Hardware Podcasts

003 - Barbies and Keyboards

Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 17 Sept 2017 · 33m

What this episode covers

Jen and Alvaro discuss reverse engineering projects, including Alvaro's modification of a split keyboard using an Alcor Micro controller and Jen's analysis of the Hello Barbie IoT toy. They detail the use of tools like the TL866A programmer, Bus Pirate, and binvis.io to extract and analyze firmware from Marvel ARM modules. The conversation also covers advanced RE techniques, such as using synchrotrons for chip imaging and resources like challenges.re for learning.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Alcor Micro, Somerset Recon, Toy Talk
Products
Hello Barbie
Tools
TL866A, Bus Pirate, binvis.io
Also
challenges.re, Godbolt

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