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

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2024-08-16
- Length: 59m
- Episode: 284
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=0) Introduction and Mars Water Discovery
- [5:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=321) Tony Hawk Pro Skater Buffer Overflow Exploit
- [12:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=775) AI HVAC Diagnosis and Mecanum Wheels
- [23:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=1427) Low-Cost Laser Fault Injection with Fractal
- [31:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=1870) Tulip MicroPython Synthesizer on ESP32
- [38:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=2285) Waveguide Physics and Quick Hacks
- [47:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-08-16-ep-284-laser-fault-injection-console-hacks-and-too-much-audio#t=2831) Raspberry Pi Audio and Portable Router Build

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (product)
- Fractal (company)
- Tulip (product)
- ESP32 S3 (chip)
- Raspberry Pi (product)
- Onion Omega 2 Plus (product)
- Mecanum wheels (product)
- Chip Whisperer (product)
- Colin O'Flynn (other)
- Brian Whitman (other)
- Jeremy Fielding (other)
- Arya Voranova (other)
- Sonic Pi (product)
- Diddy Toy (product)

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