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ESP32 Bit Pirate Hardware Hacking Kit with Web Tools That Speaks Every Protocol geo-tp.github.io

TomWhitwell2 hours ago

Why does AI have to explain everything three times - a headline, a standfirst and some intro blurb all saying what could be said in two words.

shrubby2 hours ago

Okay, this cannot be unseen!

DANmode2 hours ago

It built the site - you didn’t tell it to do anything but placeholders for the content.

pockybum5222 hours ago

Looks like an extremely cool concept, but I'm wary about how many bugs I'd run into trying to use it if the code has had as little effort put into it as the website.

I think I'll keep just making up basic sketches when I need to work with one of these protocols - it's also nice that if I do that, when I see it work, I know I can expand functionality from there into what I need.

geotpop4 days ago

ESP32 Bit Pirate is open-source firmware that turns your device into a multi-protocol development and analysis tool, inspired by the legendary Bus Pirate.

It supports sniffing, sending, scripting, and interacting with various digital protocols (I2C, UART, 1-Wire, SPI, etc.) via a serial terminal or web-based CLI. It also communicates with radio protocols like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sub-GHz and RFID.

Turn a $5 ESP32-S3 into a browser-based hardware workbench.The Bit Pirate firmware is complemented by scripting, hardware dock, extension, adapters, browser tools, documentation and practical embedded workflows to enable comprehensive hardware debugging and development with serial interfaces or Wi-Fi connectivity.

https://github.com/geo-tp/ESP32-Bit-Pirate

bambaxan hour ago

> Install ESP32 Bit Pirate firmware on supported ESP32-S3 boards

Ok but is there a list of supported boards? Couldn't find it.

Edit: I couldn't find the list on the site, but it's on Github.

braincode3 hours ago

Fantastic project, love it! You have an amazing selection of supported protocols on the "wire side".

I'm the co-author and project lead of SSH-Stamp:

https://github.com/brainstorm/ssh-stamp

Our focus has been on the "network side" by running a SSH server instead of a Web Server and multiplexing protocols via SSH sessions.

Our project is admittedly not as mature as the ESP32 Bit Pirate but OTOH we run with Rust Embedded and support other targets than Espressif (currently experimental on RPI Pico2 and Sipeed BL616).

We need testers :D

WD-422 hours ago

Can anyone decipher the website and paste the ai;dr

voidUpdate2 hours ago

"every protocol"? that's pretty impressive. We should stock up on them in case aliens ever come to visit, so we can understand their communications protocol

bigiain41 minutes ago

They still run Macintosh System 7 with wireless AppleTalk, right?

throwa3562623 hours ago

Can we get a normal landing page please? These AI generated pages make my eyes bleed.

Anyway, I find the tiny C3 to be much more stable than other versions. It is a bit sad the very few projects support it.

edoceo4 hours ago

But can it print to tiny eInk?

043f14a097f50083 hours ago

What the fuck is wrong with that website? It looks horrible. Why would anyone read that?

fiatpandasan hour ago

>Why would anyone read that?

That’s the whole problem. No one read it before publishing.

TechSquidTV3 hours ago

Almost like the algorithm is listening.

I have been getting into this as well. I had ChatGPT plan up a new UART adapter and similar.

eriwang915an hour ago

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