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ESP32 Bit Pirate Hardware Hacking Kit with Web Tools That Speaks Every Protocol

95 pointsby geotplast Sunday at 3:28 PM31 commentsview on HN

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TomWhitwelltoday at 6:30 AM

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.

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pockybum522today at 6:34 AM

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.

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WD-42today at 6:11 AM

Can anyone decipher the website and paste the ai;dr

_joeltoday at 9:31 AM

The author keeps saying read the README, they posted the website, so expect comments about the awful AI website.

braincodetoday at 6:10 AM

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

voidUpdatetoday at 6:52 AM

"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

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geotplast Sunday at 3:28 PM

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

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throwa356262today at 6:02 AM

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.

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edoceotoday at 5:03 AM

But can it print to tiny eInk?

043f14a097f5008today at 6:00 AM

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

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TechSquidTVtoday at 5:18 AM

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.

eriwang915today at 7:38 AM

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