# 040 - Uh-tastic

- Show: [Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast)
- Published: 2020-10-04
- Length: 26m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic
- Listen: https://unnamedre.com/episode/40

## Summary

Hosts Jen Castillo and Alvaro Prieto discuss upcoming hardware hacking events like Hackaday Supercon and Remoticon, highlighting workshops on PCB reverse engineering and Tiny ML. They review technical resources including John McMaster’s firmware extraction tutorials, Memfault’s tool for estimating firmware size, and NCC Group’s Depthcharge toolkit for U-Boot. The conversation also covers Chris Gammell’s open design reviews, Eric Schlepfer’s PG&E failure analysis thread, and the history of NES and SNES cartridge reverse engineering.

## Chapters

- [0:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic#t=30) Introduction and Conference Updates
- [1:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic#t=90) Hackaday Supercon and Remoticon Workshops
- [8:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic#t=514) Chris Gammell’s Contextual Electronics and Design Reviews
- [12:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic#t=720) John McMaster’s Firmware Extraction and Memfault Tools
- [15:19](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic#t=919) Depthcharge U-Boot Toolkit and PG&E Failure Analysis
- [21:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-10-04-040-uh-tastic#t=1277) NES and SNES Cartridge Reverse Engineering History

## Topics

- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Hackaday (company)
- Remoticon (other)
- John McMaster (other)
- Ken Shirriff (other)
- Chris Gammell (other)
- Memfault (company)
- NCC Group (company)
- U-Boot (other)
- PG&E (company)
- NES (product)
- SNES (product)

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- [200: Oops](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2017-05-17-200-oops) (Embedded.fm)
- [Simulating doors falling off](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-04-04-simulating-doors-falling-off) (The Amp Hour)
- [Arduino User Groups Return, new RP2040 boards, TinyML Drill!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-electromaker-show/2022-06-10-arduino-user-groups-return-new-rp2040-boards-tinyml-drill) (The Electromaker Show)
- [Ep 378: C Coders, Ceramic Printers, and Shadow Archives](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2026-07-17-ep-378-c-coders-ceramic-printers-and-shadow-archives) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep 257: The Hacks and Just the Hacks](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2024-02-14-ep-257-the-hacks-and-just-the-hacks) (Hackaday Podcast)

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