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Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 15 Apr 2018 · 28m · Episode 9

What this episode covers

Jen Castillo and Alvaro Branto discuss essential signal analysis tools for reverse engineering, including digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers. They compare specific products like the Saleae Logic, Analog Discovery 2, and Sigrok, highlighting the transition from expensive, bulky legacy equipment to affordable, portable USB-based solutions. The hosts emphasize practical applications such as debugging I2C buses, performing passive eavesdropping on radio protocols, and using active probes to avoid circuit loading issues.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Keysight, Digilent, National Instruments
Products
Saleae, Analog Discovery 2, BusPirate, Bitscope
Tools
Sigrok

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