ESP32 Bit Pirate, a Hardware Hacking Tool with WebCLI That Speaks Every Protocol

geotp

ESP32 Bit Pirate is an open-source firmware that transforms compatible devices into versatile multi-protocol hacking tools, inspired by the original Bus Pirate. It can sniff, send, script, and interact with digital protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, and 1-Wire through either a Serial CLI or a Web CLI. It also supports wireless technologies including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sub-GHz, and RFID. Install the firmware in one click with the ESP32 Bit Pirate Web Flasher. The Wiki provides detailed guides for every mode and command, while ESP32 Bit Pirate Scripts offers a collection of ready-to-use examples and utilities. For additional hardware capabilities, the ESP32 Bus Expander adds extra radio interfaces, while the ESP32 Bit Pirate Dock provides compatibility with original Bus Pirate adapters and accessories.

jwr

This looks great! The Bus Pirate was quite a good tool. For hardware hacking there is also Glasgow Interface Explorer, which I've been using recently with AI with much success. The main difference is that Glasgow has an FPGA on-board, and you (or AI) can create applets for custom protocols and serious high-speed hacking.

marcosscriven

I’m curious about how you used LLMs here? Also, to what extent you designed this vs the LLM copying it? My concern is all these vibe coded projects with huge readmes and fake GitHub stars are essentially just copying the work of others, and don’t really do anything new.

ktzar

compatible with Cardputer?

throwa356262

@geotp Any reason why C1 is not supported?

officialchicken

I have an old v3.6 from Dangerous Prototypes that I still frequently use and works fine with a coding assistant over serial terminal for doing some wire-level debugging of firmware. I am definitely not interested in paying the Pi tax for a new one just to get improved scripting. The roughly $100 BP v6 price point means looking into a other analyzers is required. How does this ESP firmware really compare - can anyone who's used both say what's different other than wireless?

farfatched

Great! I'd like to use as a serial-over-wifi adapter, for remote management of my SBCs. Can anyone suggest a decent device for this, that relies on no soldering or 3d printing? Ideally the device would expose a serial-over-USB port, so I can just plug in a USB-UART adapter.

coldcity_again

The snark in these comments! @geotp please don't be put off, this is great work. Found it in recent days and couldn't have been better timing for what I needed to do. I have it running well on a Heltec WiFi LoRa 32(V3) with very minor patches to support the CP2102 UART.

tamimio

It looks interesting, was it tested on T7 S3 ESP32-S3 Development Board?

kps

Which supported boards will do 5V I/O?

devmor

This is actually really cool - I could have used something like this that supports looking for RTMP as well a couple months ago.

rkachowski

This is super cool, I love the idea of just having a $5 wifi UART

dbl000

@geotp Ignore a lot of the mean comments, this is an excellent project and something that I've being meaning to hack together for myself. Having web access to remotely debug I2C/UART is a literal godsend. I cannot wait to just drop in an ESP32 instead of having to connect a rats nest of wires.