Hardware Podcasts

036 - ADDVulcan - Hack-a-sat Part 1

Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast · 20 Jul 2020 · 57m

What this episode covers

Amy DD and Will C, members of team ADDVulcan, discuss their fourth-place finish in the Hack-a-sat qualifying CTF, detailing how they organized a remote team using Discord and solved challenges involving satellite simulation, reverse engineering with Ghidra, and orbital mechanics. They describe receiving a FlatSat hardware kit for the finals, which includes an FPGA and Raspberry Pi, and explain the logistical challenges of coordinating remote access to this single physical unit. The conversation also covers specific technical hurdles, such as dealing with broken challenges, using GNU Octave as a MATLAB alternative, and leveraging Two-Line Element (TLE) data for satellite tracking.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
NORAD, Tesla, CubesatShop
Products
FlatSat
Chips
Raspberry Pi, FPGA
Tools
Ghidra, MATLAB, GNU Octave
Also
Hack-a-sat, ADDVulcan, CarHackingVillage

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