A Fubsy Polymath subdomain

Hacking

Hardware-hacking, RF, embedded protocols, and the firmware that runs them.

21 deep dives across the bench — owned hardware, firmware references, and the connective-tissue research that ties them together.

Dashboards & Cross-tool

Find your way around

What's on the bench Per-unit inventory across all owned tools (sanitized). Capability matrix 18×16 grid — which tool for which job. Legal & lab discipline The ground rules that apply to every tool here.

Devices (16)

Hardware deep dives

HackRF One Wideband SDR (1 MHz – 6 GHz) — the SDR that everything else gets compared to. Flipper Zero Multi-tool RF/RFID/NFC/IR/BadUSB/GPIO front-end with a modular community ecosystem. Bus Pirate 6 Embedded-protocol Swiss-army knife — UART, I²C, SPI, JTAG/SWD, 1-Wire, smart card, more. Clockwork PicoCalc RP2040/RP2350 handheld with QWERTY + 320×320 IPS — programmable blank canvas. Clockwork uConsole Compute-module cyberdeck with mechanical keyboard, 5" 720p display, and swappable core boards. GL-iNet GL-BE3600 Wi-Fi 7 travel router — OpenWrt-based pentest/privacy platform for hotels, cafes, conferences. Ruckus Game Over Third-party Flipper module — ESP32-S3 + CC1101/NRF24 daughter slot. Wi-Fi/BLE/sub-GHz/2.4 GHz. AWOK Dual Touch V3 Third-party Flipper module — dual ESP32-WROOM + resistive touch + on-board GPS, wardriving. DSTIKE Hackheld ESP8266 standalone Wi-Fi attack handheld running Spacehuhn deauther firmware. M5Stack Cardputer ADV ESP32-S3 + QWERTY + LCD — a credit-card-sized programmable bench tool. M5Stack Cardputer Zero The compact sibling of the ADV — smaller, leaner, still ESP32-based. M5Stick S3 ESP32-S3 wand-form-factor with IMU, mic, and tiny LCD — pentest charm-bracelet. OpenSourceSDRLab PortaRF Standalone PortaPack-style chassis with built-in HackRF clone — no host PC needed. Nyan Box Cat-themed network mischief kit — ESP32-based, OpenSource hardware/firmware. Wi-Fi Pineapple Hak5's flagship Wi-Fi auditor — the platform much of modern wardriving learned from. PWNagotchi A Pi Zero W "Tamagotchi for Wi-Fi handshakes" — RL-driven captive-portal hunter.

Firmware & Languages (3)

Code that runs on the metal

ESP32 Marauder The ESP32 Wi-Fi/BLE attack firmware that runs on every ESP32 pentest board. Ducky Script The little keystroke-injection scripting language with disproportionate impact. Parrot OS The Debian-based pentest distro that's the bench OS for half this gear.

Research (2)

Connective tissue

Hacker Tradecraft OPSEC, tool selection, lab discipline — the meta-skill that ties every tool together. Antennas RF fundamentals from first principles — propagation, design, measurement, fabrication.