Hardware Podcasts

Ep 284: Laser Fault Injection, Console Hacks, and Too Much Audio

Hackaday Podcast · 16 Aug 2024 · 59m · Episode 284

What this episode covers

Hosts Elliot Williams and Dan Maloney discuss a variety of hardware hacks, including a buffer overflow exploit in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater that allows jailbreaking consoles and executing code on PCs, and a low-cost DIY laser fault injection rig by Fractal that uses a galvanometer to scan chips for vulnerabilities. They also cover Tulip, a MicroPython synthesizer workstation on an ESP32 S3, and Jeremy Fielding’s explanation of Mecanum wheels for omnidirectional robotics. The episode concludes with deep dives into getting audio from a Raspberry Pi and building a portable router using an Onion Omega 2 Plus.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Fractal
Products
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Tulip, Raspberry Pi, Onion Omega 2 Plus, Mecanum wheels, Chip Whisperer, Sonic Pi, Diddy Toy
Chips
ESP32 S3
Also
Colin O'Flynn, Brian Whitman, Jeremy Fielding, Arya Voranova

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