# 015 - Updates!

- Show: [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast)
- Published: 2018-08-30
- Length: 19m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates
- Listen: https://unnamedre.com/episode/15

## Summary

Hosts Alvaro Prieto and Jen discuss recent hardware hacking community events, including DEFCON, ToorCamp, and the Vintage Computer Festival, while announcing their attendance at Hackaday Supercon and a hybrid Mountain View Reverse Engineering Meetup. They highlight a listener's success in reverse engineering a robot cat litter box using a logic analyzer and Arduino to emulate an RFID tag, and Jen details her process of fixing a mini-fridge controller board before replacing the compressor. The episode also covers Alvaro's exploration of IDA with the Hex-Rays Decompiler for firmware analysis and mentions the availability of Dmitri's CortexProg ARM debugger.

## Chapters

- [0:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates#t=28) Introduction: Alvaro Prieto and Jen's recent conference updates
- [1:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates#t=108) Upcoming events: Hackaday Supercon and Harbor Developers Didactic Galactic
- [6:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates#t=417) Listener project: Reverse engineering a robot cat litter box with Arduino
- [10:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates#t=625) Jen's fridge repair: Fixing the controller board and compressor failure
- [12:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates#t=744) Alvaro's firmware analysis: IDA, Hex-Rays Decompiler, and CortexProg
- [16:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2018-08-30-015-updates#t=994) Travel plans: KiwiCon, Shenzhen electronics markets, and community engagement

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- DEFCON (other)
- ToorCamp (other)
- Hackaday Supercon (other)
- Darknet Diaries (other)
- Zoom H6 (tool)
- Yeti Mini (tool)
- Sigrok (tool)
- Arduino (chip)
- IDA (tool)
- Hex-Rays Decompiler (tool)
- CortexProg (tool)
- J-Link (tool)

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