reverseengineering

So this person went ahead and depopulated a Nintendo Switch Lite PCB, soldered a wire to each pad that had a component and then ran a program to determine what is connected to what. To make the result usable, they took a 6000dpi photograph and made the result available as a boardview file. I know nothing. https://usoldering.com/switch-lite/ #pcb #reverseengineering

My latest blog post: VanSpoof - Prototype 2 - Echo Firmware

https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-prototype-2-firmware-1/

In part 1 and part 2 of building my first VanSpoof prototype, I managed to flash the microcontroller on the PCB with a blinky demo. This time round, let's see about sending and receiving some serial data.

#code #eBike #electronics #embedded #firmware #hardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #rust #rustLang #software #stm32 #vanMoof

It's out! r2dec-js a decompiler plugin for radare2 (version 5.9.8) was just released, I already did a recipe to build it on Haiku, but finished this up and merged it at haikuports. You can now use this in Terminal or in the Iaito application.

#HaikuOS #radare2 #radare #r2dec-js #Iaito #decompiler #reverseengineering

My latest blog post: VanSpoof v1.0

https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-v1-0/

I'm happy to announce the v1.0 release of VanSpoof. My VanMoof X3 now starts up, without an e-shifter connected, and does not show an Error 44 status! The bike thinks it's connected to a working, functional, e-shifter!

#eBike #electronics #openSource #reverseEngineering #rustLang #stm32 #vanMoof

My latest blog post: VanSpoof - Prototype 1 - Hardware

https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-prototype-1-part-1/

Let's look at building a prototype PCB for my VanSpoof project. I really want to get better at soldering SMD components, so I'm going to try to use as few through-hole parts as I can get away with.

#eBike #electronics #hardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #vanMoof

My latest blog post: VanSpoof - Prototype 2 - Shrunken PCBs

https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-prototype-2-hardware/

The VanSpoof PCB has to be no bigger than 31.5 mm by 21.5 mm to fit. Unfortunately, Molex's SMD footprints are quite wide so the board needed a fair bit of layout work to make everything fit.

#eBike #electronics #hardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #vanMoof

My latest blog post: I'm presenting at the 2025 Open Hardware Summit

https://mikecoats.com/presenting-at-ohs-2025-cta/

I'm excited to announce that in one month's time I'm presenting at @oshwassociation's Open Hardware Summit 2025. My talk's titled "VanSpoof and F**dG3ar: Reverse engineering proprietary bike components to prevent e-waste" and covers everything involved in designing replacement, open source, parts to repair VanMoof e-bikes.

#electronics #eBike #hardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #vanMoof

My latest blog post: I presented at the 2025 Open Hardware Summit

https://mikecoats.com/presented-at-ohs-2025/

Apologies for the break in blogging, but I've spent the past month preparing for, and then giving, my 'VanSpoof and F**dG3ar' talk at the 2025 Open Hardware Summit.

#electronics #eBike #hardware #OHS2025 #openHardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #vanMoof