticleRemoticon Video: How to Reverse Engineer a PCB
You hold in your hand a circuit board from a product you didn’t make. How does the thing work? What a daunting question, but it’s both solvable and approachable if you know what you’re doing. The good...
View ArticleGround Off Part Number Leads To Chip Detective Work
Sometimes when a piece of electronics lands on the bench, you find that its chips have their markings sanded off. The manufacturer is trying to make the task of the reverse engineer less easy, thus...
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Remoticon Video: Breaking Encrypted Firmware Workshop
If only you could get your hands on the code to fix the broken features on your beloved electronic widget. But wait, hardware hackers have the skills to write their own firmware… as long as we can get...
View ArticleReverse Engineering Silicon From The First Pocket Calculator
We’ve seen so many explorations of older semiconductors at the hands of [Ken Shirriff], that we know enough to expect a good read when he releases a new one. His latest doesn’t disappoint, as he delves...
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Learning To Speak Peloton
Recently [Imran Haque]’s family bought the quite popular Peloton bike. After his initial skepticism melted to a quiet enthusiasm, [Imran] felt his hacker curiosity begin to probe the head unit on the...
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Nissan Gives Up root Shell Thanks to Hacked USB Drive
For the impatient Nissan owners who may be joining us from Google, a hacker by the name of [ea] has figured out how to get a root shell on the Bosch LCN2kai head unit of their 2015 Xterra, and it looks...
View ArticleReverse-Engineering an Elevator Control Panel Results in Clicky Goodness
We have to admit that in the hardware hacking universe, there aren’t generally too many chances to hack elevators. Well, at least not opportunities that don’t also include the risk of incarceration....
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Motor Controller Reverse Engineering Releases Smoke
It may have been designed for a sewing machine, but [Haris Andrianakis] found his imported DC brushed motor was more than up to the challenge of powering his mini lathe. Of course there’s always room...
View ArticleReverse Engineering USB Protocols on a Function Generator
When working with test equipment such as oscilloscopes and function generators, it can be useful to take a screen capture. Historically this was done with Polaroid cameras that were bolted in place,...
View ArticleSoftware Challenge’s Solution Shows Reverse Engineering in Action
[0xricksanchez] participated in a software reverse-engineering challenge and recently wrote up the solution, and in so doing also documented the process used to discover it. The challenge was called...
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The B-2 Bomber: Those Who Forget History Are Doomed To Reverse Engineer It
The Drive had an interesting post recently, about someone noticed a procurement from the U. S. Air Force to reverse engineer the B-2 bomber’s Load Heat Exchanger (whatever that is). You’d think if the...
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Decapping Components Hack Chat with John McMaster
Join us on Wednesday, March 10 at noon Pacific for the Decapping Components Hack Chat with John McMaster! We treat them like black boxes, which they oftentimes are, but what lies beneath the...
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Reverse Engineering The Weather Channel’s Magic
For American readers of a certain age, Local on the 8s likely holds a special spot in your heart. The program, once a staple of The Weather Channel, would provide viewers with a text and eventually...
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